Just had a guy report me because of 2 questions

[Gaealiege]

That's the entirety of the exchange. And yes, I received a 3 day ban for it for "violating the policy on harassment." Whether or not the GM used irrational judgement is of no consequence to the person being punished for hurting a troll's feelings.

I have no clue why there's such a charade on these forums pretending like the policy is otherwise. After I returned to the game, I mentioned it in my hunt linkshell and was greeted with people all giving their similar stories.

It's clear that the policy is to embolden and empower the troll and punish those aggravated by their behavior.

[SenorPatty]

That's the entirety of the exchange. And yes, I received a 3 day ban for it for "violating the policy on harassment." Whether or not the GM used irrational judgement is of no consequence to the person being punished for hurting a troll's feelings.

I have no clue why there's such a charade on these forums pretending like the policy is otherwise. After I returned to the game, I mentioned it in my hunt linkshell and was greeted with people all giving their similar stories.

It's clear that the policy is to embolden and empower the troll and punish those aggravated by their behavior.

And yet, it fell exactly on a GMs judgement. That GM decided that you violated the rules even though there's clearly nothing else to suggest you did. It's an irrational judgement because the opposite of that would've been using clear judgement and thrash that person's report.

The rules may have changed but the people enforcing are the same as before. If it wasn't, like robots they would just auto-ban people solely based on reports without investigation and there'd be no one left playing the game.