Quote Originally Posted by SaberMaxwell View Post
Dualgunner.
Cassandra_Solidor.
VanillexFang.
Sir_Rawrz.
Lorgana.
Selli.
Dervy.

These are all names I can think of off of the top of my head of people who've been permabanned; of them I know five, and talk to them frequently on Discord. Dualgunner was banned for a meme, Sir_Rawrz was banned for light profanity, Dervy was banned for numbercrunching on the forums (he said the "P" word), Vanille made the mistake of posting a screencap of FFLogs on the OF, Selli was banned for a ridiculously silly reason.

Someone said it's a three-strike system. For some it is, for most of the people I know it's two-strike, and it's a permanent record. Dualgunner's bans were two years apart from one another, and Cassandra's bans were four years apart from one another.

The otter everyone got tempbanned for? That's gonna be there forever. If most of these people ever see another ban, that otter will add to their likelihood to make it permaban.
Hmmm. Did these users get an in-game ban or just a forum ban? I'm used to the old school days where the forums were a separate beast (with a separate login even). But these seem to be tied to accounts, which I suppose makes them exclusive (you can make a Square Enix account that is separate from the game on the SE site--or you used to be able to) but also a pain if you get banned. I stand corrected, but I still wouldn't be afraid to speak my mind because I'd rather be struck mute than to be too afraid to speak at all. Would I ask for an appeal? Certainly. After some time had passed. But in the end, so long as my game doesn't suffer I that's the most important part imo. But yeah. Still a bit on the messed up side. :\