Quote Originally Posted by Imbrium View Post
But your feeling safe about kicking just makes me believe people are being all the more silly about GMs and 'if a player feels offended' arguments then. If the GMs are able to apply logic to vote kick situations, they will apply that same logic to other areas of reporting.

They are either consistent in their job, or they are not. Which is it?
It's more of being paranoid over the already vague rules. I've read over some of the posts here, and several people seemed to have silently kicked as well instead of going along to help the problematic players that might get them reported instead. So either they weren't reported for it or they were and the GM that looked over the reported decided the kick was valid. Of course, this is all an assumption, but I think its reasonable to think that each GM will handle those specific reports differently and maybe sometimes incorrectly or unfairly.

Quote Originally Posted by Forever_Learning View Post
Combining your recent posts, and especially this one, you have effectively said the following:
-When I tell someone they are playing bad, they can report me, and I don’t trust the GMs to deal with it appropriately, so I kick them instead.
-I’m comfortable kicking people because even if they complain, I know I can give a good reason to the GM which will make them see it as ok.
You effectively are saying you trust the GMs when you have a complaint about someone, but you don’t trust the GMS when the complaint is against you. Hmmmmmm
Context in each report and reason for kicking matters here. Why should someone take the risk at "offending" another player and receive a warning on their account when it's very easy to just dismiss that player instead for "gameplay differences?" Sure, they might get reported for the kick regardless, but at that point, the reason for the kick is validated and within the tos.

For disclaimers, I haven't started a vote dismiss or voted intentionally so far.