Quote Originally Posted by FF2GO View Post
I totally agree. Personally, I never understood why forum admins were so against naming players who acted like jerks. Why should their ID be protected when they douche up the game. If they are anonymous enough to act like a tool in game or on forums, they should be listed for everyone to see and hopefully this will straighten them up or force them to leave and take that behavior elsewhere.
On one hand, I agree that it's distasteful that they don't need to bear the consequences of their actions, but I feel a kick functionality would more than resolve that. The public shaming of individuals hardly feels like an optimal solution to me. It seems very much like a strike-one-and-you're-out scheme, much like what has happened with people who have been hacked and then blacklisted and are unable to interact with their server because of it. I more than agree that such actions are utterly juvenile, but should you be branded a sinner forever because of a mistake you might make only once?