what about the future?

[Tim Brooks]

Repression got you into this situation, more repression will make it worse.

See, and I think 'repression' (your word, not mine) got us out of a bad situation. People were leaving the forums, and new registrations were way down. Now things are turning around.

Not only because banning one member upsets others, but also because banning a member here doesn't really remove that person from the community...

I'll settle for them being removed from our forums. I don't want them to stop being a part of the community at large, I don't want them to stop playing Dominions. Anyone is welcome here if they can live with the rules. If they can't they aren't wlecome here.

You'll achieve close to nothing, but take the full hit from the anger it causes.

You assume we will let that anger be conveyed here. As I have already said, we are through allowing that kind of behavior here.

Every single person you banned along with sombre is still part of this community, still play in games organized here, still takes part in discussions etc. Either through IRC or dom3mods.

Okay, that is a good thing, right?

I'll stay around here too if you don't mind, I love the crowd here.

Your more than welcome here. We are not trying to turn this into a forum where everyone has to agree with us. We will turn it into a forum where everyone will, at least here, show us and the community here, common courtesy.