Wishlist: Reinstate Sombre

[quantum_mechani]

Originally Posted by Raiel

Seriously, if he's out.. so am I.

I am inclined to agree. I would not support perma-banning any but the most extreme violaters, and to do so to on of the most productive contributing members of the community is ludicrous.

[13lackGu4rd]

perma banning is great for jerks who just don't give a damn about the rules and flame, cuss, spam, troll, etc. Sombre didn't go that far, not to mention that he actually contributed a lot to the dom3 community. thus perma banning him is very harsh in my opinion, and in the opinions of many others.

[Maerlande]

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I'm curious how this rule was applied? It's the sombre truth that this action by the administration violates it's own rules. There were no 2 temporary bans. Perhaps I missed a couple of 30 seconds bans.

[rdonj]

Sombre: Modder, community pillar, and member with one of the highest thanked posts counts of anyone on the forum. Tell me why we banned him again?

[kianduatha]

Agreed. Some resolution can be come to without a permanent ban.

Also the Snarling Nodachi sounds pretty cool and it'd be awesome to give it to Shura to further differentiate them from Wights/Banes.

[Annette]

I'm the one who banned Sombre. Don't blame our volunteer moderators, please. We're all very saddened by this and don't take it lightly. We (Shrapnel Games' staff) understand that Sombre has made many positive contributions to these boards. On the other hand, he/she continually violated the rules we have established and expect every forum member to observe. We actually gave some extra rope in this case, encouraging Sombre to continue participating positively without breaking our forum guidelines. Unfortunately, Sombre was not willing to do this.

[Raiel]

Originally Posted by Annette

I'm the one who banned Sombre. Don't blame our volunteer moderators, please. We're all very saddened by this and don't take it lightly. We (Shrapnel Games' staff) understand that Sombre has made many positive contributions to these boards. On the other hand, he/she continually violated the rules we have established and expect every forum member to observe. We actually gave some extra rope in this case, encouraging Sombre to continue participating positively without breaking our forum guidelines. Unfortunately, Sombre was not willing to do this.

O.K. Fine.

But the results were a dramatic negative for this community (your customers) and eventually for Illwinter (your customer, too).

Perhaps a serious re-evaluation of said guidelines is in order.

[quantum_mechani]

Originally Posted by Annette

We're all very saddened by this and don't take it lightly.

With all due respect, this doesn't really ring true. As has been pointed out, measures seems to have gone directly to the most severe consequences possible rather than any form of temp ban. I have difficulty imagining the horrible breach of rules coming from Sombre that could only be answered in such a way.

[Graeme Dice]

It is absolutely vital that the mods be respected for their adherence to the rules and utter devotion to ensuring that no person who does not respect their utter and perfect authority shall remain on these boards.

[Maerlande]

More rope simply turns a broken neck into slow strangulation. Ask any executioner.