-1 because rich players will think they can do anything and not care because they can get unbanned as soon as a ban appeal is accepted.

 

It is still a violation of the rules, regardless of the severity. Yes, I did read :p
In addition, minor crimes do not have that long of a tempban(1-6 hours)

 

Real simple way to solve this problem.

Do.Not.Break.The.Rules.

 

The point is, one should learn from his/her mistakes. Being able to buy a way out of punishment is not only unfair, but useless in teaching a lesson.

 

Good idea.

 

No. If they did this it would show players that breaking the rules is okay as long as they have a certain amount of money.

 

Let's see we have a choice here. A. Let rich people get their way or B. Keep the server in order. hmm I wonder

 

While this would take money out of the economy, I have to disagree for a few reasons.

This would inevitability lead to "richer" players thinking that the rules don't apply to them, because they can just get off with a fine.

Moreso, it seems an impossible idea to practice. Either GA's or Andrew would have to be the one to process the application, and for most tempbans (for minor offenses), it just wouldn't be practical. Why appeal a 6 hour tempban and wait 5 hours for that to be handled?

You mention you were tempbanned for 48 hours as a result of spamming... to get a tempban that long it almost certainly wouldn't have been your first offense...

In my opinion, the community gains more from teaching people to play by the rules than any amount of money being taken out of the economy.

 

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If it is so "minor" to require a tempban. Serve it.

As was said before, don't break the rules. The penalties are lax as it is. No reason in encourage rule breaking.

 

Absolutely not. Who defines minor? Minor could be spamming, disrespect, etc. So if I have some cash hanging around, I'm allowed to break a rule (spam all of chat?). Based on what you're saying, you can buy "rule-breaks" with ECD. I don't think this will ever happen.

 

As said, it's to hard to define "minor". Spamming chat with 30 lines+ or 4 lines? Language can turn into harassment/swearing which is not tolerated on ECC whatsoever at all. Normally harassment is a harsh ban.

People that are rich enough don't care where they spend their $$$ on. If their bored and they find "trolling" fun, they would go ahead and take the ban/instantly get unbanned.

Need or want? I'd want to be unbanned whenever I'm banned. Rarely their is a real reason to need an unban.

Why did you spam in the first place?

I'm sure you would but it doesn't work that way.

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Who said you had to? Just follow the rules like everyone else and you won't have to.

Doesn't work like that. You get in trouble, you face the consequences. //end of discussion

Actually, you can argue against that. You understand the rules as you agree to reading them upon your resident application. You realize that their are consequences if you do not follow them. Yet you STILL break them? I believe in second chances but if you break it a second,third, fourth, fifth,sixth time, then you obviously don't belong in this community.

Some people in the community may take this opportunity to use it as a "attention-seeking" pass. Or they simply want to troll everyone. We can't play the "let's hope" game. ECC has strong values of keeping a safe/clean/all ages environment.

You first please.

 

I do.

I'm sure you don't want to wait. Hence why it is a ban and not a reward. You shoudl be using that time to think about what you did wrong and how to prevent it from happening again. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." By buying your way back, it not only sends the wrong message, but you dont get the same impact.

Hasn't happened to me once. Not even a single complaint/warning.

If it was spamming just once, you would have been warned and it would have stopped. But something, whether it be your past actions, an escalation of the current issue, or something else (I do not know the particulars), it resulted in not only a kick, or a tempbam of 3 hours, but a tempban of 48 hours. This appears to me, to be more than 'an accident' and judging by the 'punishment', someone else thought so as well.

Right back at ya. :)