Lucifer wrote: This can become like land of fire server where taking off clothes in and of itself results in a ban - if and only if you do it in front of the wrong GM.
Which GM on Land of Fire banned you for taking off your clothes? I highly doubt it was me. I would often take off my clothes as in a process of swapping outfits.
Yeah, I'm the same Cordo that is a GM on the Land of Fire server. You bring up GMs there banning you for something petty, you need to be exact. Which one did this? Were you asked several times to clothe yourself?
We had a policy, I figure much like here. GMs would ask three times for the offender to stop the offending activity. Then, you would get 1hr ban if you didn't comply. After that you got another three strikes, then, a 1 day ban. It kept escalating until finally we could request an IP blocking, by the server admin.
As far as I know, there were no blocks on Land of Fire. And as a GM there I realized that the admin seemed to not help
back the GMs too well. Players would whine to the admin about being banned, the GM would have to relent, let bans slide. So in a very real sense there were not any rules on Land of Fire.
Sure they were posted, sure you were allegedly expected to follow them. But don't worry about it, we don't enforce the rules. If a GM tries enforcing the rules, we side with the players. And that was highly frustrating from a GMs stand point. It was the players who chose the GMs to enforce the rules, but yet we were not allowed to enforce the rules. Screwy way for things to be really.
So, again, please be exact. I think I know who you're talking about but ...
PS: In fact if I recall correctly, we even had an all day event once where everyone went without clothes. It was a
fight club / survival event suggested by Oz. He asked to see who could last the longest against Yeti, while not wearing clothes or using weapons. It was a rather fun event and none were banned that day, as it was a scheduled event. Yay! We had something fun to do!
So, I think I agree with Cassy up thread here. You are probably angry you were asked to alter your behavior. To a degree that is understandable. To another degree, I'm sure with public logs, and the COURTHOUSE thread there are better ways to address a grievance. If you think a GM has been unfair, take it to the courthouse thread and let a
jury of other players decide. That's why the courthouse thread exists.
But, remember, you need to supply evidence as well. Burden of proofs lies with both parties, not merely one party.
