The same results can occur under a number of violations without it making the report invalid. OGI, ISP, Trolling and Copied Mechanics all spring to mind.

Right, but they wouldnt have been reported had they not spammed

and the same results would have occurred jack

"nothing they could do about it" how about play a game like a normal human being

Well they could've not spammed, actually

ok yea i see it, it's very inconspicuous... still leaves the rest of those given violations when there was nothing they could really do about it anyway

abc just had to get in on the action somewhere

He unvoted very early on.

Naw, I was stalling.

i turned on the vote logs and only saw empire switch his vote once at the very end

They all spammed meaning everyone who was voi'd not everyone in game

Right, and it allowed others to spam because of his stalling. He initiated it, they joined in. They weren't bystanders they all spammed

you can have fun in a game of mafia without rule breaking imo

I think you'll find Empire unvoted and stalled that day, too, Goodbar, which makes me question how much you've read this game...

having fun isn't an excuse for rule breaking, it's just something people like to do in a game of mafia...

jack i won't argue that stalling is violation worthy but only ditto was stalling

I mean I have great fun whenever I GRS but I never realised I could use that to get out of a violation before...

People keep using "having fun" as an excuse for this THAT DOESNT MAKE IT NOT A VIOLATION jesus christ

Breaking the rules is breaking the rules. 90% of the time when people file reports for anything (GT'ing, GRS) it's because they're mad at that person for doing it, rather because they just want to see the rules enforced.

if they wanna spam and troll then do it unranked, there was no need for that in ranked game so the argument "it was for fun" is highly invalid

You do realize if you OT this you're allowing anyone to spam in any ranked games including comp, so long as its not disrupting gameplay. So hypothetically, on autowin, one could not vote, slowroll and spam because it "doesn't disrupt gameplay". That's basically the precedent being set if this is OT'd

i think these violations serve more of a negative purpose than a positive one, which is that it's ok to work the report system for personal gain and serves more to keep people from having fun than to keep games clean and fair.

also the fact i asked them to stop nicely about 10 times should be enough for a vio, there was no reason to be doing that in a game esp gold heart and i think you're sticking up for them bc they're ur friends but w/e

"I gave an actual opinion." Clarification: Opinion which succeeds in its goal, which in this case is attempting to add to the case to sustain. In this your opinion falls flat. "This will be sustained because it's blatant spamming. Yours will be sustained too." At no point have I cared about the end result. "You're the one who's spending your evening frustratedly trying to troll teh mods and teh carolines of the world, brother." Yep, I have nothing better that I want to do currently and, well, it's fun.

Definition of Spam: Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages. Can you deny that that's what those messages were?