SOME THINGS TO CLARIFY BEFORE READING:
1. THIS IS NOT A JOKE THREAD/JOKE IN GENERAL. WALRUS IS 100% SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.
2. WALRUS DEMANDS A LEGITIMATE RESPONSE. NOT A RESPONSE WHERE A MOD COMES INTO YOUR SERIOUS THREAD(S) AND STARTS TALKING SMACK.
3. THIS IS ABOUT FAIRNESS, PRECEDENCE, AND STANDARDS.
THIS TOPIC IS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO ROADMAN BEING PROMOTED, AS WELL AS MAKING THE FOLLOWING POST AND SET OF SUBSEQUENT POSTS THAT CAN BE CONCISELY SUMMARIZED BY HIM HERE: https://epicmafia.com/topic/76483?page=3
WALRUS PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING REQUEST: PERMANENTLY BAN WALRUS, OR OVERTURN HIS TROLLING VIOLATION.
THE FULL LENGTH REASONING FOR THIS REQUEST CAN BE SEEN IN THIS THREAD: https://epicmafia.com/topic/76093
SUMMARY:
I. "BEING ANNOYING" IS NOT A VALID REASON TO GIVE SOMEONE A VIOLATION (AS OUTLINED BY SEVERAL OTHER MODS AND THE RULES).
II. HAZE GAVE WALRUS A TROLLING VIOLATION, CITING THAT HE WAS "BEING ANNOYING", IGNORING WALRUS' EXPLANATION OF EVENTS. THIS WAS MOST LIKELY OUT OF SPITE, LOTS OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE WALRUS.
III. ANTIKRIST, WITHOUT REVIEWING THE GAME OR WALRUS' APPEAL EXPLANATIONS, AUTOMATICALLY UPHOLDS HAZE'S VIOLATION.
REASONS WHY THE MOD TEAM SHOULD ACT:
IV. WALRUS HAD BEEN REPORTED FOR PLAYING MAFIA IN CAPSLOCK BEFORE AND GENERALLY "BEING ANNOYING". IF THIS TROLLING VIOLATION IS TO BE UPHELD, THEN ALL THE OTHER NO VIO'S WALRUS RECEIVED SHOULD TURN TO VIO'S AND THEREFORE BE A PERMANENT BAN.
V. WALRUS LITERALLY HAS 0 INTENTION OF CHANGING THE WAY WALRUS PLAYS THE GAME. IF THE INTENT OF THE RULES IS TO CURB UNDESERVED BEHAVIOR, AND THE USER IN QUESTION HAS NO INTENTION OF CHANGING THEIR BEHAVIOR, THEN THEY SHOULD BE BANNED. WALRUS IS CLEARLY STATING THAT HE WILL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, CHANGE THE WAY HE PLAYS.
VI. THE USER WHO REPORTED WALRUS DOESN'T EVEN REMEMBER DOING IT.
VII. THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLEAR STANDARD SET AND ENFORCED. PREVIOUSLY, THE STANDARD WAS THAT EVEN IF WALRUS IS ANNOYING, HE IS NOT TROLLING. IF THIS VIOLATION IS TO STAND, THEN IT MEANS THAT BEING ANNOYING (A SUBJECTIVE TERM IN AND OF ITSELF) = TROLLING. EITHER WAY, THE STANDARD NEEDS TO BE ENFORCED.
VIII. NOBODY ELSE SEEMED TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY WALRUS PLAYS, HENCE LACK OF REPORTS.
IX. THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THE MOD TEAM TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMPETENT.
TLDR; PRECEDENTS AND STANDARDS NEED TO BE UPHELD. WALRUS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TOLERATE THIS MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE ANY LONGER.
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