When players who were banned for cheating are let back into either of the competition-running lobbies, they should undergo a probationary period during which they lose privacy rights for all accounts, be they linked alts or clean-slate mains. The mods can set up a thread with a list of all accounts held by recently unbanned cheaters and either (a) consistently monitor users who have made the list or (b) install a simple account approval process whereby failure to inform the mods of newly registered accounts constitutes a violation of the rules.
This might be worth a go for any game-related ban, not just cheating, but that would probably involve a lot more maintenance.
There's no difference in principle between these two options. You're opposing the more efficient option because you can't stomach the idea that some people who are more inclined to publicly chew out cheaters will theoretically have an easier time doing so.
its openly known that ive cheated in the past + i don't get slammed for it but people here will gang up on someone if every cheater is announced publicly. it's better to be left how it is with a probation period?!??
That was uncalled for, I'm sorry. He was annoying as hell when I conversed with him though.
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Having Cheating be the only violation that is visible to all on a player profile and having it stay there after it's expired for a certain amount of time seems fair. Lucid would have to allow the Cheating violation to be visible on alts too, though, something's he's always been against.
Edit: The mods should have an automatically updated list too.
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"bad person" lmao dude i don't know her why do you feel so strongly about someone irrelevant to your life outside of javamafia
We could make a thread listing users CURRENTLY on probation, the report(s) that show why, and any alts they have (no privacy during probational period). It'd be a locked thread so there's no public shaming, and not a public branding which is over the top imo. But if you are suspicious of someone you can refer to said thread and inform yourself.
I'm not arguing with former cheaters keeping their alts hidden; I'm arguing against a notification when you join a cheaters game or look at their profile. If that wasn't clear.
Yes. That was your impression, which you developed on your own, because you are your own person. No one forced that idea down your throat just by telling you that those people were cheaters.
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why would i put any of my irl aspects into a javamafia website. you're a clown.
