The Joys of Overzealous Moderators

[llamabeast]

Calahan was banned for his abusive signature.

chrisp and Bat/man have been banned for duplicate accounts.

Needless to say I was not involved in either decision.

[Fantomen]

Thanks llama.

That sounds somewhat fair, still think they could have given Calahan a heads up on that, or at least included the reason with the banning message instead of leaving it blank.

Chrispedersen reaped what he sow I guess, but there was some entertainment value lost there...

[parone]

i took a quick look at callahan's sig once-you mean the link where he was trying to explain something, and the other person kept telling him he was wrong?

if this is why he was banned, i must say that far more abusive things than that go on.

[Executor]

Not that I'm trying to justify Calahans ban now that we know what it was for, but, Calahan, and a lot of other people have done far worse stuff without ever so much as a glance from the mods. But I guess that's an entirely different story.
As for this story, yeah, ban the guy for pointed out the guy with the double account. Once again, great decision.

Oh, yeah, and hypocrites.

[brxbrx]

Wait, so what was the problem with his signature, exactly? Now I'm curious.

I also don't want to make the mistake myself.

[Executor]

Now I'm wondering how long it will take for someone to actually show up here and give some clear answer regarding this whole mess?
Clearly the mods know about this since Llama obviously corresponded with somebody.

-Why exactly was Cal banned?
-Why no warning but a perma ban after nearly two months?
-Why didn't you check up on the whole matter?
-Is it really harassment to report rule violations? (multiple accounts) If so, are you sane?
-If Bat/man is a double account, why isn't CrisP banned as well? Violation of your own rules again
-Did you only take someones word on it and ban the guy for no reason if he's not really CrisP?
-Do you even bother to check when someone reports something?
-Why are you such hypocrites?

My personal guess regarding this whole matter is that Shrapnel has no idea what in the hell they're doing, or how to handle their business.
Do you ever follow your own rules? Why the hell do you even have them than?

Is it an insult to call a hypocrite a hypocrite when you see one?

[Gandalf Parker]

Sometimes its not what is posted as much as how its worded.
Im curious also. But I suspect I would have to see the sig in a PM if the wording of it violates the desired feeling of the forum. Didnt Calahan himself post elsewhere that he suspected the sig was the reason?

[llamabeast]

Uh, I don't really want to get involved in this (since, as I hope you understand, I have no power in the matter). But perhaps I should answer some of Executor's questions with *my understanding* of Shrapnel's actions.

-Why exactly was Cal banned?

I believe his signature was a direct insult of Bat/man. I don't remember it though.

-Why no warning but a perma ban after nearly two months?

The rationale is that it wasn't a slip-up, it was obviously a deliberate attempt to be aggressive towards another forum user. Warnings are apparently offered at Shrapnel's discretion when they believe users may change their ways.

As for the nearly two months - it's not really fair to expect Shrapnel staff to read the forums every day. Really that should be (for example) my job. But I am not much of an enforcer.

-Why didn't you check up on the whole matter?

I think they didn't think Calahan was likely to reform having so explicitly gone against forum rules.

-Is it really harassment to report rule violations? (multiple accounts) If so, are you sane?

Well I think Calahan called him a douchebag or something (not sure), rather than merely reporting it.

-If Bat/man is a double account, why isn't CrisP banned as well? Violation of your own rules again

ChrisP was banned as well, I believe.

-Did you only take someones word on it and ban the guy for no reason if he's not really CrisP?

Shrapnel did check - the two email addresses were the same(!).

-Do you even bother to check when someone reports something?

Yep, they do.

-Why are you such hypocrites?

Er...

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I will repeat that this was not my doing - I'm just trying to explain my perception of Shrapnel's perception. Personally I'm very sorry that Calahan has been banned.

[Fantomen]

Nope, Chrispedersen is not banned: http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/member.php?u=5693

[Soyweiser]

chrisp != chrispedersen iirc.