Titusfied said:
Just a quick lil' shot at you, but how the fuck could you possibly add Mantra to that statement? Not want to ruin the Forums? He DDoS'd Zelaron a confirmed once and threatened it a few other times. He is not perma-banned anymore, yet a few crude threads, and the fact that people don't like him is enough for D3V?
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Well, a DDoS is not terribly bad. If he wanted to do something to Zel, I'm sure he could have done much worse. From a security standpoint, a DDoS is like a prank. It's annoying, but not too harmful.
But, I did overlook that little fact about Mantra. I forgot that he DDoS'd Zel, and I do believe that he should be perm banned for it. Then again, he was, and later came back to Zel because he was deemed worthy by staff, I would suppose.
Perhaps something similar could happen to D3V if he shows significant improvement. As you've already stated, he has improved much already, but his behavior is inconsistent and unpredicatable. As for the pem ban, in my personal opinion, it may have been a bit harsh, but I can't say I didn't expect it. I think it's obvious he deserved a temp ban for his numerous outbursts, many of which I've seen, but go largely unnoticed because I suppose they've already been deleted, and when you warn and ban someone enough, you have to take a greater measure of prevention of such behavior in the future, which in this case lead to a perm ban. Sovereign has already stated that it wasn't only him that voted on banning D3V, so I honestly doubt that it was some personal crusade that Sovereign is carrying out against D3V when the staff voted unanimously to ban him. What would you have done differently were you in Sov's position and constantly getting harassed?
I really do hope to see D3V back here. He does have many positive things to contribute to this forum, and we've seen that before. Unforunately, that doesn't cancel out the negatives. Were he to come back honestly attempting to back off Sovereign, I would be all for him coming back. Until then, though, I do believe he should serve a little time banned for what he's already done. A perm ban can always be lifted if the situation arises.
Side Note:
D3V, if you read this, it's nothing personal. I've honestly grown to like you over the past year or so, but my statement still stands. I think the Temp Ban was the correct choice by the staff, and a perm ban was coming soon anyway. Sorry I missed you last night on aim, I did read what you said, though. Either way, just hit me up on Aim again if you feel like talking.