Ban/Restriction Announcements

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We're now posting here when things get done. :visibility:

5/23/12: UberNinja has been banned from non-Mafia forums for two weeks for pornography in ITT we post in images only.

In addition, the user "AnalSandwich" has been banned

a la

BrutalAssassin.

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6/1/12: Balnazzar's thread "Large FIve Sided Town Setup" has been purged due to its purpose of advertising another Mafia site.

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6/15/12

Removed an ongoing games reference from kondi's post in The No-Context Quotes Thread.

Also locked BabyBlue's Newbie Hate thread.

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6/16/12

Cyberbob has been tempbanned for two weeks from Discussion and Administration for baiting in The Future of Forum 62 - Official Thread.

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6/19/12

BabyBlue has been IP banned for... well... basically everything she has posted outside a Mafia game. In vast quantities.

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6/26/12

trekker has been banned following an apparent account suicide.

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I blame Mr. Flay for breaking the trend of putting in dates.

Knight of Cydonia has been removed from non-Mafia forums for two weeks for being consistently abusive.

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Knight of Cydonia has been removed from non-Mafia forums for two weeks for being consistently abusive.

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I blame Mr. Flay for breaking the trend of putting in dates.

If only there were a datestamp on posts...

That's the kind of madness that put our house in the middle of the street.

Moved a small chain of posts from "Doesn't anybody READ anymore?" to "ITT: Inconsequential Crap".

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Mr_Mud, fish-riding-a-bike-2000, Natural_river, SlenderFenderBender, and MrJamesWatson (edit: and River-And-Keehl) are all banned.
Multiple accounts, same user, same Mafia game.

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Removed chesskid3's topic "How many times have you banged exes?". We're not having that in our GD.

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Cyberbob has been removed from Discussion/Administration for three days for personal attacks in this thread.

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abc has been globally removed for a month for being an abusive drama magnet.

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ZONEACE and kuribo have been banned from Discussion forums for 24 hours.

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scooby has received three days for blatant personal attacks (2013 aspirations thread) and baiting (Relationships).

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xRECKONERx is out of Discussion forums for 24 hours for personal attacks.

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Umbrage has been removed from Discussion for 72 hours for gross incivility in the Relationships thread.

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crypto's indefinite ban has been reinstated for continued attacks on other users.

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Cyberbob is gone from non-Mafia forums for a week due to being a dick in multiple threads across the site.

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mcqueen has been banned from non-Mafia boards for one week for making posts intended to ridicule, insult, and offend in several threads.

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UberNinja has been banned from Discussion forums for three weeks for attempting to intimidate users from using the report feature.

Cyberbob has been permanently banned from non-Mafia forums for repeated abuse of other sitegoers.

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mcqueen has been permanently banned across the site for abusing the edit feature to attack other users in a multitude of threads, as well as breaking the rules against ongoing games/outside influences, after previous bans from both areas of the site.

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Knight of Cydonia has been banned from discussion forums for a week for a pattern of abusive and disrespectful behavior towards other users for which he was previously warned; see here for an example.

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Knight of Cydonia has been banned from non-Mafia forums for three weeks for continued personal attacks in the Resignation thread; see for instance here.

ZONEACE has been banned from non-Mafia forums for a week for a pattern of abusive behavior; see for instance here.

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UberNinja has been banned from non-Mafia forums for three months for continued baiting and disruptive posts after previous bans for the same; see this post and earlier posts in this thread for examples.

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VG_Addict has been banned from non-Mafia forums for making blatant troll threads over the last seven months featuring two casual threats of suicide.

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GreyICE has been banned from non-Mafia forums for two weeks due to continued personal attacks in the League of Legends thread (sample), this post, and sending abusive private messages.

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chesskid3 has been banned from discussion forums for three months for racist language in Mafia Discussion and abusive posts in General Discussion coming off of a ban given for similar behavior.

Following a post by chesskid3 from the Pretentiousdra hydra, this has been extended by two weeks for ban circumvention. The Pretentiousdra hydra has also been banned during this duration.

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Majiffy and GamerRaptor have had their chat privileges revoked for three months (as of July 18) for abusive behavior in site chat.

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Thestatusquo has been banned from non-Mafia forums for one week for repeated instances of posting in threads with the sole purpose of inflaming others.

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Nero has been banned indefinitely for flaming, posting in a thread solely to insult and harass, and making a thread dedicated to insulting another user within 48 hours of his prior ban expiring.

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immunoelectrophoretically has been banned for three weeks from non-Mafia boards for trolling and flamebaiting in numerous threads around Mafia Discussion and General Discussion.

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projectfatt has been deactivated for being an abc alt.

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tanstalas has been banned from non-Mafia forums for three days for repeated and unwanted requests for pictures of other scummers (i.e. creeping). In addition, his Speakeasy access has been revoked until further notice.

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xRECKONERx has been banned from non-Mafia forums for one week for starting a thread with the intent of ridiculing another user as well as repeated instances of bullying scummers who make threads about video games.

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Psyche has had his Speakeasy access revoked for 48 hours for events beginning here.

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GreyICE has been banned from Discussion forums for two weeks for maliciously harassing other users, up to and including starting a thread to facilitate the harassment.

sirdanilot has been banned from Discussion forums for three days for derailing the Relationships thread into a religious argument despite a previous warning and derailing other threads in the same way as well.

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Aphrodite has been banned from the site as an alt of a banned user.

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tosser has been banned indefinitely from the non-Mafia boards due to multiple and repeated violations of various site rules.

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~Jordan` has been permanently expelled from the Speakeasy based on behavior in this thread.

In addition, the associated main account, Psyche, has lost Speakeasy privileges for three days.

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GreyICE has been banned from Discussion forums for three weeks for personal attacks in the Relationships thread.

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Based on this thread sirdanilot has been banned from the site indefinitely.

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Panzerjager has been banned from non-Mafia forums for three weeks based on continued abusive behavior in the League of Legends thread.

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Harajuku has been banned from the site for trolling a Mafia game he was not in (as his only posts onsite).

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Thestatusquo has been banned from non-Mafia forums for one month for harassing other users and sending an abusive site chat message after being warned for a repeated pattern of similar abuse here and here, and following a similar pattern of behavior as evidenced here and here.

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F-16_Fighting_Falcon has been banned from the site for one month for repeated personal harassment of other users through several venues.

Also, as a clarification - Site Administrators have all of the same authority as Discussion Moderators and List Moderators.