Punishments

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I see no problem with current Punishments. You be lenient with those who are new and inexperienced as they are unable to know all the rules in 5 hours, punish those who should know better. Loyalty shouldn't even play in the situation; and the corruption card is off the table. The staff punish how we see fit and dependant on the situation and players with a lot of hours should know the rules good enough, if it was clearly a mistake and a minor one maybe the staff member will kindly not punish you however when blatant rules are broken and the player has plenty of hours a 'slap on the wrist' doesn't really teach them anything. Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind and even though I am not the biggest fan of bans as for new players especially it doesn't really work they need to be taught. Educate them and hope the situation doesn't re-occur. Its not corruption, its just what we all deem fit.

Why shouldn't loyalty play in the situation? Admins should value the loyal active players and not use their experience as a reason to ban them for a much longer than usual time. It puts players of playing more, and returning, maybe knowing the fact that if they fuck up they're gone for a while. Reward loyal players, don't give them harsher punishments. I'm not saying don't punish loyal players at all, just keep in mind that they are the ones keeping the server alive, give them normal bans.

It sounds like you are suggesting that punishing newer players for long periods is a smart idea? If so, that is even worse. Banning newer players for a long time is going to put them off completley. I won't use loyal, but instead experienced players. Experienced players should know what to do, and what not to do (Especially if they have 1000+ hours).