BRAVO, on 21 September 2012 - 12:31 AM, said:
I would really hate to see my name one day in that list, and it will happen sooner or latter, same for a lot of other legit players..., and it will bring discomfort to a big part of community sooner or later.
I think you used the wrong example here. We enforce strict rules on the MQCD servers, but we do so through warns and kicks. Only the most excessive cases get banned.
I look at the banlist, and see 0 people banned for having 999 ping or using the negev. If such a ban was done, the admin responsible for it would be stripped of his powers.
The rest of the bans were fully deserved. If a person does not understand after two warnings and two kicks that teamkilling is not fine, we have no solution but to ban him. If a person starts asking underage children contact information to have a webcam conversation with them in a VERY creepy way, it is obvious that we will ban them - and do so only after a couple warnings. When a person starts being openly insulting or racist, we'll enforce the same two warning two kick one ban policy before doing anything. Even server squatters, people who are there to ruin the game instead of playing, etc., will be given their chance.
Public ban lists are not necessarily a bad thing if:
1) The admins enforcing it make sure to only ban the most harsh cases, and only after enough warnings (unless the situation is extreme and needs to be handled ASAP)
2) People on the list get a solid chance at appealing if they feel the ban is unjust, and the admins give everyone a fair second chance (which the MQCD do)
The issue is not with having public banlists, it's about how people handle them. For us (MQCD), it matters that our banlist is public, so that people know why and how they got banned. I'm sure urtinfo feels the same, and wants people to get a shot at knowing why when and how they got banned.