You may say i'm a dreamer, but i'm not the only one.
I hope some day you join us, and the world will live as one.
One world, One Dream.
1 post from me, and that is it.
Riz, you're the top guy here, so i'll address this to you:
You don't learn much from playing video games online, especially C&C/TS, but there is one thing i have learned:
This game may not mean anything to you, and it definitely does not mean anything to me, but it is very important to some of the people whom you have banned. You may or may not understand this depending on whether you became an XWIS admin by volunteering due to addiction to RA2 or actually are being paid. If it is the former and you are a video-addict like they are, you should understand first-hand just how cruel it is to suddenly and recklessly permanently ban reformmed players over something that occurred months/years ago. If it is the latter, and you are simply, "doing your job,” i would like to point out that these people are not out to hurt your game...they are the people who BOUGHT it with their own money, and frequent your servers. To whimsically ban them doesn’t do justice to the $10-$20 dollars they put down for the game years ago (if you add in the years of interest, the 10 dollars becomes like $13.48).
Another point...Being a baseball fan, i do appreciate the eloquence to your three strike ban policy. However, i see you are from the UK so there is something i must explain to you about American baseball...After you strike out, you are eventually given another at bat. Without question, somebody who violates the three strike policy for cheating deserves to have their account deleted. However, if somebody puts down another $10-$20 dollars, gets another CD Key, and has committed to playing fairly, they deserve a clean slate. The idea of permanently banning an ip without exceptions is not right, especially considered that most of their strike 2 and strike 3s were due to "dodging"...It is not their fault that WW has created a game that addicts and entertains these people. At least give them the decency to have somebody who actually plays the game ban them.
Please enjoy your time playing RA2, and whatever else it may be that you do with your time, but if you are to get one answer from this, please listen to these words of wisdom:
Let it be
Thank You
This post has been edited by tsGARP: 17 August 2008 - 07:42 PM