Shattered Kingdoms

That is the beauty of assumptions and the classic saying that goes with them. Regardless, I actually found it funny that this HAD to be all about my need to show authority. I could have pointed the finger at Dulrik immediately, but what difference does the blame game make? It does not change the situation and it shouldn't change the reaction either. We are a staff and we work together. I was one of the people who caught Ardith, I was one of the people who investigated it, I was the one who addressed him in hell, I was also "to blame". I didn't bother responding to every comment to correct false assumptions because there really was no point and many people answered the obvious while twisting words around. Tragonis made a point that Dulrik makes the calls on deletion and that Ardith should appeal to him. It was worded in such a way as to suggest that I MUST be going above my authority when low and behold... Tragonis was right, D made the call.

Likewise, I MUST have broken my word. I will admit that I did use the word "curse" instead of "punishment" because at the time, it MAY have been a curse. In the log I admit that I don't even know what the protocol was, but that I was going to confer and get back to him. The game had not been reset, the money had not remained in the account yet. I thought that he may very well be right, the money may not save at all. That all changed when it did and it was. Regardless, one would really be grasping at straws to make an argument over word usage.

Most of you saw a one sided log which showed my interaction with him from his point of view. I didn't post my log of all of the steps that took place behind the curtains and therefor no one except the staff that was involved knew what else transpired. I know this may very well sound like a a stretch, but the immstaff generally hates having to punish anyone at all. In a perfect world we would be able to build our little areas, fix all the notices that get sent to us and interact with players in a positive way without ever once having to "lay the gavel down".

But seriously, don't steal my girlfriend.

I will punish when I have to, I don't like having to do it but it is sometime needed. It has nothing to do with "not wanting to be bothered with it", if that was the case I wouldn't have even been involved. Yes, I have actually had situations throughout the years where D has not gone for a deletion... several in fact. I didn't present the case directly to D, so no I didn't assume.

Well, congrats to spidermonkey for posting on these forums and managing to stay under the radar (until now). That's a good sign.

For whatever my opinion counts, I don't think it makes sense to be annoyed with Nashira, given what we know now. I still think this penalty was harsher than it should have been. Most of my reasons have been summed up by jerin, whom I more or less agree with in this case. And of course, Ardith could have shown a bit more tact during the whole thing.