dteowner
Shoegazer
Just to clarify, a yellow card does not equal 10 days off. It is a one point "penalty" against your account. It takes 50 points to get banned. The 10 day thing is an expiration on that "penalty"--so after 10 days DArt's "score" will go from 1 back to 0.Knowing DArt, he's just going to take the 10 days off of RPGWatch and will be back after that time. Of course, he could just decide that the site isn't worth his time anymore and leave forever. Several of our longtime posters have left in the last couple years. I think I'd actually miss DArt if that were to happen
There's really two stories to address here.
First, as Gorath has stated, the warning was issued not for what he said, not for how he chose to say it, but for continuing to say it after politely being asked to stop. DArt's point had been made with the clarity he always shows and further conversation was really unnecessary and most likely going to become counterproductive. No biggie. For those concerned about the philosophical implications of the warning, I'd ask you to address how you'd have done it differently. Seems pretty textbook to me- the moderator made a polite request which wasn't followed. Step two is a yellow card, which at the end of the day is practically meaningless when you get right down to it. Step three would probably involve a temporary suspension (we've had such little need for this sort of thing that I don't know that we've got an "official" step 3...) and step 4 would presumably involve a ban. Seems fairly mundane to me, so I'm a little surprised by the uproar. So rather than rail against the injustice of it all, if you've got a better answer, feel free to offer it.
Second story I think I'll leave alone. It's been fleshed out fairly well already, me thinks.