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Originally Posted by HallyVee
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I can't speak to the rest of your argument but this part is like saying we shouldn't criminalize bank robbing because the bank robbers would then have incentive to rob banks to pay for their lawyers, who defend them from bank robbing charges.
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Not entirely. Increasing the penalties will incentivize further abuse of the process unless it is severely refined.
Class C currently has an ultimatum to "work out minor problems." A good portion of these are indeed worked out internally, but only because the "reward" for petitioning is minor in comparison. As the damage to your competition increases, the incentive to petition, no matter the cause, rises as well.
Currently, a petition risks annoying the GMs. It's often not worth it for minor offenses because it'll maybe result in a mob or two. However, when your competition would be banned for several weeks at a time, it becomes extremely worth it to manufacture and fabricate offenses. It's been done before, and it will most certainly be incentivized under the proposed system unless there are serious changes in the petition process.