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Originally Posted by superapan
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The real punishment is on the community as a whole. This McCarthyism has a good chance of permanently ruining this place.
In the case of P1999, using MQ meant no risk of punishment, and thus there was no threat to deter people from cheating. This is very basic in law theory (the indirect deterrence). Like if there was no risk of punishment involved in speeding, you'd do it all the time. This is no longer the case, and your average Joe will keep to the speed limits.
Appreciate the fact that the server will now be completely legit, which EQ Live never ever was. And then you move on.
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If you need a deterant to keep you from doing wrong, then you are a piece of shit. Everyone here knows what is right and wrong and also knows there are consequences. I speed and roll through stop signs all the time, and if i ever got pulled over i would accept the fines/points. These people were well informed of the rules and knew they were doing wrong. They also knew the punishment was a ban. If anything this situation will be less of a deterant, because it shows the impotence of the staff to back up their words with action.
Also I don't apriciate the fact that the server will be legit because that fact is wrong. These hackers benefited by using those hacks more then they were hurt from the punishment so the net result is still in their favor. Unless that changes then this server can never be legit.