[h0tr0d (shaere)]

And banditfist whomever you are the point about punishment is an excellent one. If the staff decides this is the punishment for this then the server will have to deal with it. But that doesn't prevent people from seeing what could be injustice and rise up at least vocally. I for one believe you can treat everyone the same to a degree. But there are also varying degrees of wrongness if you will. The guy that doesn't report his boat sale to the IRS and pockets the money is stealing, breaking the law. Do you punish him the same as the guy who commits armed robbery? The guy that isn't paying attention while driving and accidentally hits and kills someone gets punished the same as the person who plans and executes a murder?

You would punish all 365 accounts the same. So some guy that plays 3 hours a week and has a character the max level of 22, 135 platinum in the bank from selling greater lightstones after 4 weeks on the server the same as your lvl 60 raid leader officer (since everyone is stuck on Perun) of the top raid guild who has been a direct part of the constant time sink and mess that the staff has to deal with on this server? The one guy may have used a macro to tradeskill tailoring up to 47. The second?

I am saying you have intent, and deliberate actions. You also have an end result, and affect on the community. There is a betrayal at work also. Of course this one person shouldn't be singled out as the only one and therefore TR should only be punished. That is silly. The punishment should fit the crime. The greater the harm and damages the greater the punishment.

Teacher catches a kid stealing school supplies from the administration office so he gets the kid suspended. 4 months later the same teacher is found to be stealing supplies as well. What do you do?