A History of Crime and Punishment

[Palemoon]

There is another "recreated old game" that i've been involved with over the years that has recreated and maintains the old late 1980's online roleplaying game "Island/Legends of Kesmai" that might be the first MMO ever.

(some of you old old timers might remember this game from compuserve, AOL, or Gamestorm)

Anyways, they have rules that need to be followed just like p99 has rules that need to be followed. Breaking the rules is harsh, usually account permenently banned.

What they do different though, is make it all public in updated "History of Crime and Punishment" threads. Detailing who the person was, what they did wrong, who their sponser/guild is, and the punishment.

Here is an example of how they do things, I removed the names and replaced it with a Xs:

Those who are unaware of history are doomed to repeat it. A good suggestion was made to keep an archive of the crimes that have been committed and the punishments that have been delivered, so that the community knows the status of its members.

Crime Report
Date: August 19, 2011

X has been permanently banned from our community for scripting.

X has also been permanently banned from our community. Review of our records indicates that X has allowed X to utilize his game account extensively which is a clear violation of the RoC. Since X obviously has access to X's account and since X has been banned for scripting, X is banned as well.

Crime Report
Date: July 20, 2011

X and X have both been permanently banned from our community for scripting.

Crime Report
Date: June 12, 2011

X has received an official warning for committing her first offense against the RoC by leaving her character in the game unattended and allowing X to use it to spar with.


Now that is how you deal with cheaters. Call them out and let the sunlight in on the process.

Anyways, wanted to share how the people behind the "first" MMO do things in their community. I think p99 should also have its own stickied "History of Crime and Punishment" thread.