Sanction Reviews

[Jack_Henderson]

 
So what you're saying is that if there's a slight possibility somebody's innocent, they should instead be sanctioned because of the greater chance that they're guilty?

Yes. I would feel totally comfortable if the sanctions hit 80 % of the righ people, 10 % of the shady people and 10 % of innocents. It's no perfect system. It's no perfect world. And... most important: It is a game. You weren't banned. No real harm occured in that sanction. You likely lost a few credits and some guns. Takes you 30 minutes to get them back, or whine to a veteran friend about unjust admins and he will give you 200 mils to make you stop it.

This is not real life where the punishment would really matter.

If the accused comes forward proclaiming that very slight chance of innocence then it must be eliminated. Simply saying "No, you're wrong" just isn't good enough; proof must be provided.

Exactly. Jails are full of people who claim innocence.
Just provide evidence that it was not as the reporting party claims and you get out of the sanction. Happened quite a few times. It's also common that the party that initially reported the rule infraction gets sanctioned for malicious reporting, which is quite a harsh sanction.

If however you cannot prove it: tough luck. Happens. It's not pretty, but it's also not the end of the world.

I don't want to know what profanity somebody wrote, I don't want to know what cheat somebody might have abused, but I do want to know what somebody has done wrong when there is quite clearly a serious lack of evidence to prove their guilt.

The community doesn't have to know.
There is no need and no positive factors of such openness.
The sanction thread is not a pillory where you can watch the people who have been shamed and laugh your ass off for their mistakes. It would incite intensive hate if someone well-liked is punished and glee when someone who is hated is listed there. If we all could also see the luzy moments of when someone blew his fuse and went on a verbal rampage, this community would be even crappier that it already is.
Every possible result of opening the evidence to the public is unwanted and unnecessary.

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