(09-17-2011, 01:25 AM)Rule Violation Report Templates and Guidelines Wrote:
Ask yourself the following questions - If your answers to these might be a little sketchy, odds are your report will be too.
Am I filing a relatively petty report because I’m currently angry?
If you’re a little hot under the collar, the Sandwich Rule* always helps to keep yourself from looking silly. Just step back for half an hour, then come back and decide whether or not it’s worth pursuing.
Do I really have enough evidence to make this stick?
Sanctions won’t go through unless sufficient evidence is provided of the report. You were there for the entire incident, yep, but the administration was not. All we have to go by is what you give us. Is that enough?
Is what this person did really worth removing all his credits and guns?
That’s the standard punishment for server offenses. Is what the suspect did serious enough to warrant this sort of punishment?
Is this person clearly just a new player who doesn’t know better yet?
You should know by now that while most of the rules are common-sense, we’ve got a lot of ‘em. Go ahead, swap tabs to that list you’ve got open. There’s a lot of them, and to new players that can be daunting, or perhaps they haven’t even seen the forums yet. If you suspect someone of being a new player, unless the violation is serious, you’re better off pointing them in the right direction than slapping them with a violation. Remember, we were all in their shoes at one point.
Consequences:
We have dismissed more of your violation and post reports than probably anyone else's. Stop reporting everything and everyone you don't like.
If you post in this sanction and are not directly involved or a leader of the accused person's faction be advised that you are consenting to be subjected to the reprisal of my choice which may involve in game repercussions up to a ban. Blaming members of your immediate family, neighbours, friends, pets, and assorted Orcs, Trolls and any other legendary creatures may result in the use of Admin Right #CTE 750AE