You could apply some common sense here. In context for SC2SEA, "Forum veterans" would be more like our MVPs for example (people with yellow names). They're given this status for a reason; because they have a history of providing good content, good posts and good behaviour. These people are an example of an SC2SEA user who should have auto-respect from new users.
But really, EVERYONE on this site should respect eachother. We're a small community, when there's conflict and disrespect it creates repercussions whether we like it or not. You are allowed to disagree, this is a forum, but don't disrespect the person you disagree with.
Yes, I agree that MVP's and other people (mods, admins, etc) should be respected by other users for what they have done for the website, but what I'm trying to say is that they should be treated the same as other members when it comes to breaking rules and/or receiving bans since, in the definition of that rule in TL, it says that the veterans could just get away from a ban just because they're veterans. Since this rule haven't been tweaked yet to match SC2SEA's community, I was just pointing out on what part of the new house rules that I disagree with.
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