Can returning people come back? I get the rules and why they're there, but the community has changed a lot since 2011. Lots of people have left, while others arrived or simply stayed behind, and these people are the staple of this community. This post is essentially calling for a change in how we, as a community, operate. For instance, insults/slander/general bad manner is pretty common now, and I think a lot of the people here enjoy that (correct me if I'm wrong people) because it's fun to poke and jab, and get jabbed and poked by others.
If you (all the mods, not just you) want to come back after years of inactivity and talk about banning and disciplining people from a site that they've frequented for such a long period of time, for essentially having their own culture, I fail to see how that is fair or just.
If you want to do an overhaul of how SC2SEA is run, may I suggest it start at the top and work its way down? Not everyone wants to see everyone else get banned for what is simply considered humour around here now.
+1 to this.
I'm a bit surprised that "trolling in chat" is an infraction since trolling is essentially a part of how we roll around here, it's extremely common and only unjust when taken too far. However most people understand where the line is with trolling and have enough self-discipline to stop.
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