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[Outraged Duff]

So one of your dutiful admins took upon themselves to ban me from all =SM= servers for chivalry. No this isn't a please unban me thread although i can see by these forums that this isn't an uncommon event.

This thread was created to question your entire approach with regards to moderation and how much it contradicts the very nature of the online community, and especially competitive multiplayer gaming.

If my memory serves me i was banned, cited as being racist. The actual 'racism' was my friends, and me being me i decided to stick up for my friend. I argued that merely saying the 'n' word does not make it racist. One of your admin informed me that saying the word makes anybody a racist. I counter argued by saying he had just used that word, therefore must also be a racist. To which they replied 'no' and promptly kicked me for being racist. Now may come across as smart ass -like on my part but it surely not kick and ban worthy?

People will be people, and gamers gamers. People will say stupid things, swear, trade insults, etc... you could police them, but it appears to me that you are rather heavy handed at it. I can accept that when i play online games, language, racism and homophobia invariably will happen. If i don't like that i would mute said players or switch of chat entirely. You are not the moral arbiters of the Chivalry community, you run a server. I stand by what i said because i know that I am not racist and wasnt trying to be deliberatly provactive about it either.

I will always use coarse language and occasionally fling insults around. Any other game this is accepted, i haven't ever been banned from any online game for the over 10 years i have been playing video games. For some reason Chivalry is different, i have lost count of the number of servers i have been banned from. Mostly i guess from rubbing people up the wrong way, or just friendly fire. At the end of the day i just want to play the game and have fun, and i am only writing this to appeal to your better nature to revert my ban and stop being so aggressive in banning other people.

There are very few good servers for Chivalry, i regarded yours as one of them until this unfortunate incident.

[Muk]

Thanks you two for being such incredible vigilantes and trying to devalue the word nigger. Is it to make the world a better place? When that finally happens everyone can go around and call anyone they want a nigger and they will laugh back and say "thank you sir, I'm glad that word is meaningless now, you're a nigger too".

What fantasy world do you two live in? The rule is out of respect to everyone playing, not because we think you are being racist.

What are you two going to devalue next for the world? Pedophilia?

[Outraged Duff]

Thanks you two for being such incredible vigilantes and trying to devalue the word nigger. Is it to make the world a better place? When that finally happens everyone can go around and call anyone they want a nigger and they will laugh back and say "thank you sir, I'm glad that word is meaningless now, you're a nigger too".

What fantasy world do you two live in? The rule is out of respect to everyone playing, not because we think you are being racist.

What are you two going to devalue next for the world? Pedophilia?

Pretty sure only 'racist' words that get you banned, plenty of other people using other discriminatory words without consequence on your servers. I guess hypocrisy is what you know best, I shall bow to your ineffable wisdom.