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Hello, I will preface this by saying that if it does get out of hand or strays off topic that I am okay with it being closed, but recent events have caused me to question a little bit on how certain punishments should be handed down and the general inconsistency of how it is handled sometimes. I’ve been in the community (in and out the past few years, mind you) for a long time and things have improved since a while back- but they could be better- this instance is not the first time I’ve seen targeted hatred but it’s the most egregious in a good bit at least in my memory. 

 I get it’s gaming community and there are always going to be trolls, slurs, insults, etc. Progressive warnings for the usual mischief that isn’t good but not really targeted nor harmful makes sense. Even the best of us will do shit to get it out of our system. But, it seems very inconsistent to me that permanent bans are handed out for candy for mass/consistent RDM which while annoying and does put a damper on playtime, isn’t inherently harmful. Teaming also gets pretty harsh penalties when it too can be relatively inconsequential but can get very severe punishment

Harassment as seen by recent events and several previous events that is particularly egregious and/or targeted, I feel is a lot more harmful than RDMing, teaming, etc. I’m not saying all harassment, egregious as it may be, should always be a permanent, but a more proactive approach should be considered. If the harasser is being immediately and particularly vitriolic in targeting a person especially in a way that attacks arbitrary factors about them as a person, a ban should be up for earlier consideration. Let them appeal on a forum if they think the punishment was too harsh. Secondly, if the harassment is clearly targeted towards a person who has expressed that it hurts them, it might be worth discussing with them which course of action would be best. There’s definitely no one size fits all approach to the issue. But, I think the severity of certain things should be taken more into consideration as these occasions occur and that things like this deserve more punishment than objectively less consequential things.