[Henry]

The first thing players see when joining the server is the server rules. Our rules aren't that much different than the rules of other TTT servers, so there's no excuses for not following the rules. Staff don't hunt for bans, new players are encouraged to join and be a part of the community, but if they join just to break the rules, it's very apparent they don't have the intention to stay. Why give those players another chance? Regarding the thread you linked, he did 20+ damage to more than three people, which is mass RDM. No reason to throw incends at innos when you're an inno. He is more than welcome to appeal. Everyone is treated the same, donors or regulars don't have any lenience to breaking the rules.

I do intend to distinguish new users who are not intending to stay, I'm saying we need to distinguish based on things like returning users versus first time users, people who have been around and participated for a few days versus people who have just joined, because yes trolls join and should be banned, but people also make mistakes and should not be permabanned with no incentive to rejoin / appeal if they're a returning member. Most guests have no reason to appeal, because if they feel they've been banned unfairly, they'll just never come back since they have no investment in the server yet. I know by our current rules, that does warrant a perma ban, but I think doing 20+ damage to 3 people in a single round, after having played many rounds over several days is a small bump in an otherwise fine member. And I know the staff are told to apply punishments evenly, but it just doesn't happen that way. We both need a culture of reporting things that happen to regulars and donors as well as getting staff to actually punish our donors, like in the example of donors queuing racist things with no warning, versus a new player who is punished very quickly for being racist.