Something That Should've Been Reinforced Years Ago.

The thing about people like @specknav is the staff wouldn't allow them to be accepted if they didn't complete faith in them. If they thought that they hadn't changed, or had not become enough of a different person then they would not be staff. Take @LuckyPop: He used to be extremely immature, raging and being an ass, but now he is more mature that you, and a whole load of other people here.

 

Yay! More DDoS bull****!

Once again:
DDOSING IS ILLEGAL AS STATED UNER THE COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT OF 1986.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act
• http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030
  http://cyber.laws.com/computer-fraud-and-abuse-act

Maximum penalty: 10 years in prison.
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Once a DDoSer, always a DDoSer. You never forget the power given to you by stupid applications. It's like holding a gun, you can feel the power in your hands. It feels good, it is great.

If an applicant has been proved to hack (currently) they should not be given a chance at it, application denied and removed immediately. Applicant hacked 5 months ago? Give them a chance, they might have stopped. Like me, but I hacked in 1.3 only, hacks are for noobs who cant pvp, guess who's god now and don't need hacks to kill you? If an applicant has EVER DDoSed, NO TOLLERANCE. Never given chance at mod, what if they go bad?

 

So is everyone gonna disregard this post and start spamming Agree ratings on it?

 

Don't worry Moke, we'll agree with yours as well.

 

I agree with this, even if they have changed maybe they could be unbanned but they don't deserve staff. Also, take it from other people's point of view. You are the victim of a federal crime and then that person gets staff and has more power then you, obviously going to make players quit.

 

Have you ever given a single thought if some moderators are doing what's weong behind your back? There are more mods than Smods and Administrators combined so it's not surprising if some mods can be chattering about hitting players offline behind your back in a Skype call.

 

It doesn't work that way, with Skype. You certainly can't get proof of a Skype conversation if you're not in it.

It isn't technically real life, but that only applies for hacking. DDoS affects real life. Same with DoX. You can't roll those back so easily as you can moderator abuse.
And yes, people are in danger of that. Not everyone keeps their internet behind a proxy and VPN. Many people just want to play casually without having to put up countermeasures to protect them while they're playing a game FOR FUN.
Now, your point here could work for hackers that have stopped a while back. Assuming they've matured and stopped, sure why not?
However, DDoS is a crime, and you certainly shouldn't hire someone who's been involved with that for staff.
Even when they realize what they've done wrong, their victims won't be very happy, and I doubt they'd be willing to forgive and forget.

Just throwing my two cents in

 

I wish I wasn't already in trouble so I could state my opinion too. So, here... Have an agree rating, RLH.

 

Come on Yin. Speckie was banned for hacking and ddos and still gets promoted? I mean you are occupied with working on the network gizmos and whatever there is but you are so oblivious to dangerous Brawlers who ddos and could get promoted as well. Who knows if speck, the alternate account of a BANNED player, did not change and still resumes to his past actions?

 

*Cough Cough SWAT DDoS DoX DoS RAT Cough Cough*

SWAT: Swat team literally F*cks you over.
DDoS: Sending someones Router high pings either shutting down their internet or giving them EXTREME Lag.
DoX: Just "Mailing" Someone something. Not that bad, but they know your adress, so it can lead to SWAT.
DoS: Read DDoS. Small differences here and there, but not much different from each other.
RAT: Taking control of Someones PC.

 

Leverage? You think a little name tag prevents a notorious ddoser from ddosing? There could be mods in the staff system, using x-rays or subtle hack clients and using their moderator powers to their advantgae. What would you do if a very "trusted" moderator had betrayed the community and the staff like paparoach?

Would you be able to control them then?

Well you're the administrator. As the highest ranked member of the community, it is your decision to be the Sheppard and lead your sheep from the dangers. Or else your sheep wouldn't be in the herd anymore.

 

Ok, so what your saying is if I break a LAW I can still get mod on a breadcrumb of a server compared to the United States?

If I don't get jailed for 10 years I might as well get mod!
Seriously yin, your not fooling anyone.

First of all I wouldn't give ddosers mod.
That might protect your members :v

Even when you get proof a lot of the time you guys don't do **** :v

 

And what type of leverage does it give?
If someone was willing to abuse a staff rank, they would do so and they wouldn't care about being demoted as long as they made the server's image look bad.
It's not just abusing powers, it's doing those wrong things, and either receiving the staff rank after or during it,
It only gives leverage against a select few people. Not for the real trouble makers.

 

Sorry sir, but your more of an idiot then my brother when he's mad.
Nobody in their right mind would EVER promote a ddoser.

You can at least do this to protect your players.
You don't let ragers and ddosers to mod, this is one of the many reasons the community is so bad
Why? Because you guys don't give two ****s.