Firstly, some people are rule followers, some people are rule breakers. Locks are on door to keep the honest, honest -- the window is wide open.
Some random thoughts in responses to things in this thread:
1)Equating breaking the rules in the game to breaking the law in real life: When you break the law and get caught there is a (relatively) fixed consequence. You accept it, maybe try and get off on a technicality, then move on with your life. A great number of the people banned yesterday are doing just that -- They paid, they had fun, now they are remaking or moving on.
2)Moral highground of those unaffected: Depends on the stance of the person heaping scorn, I suppose.
2.a)If someone bought a fungi instead of working their ass off like so many of us did, pretty merited imo.
2.b)You RMT'd 5k for some starting gear? I know folks who have. I, as a player (not server staff), can't really hold someone in a high degree of contempt for that. I had items valuing well over 5k given to me when I first started... Would I still be playing w/o having been given those? Probably. But is there a difference? I don't know.
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