In the rules, "threatening to attack Skial servers or staff" makes an appearance. Now the server I can understand, because threatening to attack Skial servers can lead to server downtime and a loss of money.
However, threatening to attack Skial staff is entirely unnecessary. First off, when people apply to be admin, they're expected to have a thick skin. Idle threats should not bother admins, and if they do that is certainly cause for alarm, because threatening to kill/attack/rape someone over an Internet game has been Internet shit talk for years and nobody should take it personally.
Secondly, this rule doesn't even apply to regular players. Why should admins get special privilege? If you're going to make the rule, apply it to everyone.
I agree if someone threatens to attack staff and provided SPECIFIC information (like actual name, address, location, etc) they should be punished, but that is already in the rules under "no distributing personal information."
In short, we should always be aiming to keep the rules as limited as possible and I (and many others) believe that this section of the rules is entirely unnecessary.
However, threatening to attack Skial staff is entirely unnecessary. First off, when people apply to be admin, they're expected to have a thick skin. Idle threats should not bother admins, and if they do that is certainly cause for alarm, because threatening to kill/attack/rape someone over an Internet game has been Internet shit talk for years and nobody should take it personally.
Secondly, this rule doesn't even apply to regular players. Why should admins get special privilege? If you're going to make the rule, apply it to everyone.
I agree if someone threatens to attack staff and provided SPECIFIC information (like actual name, address, location, etc) they should be punished, but that is already in the rules under "no distributing personal information."
In short, we should always be aiming to keep the rules as limited as possible and I (and many others) believe that this section of the rules is entirely unnecessary.