penchanter22 was a player from years ago who had plenty to say. This blog was one if his that I kept, as I found much truth in it. Take a read if you like, it never hurts to learn something new :slight_smile:


Posted by: penchanter22 June 2, 2007

I REALLY HATE TO DIP INTO THIS ONE, but...

... the next time someone posts drivel like this... it is in everyone's best interest to maybe consider... just walking away.

# 1 : there is a customary twelve-hour time limit before a new account can send MMail "for a reason"... what that "reason" is, I dunno, nor do I care at this point... but I can think up a good one right here on the spot -- to give a genuinely NEW USER time to take it upon themselves to EXPLORE ( OMGawd, what a concept! ) the site, get out an old fashion writing instrument and scratch pad, or maybe one of those new-fangled digital note-taking devices, and start jotting down questions they develop as they come across different things on the site that mystify them over their first twelve hours on the site

# 2 : if/when an account gets banned/frozen - who are we to interfere? "Sorry to hear that happened!" ( Why are we sorry, exactly? That -they- most likely screwed up their own account and got pinched for it? ) "I'll go MMail a staff member right away for you!" (Again, there is a twelve-hour customary restriction placed on all newly-created accounts 'for a reason'. Who do you think you are to circumvent that?

I am *NOT* trying to be mean here - I am being sincere... do you really think your account is worth getting mixed up in such a mess and potentially getting banned/frozen, too, because you chose to stick your nose where it does not belong, all because you are just trying to be too nice to someone who potentially screwed up their own account(s) [note the 's']?? C'mon now.

I have NOTHING AGAINST being nice... I suffer the same affliction. *wink* But getting my account pinched because someone else got theirs pinched is NOT my idea of "helping out." Just think about it for an hour or so, before you jump right in and start making promises and connecting yourself with potential wrong-doers all in the name of some Utopian society that simply does not exist just yet.

# 3 : For sake of argument, say the alleged perp. actually was improperly banned/frozen... what, pray-tell, does twelve-hours actually hurt?? Is any Mara-Bank interest actually affect