(09-18-2019, 07:31 PM)IsaStarcrossed Wrote:The failure comes in HO's lack of communication and overall instruction to people being given new abilities and roles. I've seen at least a half dozen players who have mod abilities say since last night that they either had no idea that their abilities showed IPs or that it would be against the rules to post a screenshot containing those IPs. Most of them said something along the lines of "thank god Butter did it before I made that mistake". And that is just those who have come out and said anything about it. Did Butters break a rule? Yes. Should it be a rule? Yes. Should the punishment be so harsh that it potentially pushes a player inactive when no one actually knows the rule even exists? Absolutely not.
The lack of any real training for these guys is every bit a failure on HO and stuff like this needs to be taught and mentioned when new, young players get these roles. There is no reason anyone should be making comments along the lines of "they gave me permissions and said good luck". That. That is failure on HO.
Would failure not come down on the head of that position? It's HO failure for not hiring heads who tell people not to post IPs. I think not posting IP is a bit of an inherent thing you can think of yourself. Also people going IA for fuckin up and then getting salty they get whipped with a rule? Sounds more like a them problem.
Also not knowing a rule exists doesnt exempt you from punishment for breaking it.