Ozhonda Infractions System

A quick (major) update.

We've decided to update the infraction points system including the following.

• points value for various infractions
• infraction expiration period
• Automatic ban period and ban criteria (you can now be banned for receiving 'x' infractions, as opposed to 'x' infraction points)

Reason for this is because we had users who would continually receive infractions and never get a ban (when in really they should have been banned). The previous rules were too lenient.

This shouldn't affect the majority of users however the net result is that it is a bit easier to get banned now. We're working on dealing people who try to discredit this forum and believe this should send the message across that we are serious about improving things around here.

Changes are in the first post and effective IMMEDIATELY.

so now mods will go at their own discretion and change the number of infractions and their expiry period?

isnt it possible that a mod may be lenient on friends and harsh on members that he/she dislikes?

isnt that way too open to bias??

you should have left it as it was...........evry offence has a certain number of points and expiry dates.....that was already too open to interpretation and now you have made it worse??

correct me if im wrong......maybe im being too short sighted?

or do u mean that the previous specified punishments were insufficient and you have made them more harsh across the board?

but what motivated you to change these rules? every trouble maker/perceived trouble maker gets banned and time away from the site with the old rules.

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Originally Posted by krogoth

so now mods will go at their own discretion and change the number of infractions and their expiry period?

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where did you get this from?

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Originally Posted by krogoth

correct me if im wrong......maybe im being too short sighted?

or do u mean that the previous specified punishments were insufficient and you have made them more harsh across the board?

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this

dunno, it wasnt clear to me

thats y i added the 2nd part, lol

anyway, if thats the case, than i guess its fine, tho prob not necessary..

I'm all for it! If you're on Ozhonda, how hard can it possibly be to simply know what the rules are and not break them?

I've been on here for over a year and never received an infraction. Why? Because I read all of the rules and make sure I keep myself in line, it's not exactly a hard thing to do.

I think making the infraction system harsher is a great idea :D

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Originally Posted by krogoth

isnt it possible that a mod may be lenient on friends and harsh on members that he/she dislikes?
isnt that way too open to bias??

but what motivated you to change these rules? every trouble maker/perceived trouble maker gets banned and time away from the site with the old rules.

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1st paragraph: it is possible, but isnt that very similar to what the police do? the moderating team has been chosen because they are fair individuals. none of us are "out" to get certain members nor is there any favouritism.

2nd paragraph: the police/govt laws change constantly dont they? its the same here. the moderating team have to keep up with issues that fall through the cracks so rules have to change also.
have a look at JDMST banner for example. they are "rediscovering their roots" because "things are changing". same same, no different.

ok im trying for my very small brain to get around the changes.

so, if i get a certain amount of infractions i can be banned also? and can you be banned for less than the 20 piont limit aswell?

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Originally Posted by Lukey

ok im trying for my very small brain to get around the changes.

so, if i get a certain amount of infractions i can be banned also? and can you be banned for less than the 20 piont limit aswell?

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if you accumulate 10 points you get a 3 day ban. 20 points = 7 day ban and so on.

you can get banned before you accumulate 10 points but only in certain circumstances.

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Originally Posted by geeang

I think making the infraction system harsher is a great idea :D

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Cheers for that!

Just to clarify, although the minimum points is 10 to receive a (3 day) ban we have also reduced the points assigned to various infractions in order to even things out.

The only other significant addition is that you can now receive an automatic ban by having 'x' infractions (as opposed to infraction points).

ohh ok now i get it so you can have 5 infractions for example and they may only be worth 5-8 infraction points but because you have 5 different infractions you will be banned for 'x' amount of days... not saying in anyway that 5 infractions will get you banned lol

i got a 12 month 'infraction' before they introduced this 12 months infraction bs.

beat that newbs!

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Originally Posted by yourfather

i got a 12 month 'infraction' before they introduced this 12 months infraction bs.

beat that newbs!

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im sitting on 18 points and have 2 infractions that expire after 18 months