JiminyBillyBob wrote:
Sure. Let people ask their questions in OOC, deprecating the need for prioritization and equal rights to assistance - and let those who are frustrated by the distractions in roleplay suffer.

He missed out on the ZARP experience because he broke the rules. It's a punishment.

The fact that I've punished several others for this today means that he's no different, and a mute was very much appropriate as it prevents him from continuing such as some other individuals decided it would be clever to do, and that people don't see him 'getting off lightly' - even moreso for those people waiting for a request to be answered because of a queue.

It's disgusting, because I've seen people ask things in OOC and a mod has teleported to them to assist them, meanwhile, in this particular example, a person decided to speak up and ask why people are being prioritized.

When the person joins the game, they click a button that says they have read and accepted the rules - for this individual, they obviously haven't - and all it would have taken regardless of if they'd read the rules or not, is to say "Yo - I'm sorry for what I did, please unmute me" and then it would be over.

People who are trying to roleplay miss out because,

[quote=JiminyBillyBob] I understand that an admins duty is to help people, I just don't like to see people be dealt with hastily and maybe not be given the full fulfillment of the potential of the server and felt that the person may potentially miss out on the true aspect of the [ZARP] experience due to him being muted. [/quote] Sure. Let people ask their questions in OOC, deprecating the need for prioritization and equal rights to assistance - and let those who are frustrated by the distractions in roleplay suffer. He missed out on the ZARP experience because he broke the rules. It's a punishment. The fact that I've punished several others for this today means that he's no different, and a mute was very much appropriate as it prevents him from continuing such as some other individuals decided it would be clever to do, and that people don't see him 'getting off lightly' - even moreso for those people waiting for a request to be answered because of a queue. It's disgusting, because I've seen people ask things in OOC and a mod has teleported to them to assist them, meanwhile, in this particular example, a person decided to speak up and ask why people are being prioritized. When the person joins the game, they click a button that says they have read and accepted the rules - for this individual, they obviously haven't - and all it would have taken regardless of if they'd read the rules or not, is to say "Yo - I'm sorry for what I did, please unmute me" and then it would be over. People who are trying to roleplay miss out because,