My point exactly, Vene's response is bias and in the grand scheme of things unjustified in my opinion. Do I agree some form of atonement should have been taken? Yes, but there should not have been a perm ban. I could agree if actual harassment had been committed.

Technically stating, When such things are discussed. In the Judicial Court one's personal name is only personal in the sense of protection. If the individual willing presents data or information to the public ie. a name. It is considered public knowledge and the individual can no longer have control.
For example: John joins a server. His server name is RocketMan, he can legally keep his name a secret. If he wishes to present his name in the open on this server he has no control over it. Unless he feels that the individuals using it are threatening him or are doing something that actually infringes on his rights as a US citizen. If on this server someone uses John instead of RocketMan and is no way of malevolent content it is not considered harassment.

Now lets say Jack uses John's name and John asks him to stop then it is still not considered harassment. Becasue at that point if John presented his name to the server in open chat then it would be considered public knowledge. However harassment does occur when John is used with a malevolent intent.

Now I am not defending or choosing sides here but in the grand scheme of things did Vene screw up for putting his name in public chat. Hell to the ya. But should Grassling use it if it made him uncomfortable no, according to the united states law grassling is not infringing on any law or rights. However he still should have paid attention to Vene's request.

this all may not matter due to where the server is actually stored cause in that case US law is not supported, unless Grassling is a citizen of the united states while playing on the server.

However a Server can not legally share or distribute personal data without the persons consent. But players may willing distribute their personal information if desired. So I mean in the end all of ya'll are in a stale mate.

*Takes a sip of win and looks at this smiling as I drop the mic!

We need one for Rick and Morty!

@BaronBattleBread, well said. This in mind I would agree that staff protect the server from all sorts of crap. However, I would personally have seen Staff act differently or use the rules differently. If you are going to enforce the rules you should do it with out exception. I have seen staff use the rules for their benefit. I would feel more comfortable if the rules were enforced equally on everyone. Which in my eyes are not. I personally agree with you, I think our ADMINS and staff do a fine job when protecting us from perdition on the server and I thank you. It is just sometimes you see something that is not justified and no one stands up for anyone. When you do you get your a** handed to you.

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@rnc2011 I truly Wish I could believe that, all things considering you seem to be quite the exception. You have an unconditional positive regard towards the player community and it would seem that you do not forget what it is like to be the player and not just an Staff. I truly believe that with some work all the staff could be like you, and the server would be more pleasant. (Not saying that staff or the server are not pleasurable) Just a change on perspective. I manage many different job situations RL and I would never handle situations like I have seen or experienced on this server.

I would tend to agree.

I will present my findings and make it clear of the potential short comings of my survey and the potential survey. Like any survey it will present a rough estimate.

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Here is the Test Survey, It if works we will actually conduct a full survey.

True. I think I can stop the same URL from taking the same Survey.