Very true ^

I don't see any way a survey could work. I wish it could, but I don't think it's possible.

@Venetorem Because im DATING HER, not because i like her. Does tewaker or benji, or sirchristopher, or custard, or anyone else im friends with call me by name? No

I'm just curious what your personal relations have to do with the stated rules.

Go ahead, but just as a warning, results will likely be tampered with by taking the survey multiple times. I don't believe that's avoidable.

@Venetorem When did i mention she was staff?
Of course i let my girlfriend address me informally. That obvious

So you've just admitted that because you know her, she is allowed to do things normal players would be banned for.

@Venetorem If he has responded with something like "oh, my bad" or "sure thing" or "wont happen again" that wouldve been the end of it

That's not he point. The point is that Juli is free to use your name because:

A) She's your friend
B) She is staff

Both of which are invalid excuses for favoring one player over another.

Good grief, if staff isn't bound to their own rules, then I don't know what to say.

And, as @Venetorem stated, Juli is allowed to use it in public chat.

That, my friends, is staff discrimination. Staff may do what other players get banned for.

@Venetorem Since when are we not allowed to call people by name? The rule he broke was "revealing personal information", not "calling someone by their publicly known name like others do because I said no". That's not a rule.

@Grassling Interested in your thoughts on this.

@Venetorem Dude you know I think you're amazing, but let me get this straight.

@Grassling was banned because he was "revealing personal information". As Dawn said, that was the final straw.

Now, how is that personal information if you allow others to publically call you by name? Grassling's warning said to not reveal private info. Your name is not private info if you let ANYONE use it in general chat. You can't allow mods/friends to do things that others aren't allowed to do.

Edit:

This is starting to sound less like Grassling exposing staff and more like staff being like:

"Stop that I don't like that. Oh but it's fine if we do that. Banned."

@Ealdwine_Drasax I totally get where you're coming from, and this thread may indeed prove to be pointless. Heck, maybe I'll get banned by the time this is over.

But just like in the real world, we need to make our opinions heard. I hope it is clear to @R4iscool1 now that this is bigger than a minority opinion, as shown by how this thread has skyrocketed in the past few hours. Like @Ealdwine_Drasax said, there's a lot more players out there affected by this who a) don't use the forums and b) are too afraid of punishment for simply voicing their opinion to post on this thread.

Unless staff decides to take this seriously (which I doubt, because let's be honest, it's easier to do nothing than take the effort to change), the only way this will go anywhere is if we bring up numerous controversial situations from the past, which I'm sure staff will agree is a bad idea. I mean, if that's what's required to get our voice heard, go for it, but that will start a LOT more arguments.

Then reason people don't give many examples is because mentioning specific staff members is dangerous here. You could be banned for it later on. And as @SnowProper showed, staff ain't always in the know.

So please take this seriously, staff, and let's get something good to happen.

Ooooo, if you want this on YouTube we could totally work something out! But if it's first come first serve that's really cool too!