Strong Work Turbine!!!

[Magusrex777]

Recently there have been some changes to the infraction system and Tolero said this:

Infractions were never made to expire to allow people to break a rule and then give them some time so they could break it again. "Don't call each other names" is a very straightforward rule, one that people repeatedly break. Expiration was intended to allow a user to think about what they'd done and curb their behavior rather than quickly flaming out. Instead, people have been using this leniency to volley the system and continue to break guidelines. The system has been adjusted as a result of this behavior.

There are literally thousands upon thousands of active users - long timers included - who have never received a warning, much less an infraction. It is very straight forward: follow the guidelines, a majority of which revolve around treating one another with respect. If a person can't do that, it wouldn't matter if the threshold was a million points - the result is going to be the same. You have to be able to follow the guidelines to continue posting here.

People have been making many claims why Turbine changed the system. I am going to choose to take Tolero's word. I just wanted to take opportunity to say "Thank You" you to Turbine for making this change. Others have created threads saying how much they dislike it. I wanted you to know some of us appreciate your new stance and look foward to a more polite forum. Thanks to Tolero for putting an answer out there for people to see.

[Tarrant]

No more reopening closed threads, please.

However, a final note on this:

Under the old system, players would get a high amount of infraction points, let them expire, and then violate the forum guidelines again. Rinse, wash, and repeat.

To a player that follows the forum guidelines, the new policy is not an issue. To a player that breaks them once or twice and then learns their lesson, this is still not an issue. Receiving an infraction (nevermind warnings, which don't count towards the 10) 10 times means said player has not learned their lesson, and probably won't be. With the new rules, they can no longer game the system.

This is not a change that targets long-time posters. It's a change that targets long-time forum guideline violators.

Additionally, although we like to think of ourselves as infallible, we're aware it's not actually the case. We do try to be as objective as possible, and I believe that when a possibly-undeserved infraction is appealed ("Are you serious?" and its ilk are not appeals), we are fair when reevaluating it and are willing to reverse it if appropriate. If you feel you did not deserve an infraction, we urge you to contact us and ask us to reconsider. However, we receive a lot of PMs, so please keep in mind the boy-who-cried-wolf when appealing.