Originally by: Commander Talana

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Cult of War alliance was disbanded due to unpaid bill.
Band of Brother alliance was disbanded due to a defector.

Both circumstances are "in-game mechanics". End result is the same: alliance was disbanded, name is now up for grabs.

Cult of War name was then taken by another corp with the sole intention of preventing the original CoW from reforming. This was considered "griefing", [albeit using in-game mechanics] consequently, that corp was re-named, and the original CoW was allowed to reform their alliance with their original name.

Band of Brother's name as taken by a goon alt, all corp was wardec'd with the sole intention of preventing the original alliance from reforming [albeit using in-game mechanics]. Sov was completely lost and reset to 1. BoB (original) petitioned this right away, but took 2 months to resolve.

With the precedent set forth by CoW, one has an effective case to argue for the restoration of BoB's name. The usage of "all legit under in-game mechanics" argument with the sole intent of griefing someone (as is evident by Goons taking BoB's name and even yesterday, KenZoku's name) does not negate the intention of the action: griefing.

Many precedents have been set forth with regards to "griefing", i.e., prevention of someone from leaving corp by repetitively granting roles, etc. was intervened by CCP. Just because it's "in-game mechanics" does NOT permit it's usage with the intent of harassment and griefing.

The appearance of "favoritism" is what it is: appearance. The proper course of action would have been to grant BoB their name back as soon as they had petitioned, reset all of their sov.

The fact BoB decided to join an existing alliance does not negate the original problem. They simply decided to continue on while CCP consider the petition (which we all know CCP can take forever to do anything).

To be perfectly honest, the reason why people are so upset, is because they just realized, just because it's "in-game mechanics" doesn't mean you are allowed to pursue such course of actions if such actions could be deemed as griefing and harassment.

To be perfectly honest, the reason why people are so upset, is because they just realized, just because it's "in-game mechanics" doesn't mean you are allowed to pursue such course of actions if such actions could be deemed as griefing and harassment.

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