Rob Kashuken
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.06.23 11:49:00 -
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I'm too new at Eve to have come across Vile Rat directly, however I know the story of what occurred and who he was.
With that context in mind, my responses to the OP:
1) I'm not entirely sure. E1 was taking in-game actions & behaviors out of game. From your description, this would appear the reverse - taking a tragic event from out of game and bringing it in. Whilst I find the described incident abhorrent, I'm not entirely convinced that the actions are equatable. I do think though that it is going well above the mark of trolling.
2) (Note to ISD - I'm not intending to discuss moderation per se, I'm intending to just describe my understanding of what has occurred, based on information that has been made public)
I'd note for this one that as far as I'm aware, the player behind the E1 character hasn't been banned, only that character. Of course, as a general player, I'm not aware of (or should be aware of) any other details of this. I believe that I know of a current alt of E1, and wish him continued success in the game at his preferred playstyle. I believe that the only players who have been banned, are those behind the monument defacement.
Given that we have tools (petitions and the like), I'd flag it and leave it to the powers that be to apply their interpretation of the code of conduct. Had I been in that system at the time, I'd certainly have done so.
3) Given the above, this is a tricky one to answer. In-game, well... the CEO has made that choice, and I have full faith and confidence that they'll be under a lot of wardecs now, and/or actively hunted and awoxxed. That's content, and an in-game response to an in-game event (the CEO taking this guy in).
The blogs though, I'm not sure. To me, as a newer player, it has appeared that blogs, whilst being out-of-game, are often tacitly accepted to be a part of the game's meta. Plenty of in-game actions, especially concerning market trading are undertaken based off of comments on various blogs and online forums. I don't know at this point if it is something that would come into play. |