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ban them for an exponentially increasing time period? as long as they are clearly notified "you have been banned for 3 months, cheat again it will be 9" it'd d
by 5h 14y ago
ban them for an exponentially increasing time period?
as long as they are clearly notified "you have been banned for 3 months, cheat again it will be 9" it'd do the same job surely?
- chrisacky 14y agoIf only that were the case. [1] Judge says: "If you commit another crime or are found in violation of your parole you will go to prison for X months longer". It's a simple analogy that ignores a lot of extrinsic issues, but punishment isn't always a sufficient deterrent.
- 5h 14y agoWe're talking about being banned from connecting to servers to play a modification for a computer game here, it's a situation that just is simpler than "real life", it is nothing to do with providing a deterrent, if they are banned from connecting they cant cheat in a way that matters.