Late to the party, sure, but had to chime in.Empress Teck said:Speeding is a crime, running a red light, illegal parking, ect. Should everyone that do those be sent to jail?Saurus said:Ban them I say! Lift thy ban hammer and pound justice into them!
But. It's common sense. If you do the crime, you'll pay the time. Why would you want to become more lenient? A crime is a crime, an offence is an offence. Why appeal to change it now?
It's important to understand why something is a crime, not just what the punishment is.
Speed is often limited in areas based off of congestion, safety, and terrain. For example, while a road might have a speed limit of 45 mph, the corners might be limited to 15 mph for safety. If you're ticketed or arrested for breaking those limits, then it's because you're putting others at risk. Speeding can be considered a form of reckless endangerment, or neglect. Running a red light can be categorized as much the same.
Parking is usually restricted because it interferes with public works or public safety. For example, it is illegal in my state to park on the street overnight when there is two or more inches of snowfall. This is because the plows and salt trucks need to work on the streets overnight, as it's the only time to do it before people leave for work. Fire zones should be obvious, and so on.
In the case of Pokemon World Online, it's still important to understand why certain things are against the rules.
It's easy to sit down and say, "yes, more punishments, less punishments, rabble rabble," but without examining the consequences of each action being considered, those words are just hot air blown into the wind.
Botting damages the game by granting certain players an unfair or undue advantage over others. It's not just that, either -- it's an unfair advantage obtained through means not intended by the game's developers. It's a form of advanced exploitation, as it abuses the assumption that a live player will be investing time into playing. This means that any player that uses a botting program to, say, grind fishing experience for 15 hours is going to have a direct advantage over any player that is unable to sit there and fish for 15 hours (re: that's everyone not botting). Botting is basically using Hermione's time turner necklace to allow you to be in two places at once. Rather than choose between going to work or fishing, it allows you to do both. That's unhealthy for both the player and the game.
It's possible to break down each other type of offense, but I'm not going to here. I just find it pointless to ask players for an opinion without explaining the consequences of the action they're opining, or explaining why it originally came to be illegal here.