Fury,
Please re-read our verdict here:
http://forum.battlemaster.org/index.php/topic,3357.30.htmlI post it here for benefit:
"The Magistrates hold that they have jurisdiction in cases arising from the forum, provided that three conditions hold: first, that a connection between a forum account and a user ID exists; second, that forum moderators have already attempted to redress the issue by comment deletion or thread control as necessary; third, that such means have failed to resolve or end the dispute, and it is of such a nature as to arouse general concern or interest."
"In this case, we find that, while Aaron has privately confirmed to the Magistrates details of his accusations and has submitted all information to the Titans, he violated the social contract in making a public accusation of cheating without evidence. We note that he has confessed his error multiple times, and attempted to clarify the issue. He has also attempted to rectify the issue with regards to players who may have been unjustly or injuriously accused, either implicitly or explicitly, of being cheaters. Even so, his accusation was inappropriate. We thus find him guilty, but, given moderator actions which have occurred and his own behavior since the incident, believe a warning to be sufficient, on the expectation that the behavior will not repeat itself."
"Furthermore, the Magistrates wish to offer guidance with regards to discussions of cheating cases on the forum: namely, any case involving the Social Contract, and especially cheating of any kind, which may be ongoing, should not be discussed in any manner outside of the deliberations of the Magistrates or Titans themselves, except insofar as may be necessary for Magistrates or Titans to gather necessary information. If you have accused someone of cheating to the Titans, keep it to yourself. It is especially imprudent and damaging to the community to issue accusations against groups or group labels, which may include entirely innocent or unrelated players. "
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The three criteria:
1. Yes, clearly we can identify the players without any difficulty
2. This does not appear to have been attempted– however it is unclear whether any attempt by it now could possibly solve the problem
3. As above, even if such actions did occur, as Silverfire has noted, that, to him, does not resolve the hurt, as his allegation is that such forum posts are indicative of an OOC vendetta informing IC actions, rather than that said OOC messages are themselves harassment. The forum posts are evidence, not crime.
In sum, I think we do have jurisdiction.
On the case itself: I assume that if Elegant is too busy to respond here, he is too busy to be continuing the alleged spam/harassment in game. That being the case, I am content to await his defense of himself, which he has stated he will provide soon.