Being kicked is not personal....

Our moderators are carefully chosen not only for their maturity but also their patience and understanding......none of us enjoy having to kick someone....In almost all circumstances a person has been warned to stop most several times...
If you are ever kicked remember it is only for 1 hr we consider it no more than a time out or a cooling off period..you wait the hour and its forgotten.....
Pming the mod and cursing them is unacceptable...using alternate accounts to cause drama or coming back after a kick intent in raising trouble doesnt work and most times results in getting you banned...

ITS SIMPLE..OBEY OUR RULES...IF YOU GET WARNED JUST MOVE ON....IF YOU DO GET KICKED....WAIT YOUR HOUR AND REJOIN US.

It's as Runtell says, we don't enjoy kicking members, but we occasionally have to do it in order to keep the chat calm and mature. That way we can ensure new members will have an easy time asking their questions, us noticing, and answering them. Members being unable to ask their questions due to immature chat or ongoing drama is not something we want to see.

I hope people will understand this, and most of all, just keep it in the back of their minds. It's not like we're hard enforcers, but we will step up if need arises. I hope every single one of you will keep enjoying the clan, and feel free to ask any of your questions, anytime

Still, it feels really personal and is very degrading in the eyes of your peers

kicking is not something that happens often, and is not someone on a power trip, it is in response to a person or people who fail to heed warnings because they are starting to cause drama in the clan. We have to be able to justify our kicking, and it is not personal, it is simply an hour out of clan for someone not being mature enough to listen. It is short and extremely effective, play continues harmoniously once the agitator has gone. You must understand that prior to a kick we often get pm's from clannies directly asking us how much more nonsense are we prepared to tolerate!!, or even saying I'm out of here till this or that person logs, or I'm putting them on ignore which tells us its time for a final warning and then a kick and some peace restored. I cant tell you how many times someone, will pm me 'thankyou' or 'at last'.

Thank you.

This is quite light punishment in reality, those who have, or are offending should consider it a privilege that they're allowed to re-join; I'm sure other clans would not be as sympathetic in relation to people causing disharmony.

Perhaps however if things get worse punishment could increase? what if we are known to be an easy clan in terms of low levels of enforcement? doesn't that make us easy targets; Just food for thought.

You Oreshole wrote:This is quite light punishment in reality, those who have, or are offending should consider it a privilege that they're allowed to re-join; I'm sure other clans would not be as sympathetic in relation to people causing disharmony.

Perhaps however if things get worse punishment could increase? what if we are known to be an easy clan in terms of low levels of enforcement? doesn't that make us easy targets; Just food for thought.

You make a great point...As an open chat with no requirements it is always difficult for our moderators to find that balance....We always want any warnings and/or kicks to be warranted....We also take great care in who we chose to be moderators as we rely on their good judgement and as such give our moderators complete discretion in their interpretation and enforcement of our rules.
We do have a section for moderators only to share information...such as disruptive members that may need to be watched,warnings given,kicks made ....We also pride ourselves in being fair.
For over 4+ years our system has worked and served us well.