User blog comment:Meta07/On the Strike System/@comment-28857013-20130817104957

So you mean that it is just to have a clearer system for blocking?

Just to point:

1. The previous block system, is not like "banning a user for 1 week if there is 3 warnings". Actually some of us like Cupa already got like 4 warnings, and only get banned 3 days because "IBT gets annoyed". Although, it's correct about that it (sorta) depends on a Staff's mood.

2. Why do you think having such system is good? Like I said in my blog, I have actually been warned in a forum for 6 times, which were over the warnings that I should get perma-banned. Yet I am still alive and only blocked for 6 months. I mean that if I were in this "harsh" system, I would have been perma-blocked already. As written in one of my warnings, I survived the perma-ban because I am just having too much mistakes. Same in this case, If a certain user did a lot of careless rule-breaking thing like flaming -- You know, you can't control yourself not to flame when you got really angry, and get blocked very very very soon (Same for permablocks). That is what I called strict for this "strike" system.

3. I don't see what did you mean by "get 1(/)2 more warnings can get you re-blocked". I think you mean the Martynas case which is... very.. special. Say, Martynas with this system. First he got blocked for collecting 5 strike with whatever reason. Then when did he get unbanned, and he will redo so, and soon collect 5 strikes again. That might really pulling the banning time further, but, there is no difference. He will go on and until he got blocked forever...

4. Even the old system might really be order-less, however. Can't you use another way to do so except for having a very strict rule that when you break a certain rule a few times, no exception, and get banned instantly? This system is quite, Heartless, just because of the reasons above, you making this system is simply taking the fun out of this wiki.