flyinggerbil said:
not everyone reads all the admin posts.

@CelloG said:
I would like to try to put this thread to rest. Let's start with some important facts:

1) there was no official update or other prohibition on playing more than 3 friendlies, just an update saying one could play up to 3 friendlies per day, and that this was replacing 4x friendly income. The mentions prohibiting exceeding 3 friendlies were in forum posts, often by non-@
2) there was no official update announcing that @ were allowed to play unlimited friendlies.

I would also like to point out that the first announcement stated that we would have 4x friendly income. For next few days, it was clear that friendly income was not being quadrupled. The precedent for undocumented change had been set.

When the @ started playing multiple friendlies, many others jumped on board because it seemed to be another undocumented change.

Once it was publicly mentioned that it was considered a cheat to play more than 3 friendlies per day, those who were playing many, many friendlies had an opportunity to stop. The senior @ could have easily posted an update saying "stop playing more than 3 friendlies per day, it's a cheat" but they chose not to do so.

This was a communication problem through and through, and is very unfortunate. I would like to ask those who feel the punishments were too harsh to please make private appeals directly to @ regarding your specific situations, and to stop posting publicly asking for sanction recourse. Please don't appeal unless you have a situation that is different from "I played lots of friendlies because I could make more money". The senior @ have made their decision, and a public appeal will not change this. Again: public appeals will NOT change your fine, the appeal process is to message an @ directly to ask for reconsidering your specific case, with a clearly written logical explanation of why your fine should be reduced. Most of the senior @ don't even read the forums any longer, as that is the job of the new @ (who do NOT have the power to remove your fines, so don't message @CelloG, @Gunnernic, @bluegene or @rebsiot with your appeals).

I would like to ask those who feel that the sanctioned users are being childish or unfair by complaining about their situation to please refrain from publicly criticizing them. They really do have a point: the definition of cheat was very fluid at the start of the season. The "recover" button is an officially allowed cheat (it removes red cards, injuries and refreshes stamina. If that's not a cheat, what is?). Playing more than 1 friendly per day was an officially allowed cheat. The fact that senior @ were allowed unlimited friendlies was an officially allowed cheat which was NOT officially allowed for non-@. The line is blurred, it's not black-and-white, and those who were punished have a right to appeal their punishment, just as anyone else in Striker Manager who is punished.

Can we leave it there and instead focus on ideas for improving communication beyond the obvious "post updates when crap changes" change that will be happening from now on?

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