I agree fully Yooper. All the smack talk is half the fun....even if it is skirting the edges at times. I also understand that players screw up or get mad and they have momentary lapse in judgement. We r human after all. I know ive let a few F bombs or the like drop a few times...but if I realize it or its brought to my attention im the first to apologize ...just as ive seen other players do in the past.
I think were in agreement when I say that some players go way beyond this and that they are doing it purposely for the sole reasons of hurting or impugning ones character.
The point Im trying to make here is that Kano is being woefully inconsistent in regards to actions taken or not taken in regards to its own TOU and its claims that they are all about its players. Sure...Kano is protected against libelous remarks made by its members on its game sight and here in the forums (unless of course they are found to be aiding and abetting the defamation ) by things such as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act or similar language in the DMCA.....yet they go to great lengths in their own TOU to state things like.............
10.Usage Rules
As a user of the Site, you agree that your User Content, and your conduct on the Site will not:
(a)include any offensive comments that are connected to race, national origin, gender, sexual preference or physical handicap;
(b)include profanity or any obscene, indecent, pornographic, sexual or otherwise objectionable content or language;
(c)defame, libel, ridicule, mock, disparage, threaten, harass, intimidate or abuse anyone;
(d)promote violence or describe how to perform a violent act;
(e)violate the contractual, personal, intellectual property or other rights of any party, or promote or constitute illegal activity; or
(f)otherwise be in violation of the Terms of Use.
or.........
(d)trick, defraud or mislead other users;
(g)violate these Terms of Use or any other requirements or restrictions posted by KANO on the Site, or engage in any illegal activity;
(p)engage in any act that KANO deems to be in conflict with the spirit or intent of the Service; or
Of course they then go to say ......
You acknowledge and agree that KANO has the right, but not the obligation, to enforce these Terms of Use in the manner and to the extent it deems appropriate in its sole discretion.Any decision by KANO not to enforce or exercise its rights with respect to the breach of any particular provision of these Terms of Use shall not affect KANO’s right to enforce any subsequent breach of, or exercise its rights with respect to, the same or any other provision of these Terms of Use.
So in this case Kano has apparently decided to exercise their "sole discretion" and not do a thing in regards to this player blatantly and purposefully violating their TOU repeatedly over a period of nearly 2 years ....even when players who have been rivals since the dawn of time and have never agreed on anything came to their forums with united voices to say NO MORE. To make things even worse...This player came to the forums where all the same TOUs govern with his same remarks in a large and bold font posted with every comment he posted. Kanos answer was to delete the thread that objected to his remarks and the player continue to play and make the same remarks....some may say hes even kicked it up a notch by now making racist comments. If this isnt thumbing it in Kanos face...than what is? Kano has the right to ban him for any reason they see fit. Yet they ve chosen to do nothing. Im sure you can remember another player (QS) they banned for similar behavior.
There in lies the inconsistencies and exactly why I am asking for a revised list as to what the deem inappropriate. How many times have players had there character names deleted or their posts edited or deleted simply because they were having a lil fun with a rival? I know i once had my name deleted because I called someone a "motor mouth", I find it a lil hard to swallow that was deemed inappropriate when some one else can go around calling people "baby raping Christians" and "sand niggers".
Im not trying to be the morality police here. There is a certain member of the Parasites that changes his name practically every other day to a new derogatory remark about myself , JJ or my guild....I dont have a problem with that...I actually lok forward to what hes gonna come up with next. But this particular situation that has gone unchecked for nearly 2 years.....is obviously a whole diff ball game
Last edited: Feb 21, 2012