Make Bans In-Game public again

Dart_Knight

Here's how I see it (I'm not flaming or anything, just stating my 2c):
Pros:

Retainment of the rules. Players get reminded of what the rules are and it sets a standard for the rest of the players on a server.
-1
The reason it was removed because we had endless players spamming the chat after a player was banned, I see no reason to bring it back.
players spamming after a player who just got banned can push new players away.
~ @CyborgZeroX

With the current amount of players we have online there is no "endless players..", spamming would only last like 5 seconds if any. Spamming (for at maximum like 5 seconds) would only happen if a significant figure got ban for a long time. Spam of "why was x ban" instead happens and actually produces more messages. New players are pushed away for other reasons than just "spam." Spam only accounts for a little amount of new players leaving.
More communicative to the players/staff.
I once saw a player hacking in kitpvp (shocker) and recorded him and switched to youtube while uploading the evidence. I switched back to Minecraft and he was banned and I never saw a message or anything (it literally takes 10 seconds for me to get the uploading to start and switch back to minecraft) I wasted my time finishing uploading it, and telling a staff member about it, then he told me "He was banned 10 mins ago."
~ @SX1
^ Perfect example. I feel like this happens a lot in game too. "Ban player x he advertised (or is hacking, etc. etc.)." Staff member speaks and says "He was just ban"
Discourages new toxic players - Toxic players that join and see that mods/staff actually crack down on poops like him will make him leave, no harm done.

Cons

Bans a private... Yes I do feel like bans are private but if you do something illegal word is going to get around anyway. Also, rule breakers are not soft people. They can handle being embarrassed in front of people they don't know.
The amount of times staff gets questioned... I feel like one of the qualities a staff member should have is self assurance. They need to know that what they're doing is for the best and if they are wrong in an incident, it's easy to change. I feel like if players ask why was x banned for y amount of time and the staff member replies with an educated response, that staff member would get respect for the community (something we need more of). If anything I see this more as a pro.

There are more pros and maybe a little more cons that I'm not just thinking about atm, but I listed the first things that came to my head.

+.5 for this.

Landonator419

-1
The reason it was removed because we had endless players spamming the chat after a player was banned, I see no reason to bring it back.
players spamming after a player who just got banned can push new players away.
~ @CyborgZeroX

That reason will help meep... When people aren't talking seeing the bans will make people talk, which will make meep look more like a fun community.

Muunkee

Is there a sort of compromise?

Could we do something like "staff member has banned a player for reason for length"
Xchaoszerox has banned a player for advertising for Perm.

This way - if people see the advertiser, they know by using common sense that advertiser is gone and banned. If a staff bans a player for theft, no one knows who, can't really argue it can they?

Dart_Knight

That reason will help meep... When people aren't talking seeing the bans will make people talk, which will make meep look more like a fun community.
~ @Landonator419

Gossip does not retain socializing. Pretty much everyone who is playing currently knows the rules and doesn't want to get ban. It's mainly the new players and a few bigger players that get ban. Gossip doesn't even last long anyway. What makes people socialize more is actual conversations about specific topics. Plus it's not a fun community if we just talk about bans...

Unfortunately our chat now has to appeal 8 year olds. Whenever a topic comes up that I'd like to talk about usually gets shot down and staff tries to derail. Any talk that are for teens is discouraged. Our target audience is like 8 year olds, but the gameplay itself requires maturity and thinking skills an eight year old most likely won't have. So we have people around their teens and older playing, but chat rules are catered to a lot younger audience..

TNTBomberAttack

I liked it then it made the chat more entertaining instead of arguing over if cleaves is a boy or a girl and what a child does with his poop and go to X casino to win X meebles this is actually kinda fun to watch peoples reactions to different bans. :)

GingerManOWNS

+1. I really do believe that players could benefit off of this. They can see possibly how long bans can be and they will learn not to make the same mistake as the player who was banned.

adlovesdogs

Denied. Bans are private for a reason and we can't have all that information public. It is for staff to know and there is no reason for players to see these bans. You can contact a staff member if you have a reason to know about a ban.

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