Alter Aeon Rules of Conduct

Rule 18.1 - Thou shalt not be socially destructive

This is a catch all rule for cases of player toxicity, where the admin
have determined that it would be better for the long term health of
the game if a player stopped playing.

This is a "rule of last resort" that is typically used to deal with
long term, persistent problems that don't really meet the requirements
of a more specific rule.

This rule is a "rule of last resort" because it is so vague, but past
experience leads us to believe that an escape clause like this is
necessary.  It has been used exactly three times in the history of Alter
Aeon, and perhaps those examples will help clarify it:

- Around 1998, a player was asked to stop playing the game due to
  multi-year long term persistent bug abuse.  She left voluntarily
  and remained on good terms with the staff.

- Somewhere in the 2005-2010 time frame, a player was banned for
  being the driver of the Kindred Hate Machine, which was focused
  primarily on Dentin.

- In 2017, two players were banned for being generally toxic,
  including encouraging others to quit, attacking builders and
  moderators, and advertising other games.

In all three of these cases, we only took action after an extended
time, a lot of investigation, and a lot of deliberation.  In each case,
we came to the conclusion that it would be better for the long term
health of Alter Aeon if those players stopped playing.