[quote author=Fastidious link=topic=147.msg1244#msg1244 date=1260565135]Personally I think the IDL board as of late has been a bit too penalty happy especially given the community size.[/quote]<br /><br />Could you further elaborate on this point and perhaps provide some recent instances that support this argument?<br /><br />[quote author=Fastidious link=topic=147.msg1244#msg1244 date=1260565135]People should be given second chances and issues should be discussed and brought to light in the public.[/quote]<br /><br />Dragan was suspended for -4 seasons- for cheating in the league, yet I still see you rubbing this in around the forums Fastidious. If you want to preach forgiveness on that front, you should at least practice your own suggestions as Dragan has served a penalty time longer than all other suspended players combined.<br /><br />People are continuously given second, and third, and fourth chances in the IDL whether it is the right thing to do or not. Just look at this season&#039;s free agency and captain list.<br /><br />The board members promise to act in bona fide and serve the interests of the league and engages in, often, long and rigorous debates (especially when it comes to players in the league).<br /><br />However, I am in agreement with you that more transparency would not necessarily be a bad thing.<br /><br />[quote author=Fastidious link=topic=147.msg1244#msg1244 date=1260565135]The only thing which I think would warrant such harsh measures on a first time basis is aliasing as another player in a match or cheating.[/quote]<br /><br />What makes throwing a match different from cheating? In my own personal opinion, throwing a game [i]is[/i] cheating, even of a higher form than that of an aimbot, etc. At least when people cheat in that capacity, they are doing it to serve their OWN team and not others (not that this excuses the matter).<br /><br />The IDL is a competitive league and, when you begin to throw games, you are cheating your team, all of the other teams, and the league as a whole. Had KGB lost that game two seasons ago (which they should have until BBC started to throw it out the window), EBL would have made a playoff berth.<br /><br />While some people might argue that &quot;EBL was weaker and didn&#039;t deserve to make the playoffs&quot;, that&#039;s irrelevant because they [b]would[/b] have made the playoffs. So in that sense, anyone on BBC that participated in throwing the game [b]cheated[/b] EBL.