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  1. R

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    By the usertitle "Banned from competitions"

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    Lose the user title and its an OK idea. Seems a hassle though for negligible benefit.
     
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    If it's provable it's no more of a hassle than reporting and dealing with a scammer (which, give the value some people seem to give to miniranks, is comparable).

    Dave's suggestion seems perfectly reasonable. While I agree with Moes that the forced user title could be tough for those who have donated enough to get a custom title.. Well, if you've cheated enough times and are aware of the penalty, I dare say you'd have forfeited your right to a custom title at that point.
     
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    Are we really going to compare minirank hoarders to scammers...
    Scammers hurt the site...This hurts peoples ego when they find they aren't the most popular.
     
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    I only make the comparison because, as had already been pointed out, miniranks hold a monetary value to some people as they are tradeable and quite a few people buy them. If something is worth real money and someone obtains it by cheating that would be considered scamming, no? If a competition was held with a prize of $20, for example.. anyone cheating would be banned for sure wouldn't they?
     
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    Personally, I think the user title is a bit farfetched. I mean, how many people do you really think are going to banned from competitions at one given time? 5 max? if that? Why not just have a sticky set up in the sand box with "Users banned from competitions" as the title, and have the users listed within..
     
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    ^ In that case UT's are less hassle than a sticky for 2 people. It's a deterrent more than anything hopefully.
     
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    Fair enough, yeah I believe if you enforce strict rules it will deter people from trying to rig the competition.
     
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    Of course people don't want that user title. But you have to remember $100 is quite a lot to donate to a website and it would be fucked up to destroy their perks because they (accidentally) broke a rule, as Dave suggested that user title to be given on the first offence already.
     
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    I misinterpreted what you said, my bad. It isn't "accidental" - it's blatant cheating to buy votes..
     
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    Users know the repercussions from rigging competitions; so if they don't want the UI, they won't ask for votes - simple. You can't accidentally break the rules, it is done purposefully to benefit yourself.
     
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    Support, but ban them for a month instead and remove all votes they received from any member.
     
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    Approved and added to the rules.
     
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