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Seeing People with 2000 warning points?

F1's Finest

What's the difference between 1000 and 2000 warning points???

Thanks :smile:

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Reply 1

User990473

I'm guessing it's an IP ban :lol:

Reply 2

Potally_Tissed

1000 points is a permanent ban. 2000 points means two different moderators have both given a permanent ban, in such close succession that neither saw the other had already done it :yes:

Reply 3

F1's Finest

Original post by Occams Chainsaw

I'm guessing it's an IP ban :lol:

I thought people who get perm banned (1000 warning points) automatically get an ip ban anyway?

Reply 4

User990473

Original post by James A

I thought people who get perm banned (1000 warning points) automatically get an ip ban anyway?

Maybe. It was a stab in the dark. I have no idea :nah:

Reply 5

F1's Finest

Original post by Potally_Tissed

1000 points is a permanent ban. 2000 points means two different moderators have both given a permanent ban, in such close succession that neither saw the other had already done it :yes:

Oh I see! haha

Reply 6

Potally_Tissed

Original post by James A

I thought people who get perm banned (1000 warning points) automatically get an ip ban anyway?

I shan't go into details on when exactly IP bans are used, but no.

Reply 7

Mad Vlad

Original post by James A

What's the difference between 1000 and 2000 warning points???

Thanks :smile:

1000.

Do I need to break out LaTeX?

Reply 8

F1's Finest

Original post by Mad Vlad

1000.

Do I need to break out LaTeX?

hahaha you might have to get help from the TSR Maths crew to figure this one out :hmmm:

Reply 9

spotify95

Thanks for the info. I am relatively new here, and decided to spend some time here (because I've been kicked out of digital spy for a week).
One one of my threads I saw someone with 1000 warning points, but I know that you only need 15 for a ban?

So is 1,000 points the maximum you can get, and is that a permaban?

Reply 10

Illusionary

Original post by spotify95

Warning points will, in general, expire after a short period. However, there's a specific infraction associated with a permanent ban, which carries 1,000 non-expiring warning points.

Reply 11

Kvothe the Arcane

Original post by James A

Oh I see! haha

Is it just me who's curious to see the most WPs someone's amassed? Perhaps a few mods assigning 1000 to a user in quick succession...
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Reply 12

Potally_Tissed

Original post by keromedic

Is it just me who's curious to see the most WPs someone's amassed? Perhaps a few mods assigning 1000 to a user in quick succession...
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I've seen 3000 before.

Reply 13

Powersymphonia

I once had 15 warning points. I hang my head in shame.

Reply 14

UniMastermindBOSS

I saw a guy just a few minutes ago with 7,000 warning points...

Reply 15

Kiss

Doesn't 1000 warning points eventually expire? I mean I've accumulated over 200 in the space of 2 and half years, why isn't there just a 'Permanent Banned' tag instead?

Reply 16

Illusionary

Original post by Kiss

Doesn't 1000 warning points eventually expire? I mean I've accumulated over 200 in the space of 2 and half years, why isn't there just a 'Permanent Banned' tag instead?

See my post above, #11. Each type of infraction has the duration of its points set separately. For most infractions this is seven days, but for the infraction that results in a permanent ban the points won't expire.

Reply 17

rmhumphries

Original post by Kiss

Doesn't 1000 warning points eventually expire? I mean I've accumulated over 200 in the space of 2 and half years, why isn't there just a 'Permanent Banned' tag instead?

As regards to the second part of your question, iirc back with the old infraction system (several years ago now - possible when there was the major forum upgrade to vb4), then permanent bans were issued separate from the warning system. Then there was some change (either a completely new system was brought in, or the system was changed), and permanent bans were brought under the umbrella of the rest of the infraction system - and as such then the special '1000' point warning was used to permaban.