Removing (very) long standing infraction points?

[MistaX]

I was issued 25 infraction points in late 2007, for one incident. They are set to never expire.
It's now 2011. I can assure you I've learned my lesson in the past 3+ years.

Can they expire please?

 

[ASH32]

I don't think it's possible, no doubt a mod will be along shortly to clarify.

Anyway I don't see why you need them removing. If you have learned your lesson you won't be getting any more infractions, so it isn't really a problem for you. Think of them as a ugly tattoo that you got when you were young and stupid, etc and remember you don't ever want to go back and act like that again.

 

[MistaX]

If it were 10 I wouldn't care. 25 is only 5 away from being banned, according to the way it used to work.

Even if they were lessened somewhere away from "last chance" status I'd feel better about it.

 

[Akmuq]

You won't have them removed but now don't quote me on this I'd say that if you did something that wasn't to major you will only get a temporary ban.

 

[Small_Fryz]

Jordan introduced new expiring infractions a while ago, slightly before GT5's release if I'm remembering right. Whether or not an infraction is permanent or expiring is usually based on the severity of the action. It makes "time out" periods a lot easier to manage, that's for sure .

Also, infractions can be reversed; though more often than not, this is used when we've accidentally selected the wrong option (a warning instead of an infraction, or vice-versa).

I guess it could expire or at least be downgraded. Its just a matter of if the Moderator team decides to or not..

 

[Max Powers]

Well it says next to your infraction whether it expires or not. Mine never expires, I'm at a pace of 10 pts over 8 years on GTP though so I think I'm alright.

 

[Jordan]

I totally see where you're coming from, MistaX, but retroactively expiring individual user's infractions is not a can of worms I'd like to open. Fortunately, thanks to the updated infraction system, we're issuing quite a few expiring points nowadays, so even if you were to do something that pushed you over the limit, it (hopefully!) would only be temporary.

 

[MistaX]

retroactively expiring individual user's infractions is not a can of worms I'd like to open.

Yeah, I figured as much, if you did it for me you'd have to do it for everyone.

I just thought since I'm coming up on my 10th anniversary here, why not ask.


Thanks for the answer.

 

[Joel]

I have a warning from E3 2009 for flaming another user, it's a reminder of how much of a douche canoe I used to be.

 

[zedextreme8177]

5 points for an IBTL, arrgh!

I can see where you're coming from, but I think infraction points serve as a reminder to never be stupid, again