The fact that there is an open dialogue on the issue can only be a good thing. It is obvious that the imms face a challenging time trying to be fair and balanced, as well as working with their own natural human flaws.

At the end of the day, I think what we want (as players) is the respect to not be judged by the past characters and mistakes we once made, but yet to be judged by the overall strength of each character we play. It was extremely hard for me to hear that past characters and forum handles were used in making decisions about characters.

It seems to me that this line of thought is breaking the immortals own rules on roleplaying and treating each character as a completely different entity. Obviously, if a player continues to behave like a jackass with each character they make then they should be treated accordingly, but if a person is making a real attempt to change their ways, that person should be given the benefit of the doubt as to rewards and such.

I, for one, used to be the perma/multi-charing type of player (back when I was like 11-16 years old in my defense) but over the years I've figured out how to play this game without the help of anybody, and I've continued to play as such for many many years now. It would truly hurt to think that imm's labeled me as "bad" and there was no way to overcome it.

There were alot of other issues in Cyradia's post, I'm well aware, but this was the one issue that really stood out to me. I'm really glad that you (Daevryn) decided to give a well thought out response to it instead of just tossing it aside. It shows that the immortal staff is willing to grow and move towards a more better CF. Which is what I can only hope is what everyone wants.