First note - this isn't about cheating. Never was. Don't bring cheating into this.

From "help rules": In fact, quitting or dropping link to avoid consequences of any kind is a mark of bad roleplaying.

All things considered, his punishment was fairly light.

But the fact remains that Vazanir did not break any rules, thus he shouldn't have been punished. Three times he quit out after a cabal raid. Good, maybe it prevented him from doing something drastic.

Wrong. See above. Are you that blind in your defense of your IRC clique?

Maybe he was tired of being the only Scion on that ever does anything except complain about forms.

Scion has routinely had 10-15 people on at once this week. How is he the only one ever on? Are you that blind in your defense of your IRC clique?

Maybe going up against a hoarde isn't fun.

I can dig up any number of threads where you and your friends complain that people only play the "winning" team. Why is it OK when you do it, but not them?

Maybe he needed a smoke break before he got in there and kicked some tail. Maybe he was on too late and his wife started yelling, and losing the sceptre only tipped the scale. Why does it matter that he logged out to begin with? Defining it to be in poor form is pretty lame.

A definite pattern existed where he logged out when he didn't have his cabal powers. Thus, the Archmage removed him from the cabal. This is an appropriate punishment from both an IC and an OOC perspective.

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