Good afternoon, SHL.

It has come to the attention of the SHL Head Office that users @jRuutu and @Acsolap have recently been in violation of the rules. Both of these fall under the SHL Rulebook, Section 2, Subsection J, Rule 4, which states the following:


As a result of this rule, Head Office is handing out the following punishments to these users:

- A 1 week forum ban for Acsolap which will conclude at 5:55 PM EST November 28th, along with a 3 game player suspension.
- A 2 week forum ban for jRuutu which will conclude at 5:55 PM EST December 5th, along with a 5 game player suspension.

These are obviously different issues, so I don't want to conflate the two. We acknowledge that Acsolap expressed regret for the terminology he used even before Head Office took action, but both the language and the context in which it was used make it an automatic violation. While there was no single post responsible for jRuutu's further suspension, we felt that -- given both the nature of his recent conduct and the previous warnings he was given -- his behaviour was a clear instance of excessive trolling. While we aim to take seriously complaints around language or wrongdoing, we would like to emphasize that complaints should only be made in good faith. The SHL Rulebook is not intended to be leveraged as a tool in interpersonal conflict, or Thunderdome drama.