Originally Posted by
Hyde
Moderators with access to the modcp can also ban you for custom lengths of time, I believe.
Correct, I've received 3 day and 3 month bans. Bans can also be issued independently of infractions, for example I received a 1 week + 5 point ban.
In the past a ban would earn you points too, for example a 1 day ban may earn 1 point, so if you have 4 points then receive a 1 point infraction, you will move to 9 points and get a 1 day ban, then your points will increase to 10, and you will get a 5 day ban as well.
Originally Posted by
Hyde
Incorrect.
To expand on Hyde's "incorrect";
Staff don't have regulations as to when and why they can issue infractions, they have relative freedom to simply infract as much as they want for whatever reason. Sometimes they will follow the global or local rules, but a lot of rules aren't listed. Often they will ignore the rules entirely, or simply say it's because of personal reasons or because someone told them to.
There's no set list. If a mod doesn't like you he could give you a 20 point infraction with the reason "Gorman clone" if he wanted to. It doesn't have to make sense nor do they ever have to defend or justify it, so why bother.