Section 3: User accounts
b. Multiple accounts.
Warnings also carry over to other accounts; If you receive a warning on one account, it will count towards your other accounts as well.
Consequence:
Evading a forum ban through the use of multiple accounts is against the rules. Upon the first attempt at ban evasion the ban on the main account will be reset to 2 weeks. The multi account used will also be banned for 4 weeks. Upon the second and any subsequent attempts at ban evasion the ban on the main account will be reset to 2 weeks, and 1 Board Warning will be issued. The multi account used will also be permabanned.
I have edited the guidance to highlight the part in question, also in italics. The consequence remains as it is.
My question to you is, how are multiple accounts policed in regards to warning points. Simply put, I would imagine that you do not check the IP of a new user for other accounts when they recieve a warning. Unless of course it's damn obvious.
For example. If I were to create a new account and was given a warning after a couple of months, would you compare other accounts to the IP?
My next is more of a clarification if you recieve 3 warning points on 3 different accounts, each would get a warning. Giving you a contribution of a temporary ban. So the question therefore is, which gets banned and do the others get temporary banned as well or do they get permabanned?
Summary
- How are mulitple accounts policed?
Do you check IPs for accounts and number of warnings?
When you have more then 2 accounts, which are banned?
What is the severity of punishment?
+The removal of "expected" multis (See Post 3)