I've been given an ultimatum three times in two days and I figured it was time to say something about it to you guys so I hopefully don't ever have to hear it that often again. This is roughly what's happened in each case. We've suspended someone for something or other. We do a little checking, find they haven't activated a game, so we suspend them for that too. Then we get a huge ticket bitching to us in Support about how we're abusing our power for punishing them because "other games i didn't activate from 2-3 months ago can't be like reported right now" (direct quote, I shit you not). Anyway, some of these tickets tend to go a certain way.

The users give Support an ultimatum: either we unsuspend them or they won't activate their wins.

Our response goes something along the lines of this: "Okay, then, bye. Fuck off already, I have other tickets to deal with."

We're obviously a bit more diplomatic than that in Support itself, but that's the general gist of it. If you give us an ultimatum like that, we don't want you. You obviously have absolutely no regard or respect for the site's rules or, more importantly, the gifter who gave something to you out of their own pocket. If you show that little respect for those two, I am more than willing to let a permanent suspension stay on your account solely for giving us that demand. You give us an ultimatum and we will choose the one that suits our site and our community the best. You did not fit in here and now you never will get the chance to prove that again.

Please don't be that guy.

Thank you.


Special note from wbarton about another form of ultimatum that we have gotten at least daily for a year, so common I forgot about it completely because it's just so vanilla to me now.

"You forgot to mention how we don't care about your giveaways, neither what you've given, nor whether you'll be making more in the future, whether you're threatening never to do it again or trying to bribe us saying you'll make more. I never understood people who think they deserve special treatment for using the site the way it was designed to be used."

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ah no wonder i wait since 6 days on a answer to my support ticket when little kids spams the support :)

12 years ago
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TIL what is an ultimatum.

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TIL what is TIL

12 years ago
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Today I Learned

12 years ago
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I know, it was a semi-pun :)

12 years ago
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Whoops, I feel silly now :x

12 years ago
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Saying 'do this or we'll do that', basically

12 years ago
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In 1972 , a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum-security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem...if no one else can help...and if you can find them...maybe you can hire...SG support team.

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12 years ago
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Support doesn't want my ultimatums! I think I'm going to cry now. I nurtured these ultimatums since they were little. I spent nights paraphrasing them, getting the broken English just right. I put my heart and soul into them, but no, they're not good enough for Support. Bunch of snobs!

12 years ago
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Unsuspend me or I will send more ultimatums!

12 years ago
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You really should add Wheaton's Law to the rules. It'd work really well in this type of situation.

12 years ago
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All I need in life is Wheaton's Law, Godwin's Law, Rule 34, and the Wilhelm scream.

12 years ago
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Just permaban these guys, problem solved

12 years ago
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and how we make fun of them? xD

12 years ago
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Personally, I'd play along. Sure, your suspension is removed. Please activate the game.

Then banhammer.

12 years ago
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That's called entrapment. That's a very, very bad thing to do.

I love it.

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Give em hell!

12 years ago
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May I ask, who are you? I haven't seen you on the forums a lot until the past 2 weeks or something. Have I just completely missed all your posts these past months or did you never post on the forums?

12 years ago
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Left. Back now. Maybe. Right now, I'm playing Batman. I come at night, beat the shit out of a couple of crooks, then rush away by morning. I don't call, I don't write, you'll never know if I'll be back the next night or not.

12 years ago
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Ah, I see...

12 years ago
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So you're like that awkward one night stand that someone might want more from but can't seem to find when they do.

12 years ago
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Exactly. Be sure to leave positive feedback about that time I fucked you over and stole your wallet.

12 years ago
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To my opinion, perma ban would be the only one answer i would gave them. I mean they broke the rules, and pretending not knowing the rules, or worst, knowing they broke the rule but just abuse until getting caught...

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Kawaii

12 years ago
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I MAKE YOU AN ULTIMATUM TO GIVE ME SKYRIM

12 years ago
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What about my Temper tantrums? Do you want them?

12 years ago
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Change your username to thejadefalconpunch or I walk!

Maybe.

probably not
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Closed 12 years ago by thejadefalcon.