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After several weeks of investigation, the Watchers have zapped a high profile character to level 1 and removed the character\'s qps and clan rank, including any associated privileges. The player was using the character to solicit other clan\'s trinkets in exchange for scalps, among other things.

During the investigation it was discovered that this player, on 6 characters, had no regard for the 5/30 rule. There were so many violations for same-race and cross-race that there was no doubt that anything was \"accidental\". In most cases, the wait between switching characters was 5 seconds or less.

To paraphrase another Watcher\'s comments during the investigation, it\'s bad enough when lowbies/new people don\'t follow the rules. Even though the policy is you\'re responsible for knowing the rules, read \'help rules\'. But when you get high-profile characters who SHOULD know better, who DO know better, and who blatantly DON\'T CARE you need to hold them to a higher standard than someone who\'s obviously new.

We are very serious. Instances such as this simply raise the bar for the actions we take when we discover cheating. Once upon a time we\'d zap you one or two levels; some people\'s actions over the years have shown us that trying to take a gentler route is not effective.

If you consider breaking the rules, please reconsider. It\'s not worth it in the long run.