http://forum.shinobilegends.com/index.php/topic,9097.0.htmlThe discussion, as linked above, is in regards to the alternate account rule violations of Rusaku and Dato. Kamui brought this to the attention of the public, with his primary evidence being IP address checking.
Rusaku outright admitted that he entered an alternate, but withdrew the alt to keep from bucking the system any further:
Yeah, I'm Nanashi. I don't feel like waiting to be outed, or for some kind IP witch hunter to happen. I know a bunch of people already guessed it was me, and I mean c'mon, who starts off good at this site?
Want an explanation? Uhh, I didn't like the reputation I had when I was Rusaku/Ryoji, and wanted to see how things would differ if I was someone else. Guess what? Most of you treated me very differently. Though that is not at all the point here. I wanted a stress free environment to play my decade old hobby, and I got exactly that. Now here I am, with red ass hands. The only reason I brought Ryoji back at all was because I saw the influx of people who joined back after Bocc was banned. Figured he was one of my biggest complaints, and I could enjoy the game that much more with him gone and my first character back in action.
The only consolation I have for you is that I pulled Nanashi from the Shadow fight because I didn't feel like being a cheater.
My reasons for doing it had nothing to do with cheating the system and getting Biju, but so I could enjoy this game without stigma. I have a feeling it was the same for Dart. I mean look at how we have strung out Kiri and everyone associated with it. He probably just wanted to play the game again without being poo poo'ed on for just being Dart. Then when he found out no one was doing that on his main, he dropped Zera. This is just speculation of course, but whatever.
Am I sorry? Not really, I had a good time doing it all. Should I be D'Q'ed? Obviously I'm gonna say no. I still won my fight, and trying to win the current one, but I dropped the alt out of the race so I wasn't being a cheater. If you wanna punish me for that then I don't honestly know what to say xD.
Dato's defense is that his fling was the one on the account. Presumably his insistence also is that she owned the account at that time period, as otherwise it would still by definition be an alternate of his:
Zera Yuki was an account used by current fling. Well, I guess ex-fling now that she ended it. That would be why she's been inactive. Trying to wrestle back for control of the account as we speak so I can keep the character alive because I helped shaped the character. Did I play it for RP? No, I logged on to level it and show her how to level it. She decided to enter the bijū contest on her own, against my strong aversion, for this very same lame speculation.
Did I try to cheat the system? Hell no! Eff that. My honor is one of the only things I got left in this world and I sure as hell ain't going to have my integrity questioned and blasphemed without even being asked what that situation was. Kamui, I thought I knew you better than that.
All I was simply just trying to do is get another dorky person into SL and what I like so I could have someone to talk to about the happenings within this realm I so vastly enjoy. If I am going to get crucifed for that, then that's some straight up bs
Now, Kamui has not provided photographic evidence that the IP's were the same, but based on the response of the accused it's a safe bet that that is not a bluff.
While there are a multiple of branch options, there are two main things that we need to get out of the way:
Consider the two defendants guilty or not guilty and What to do if either party is found guilty.Rusaku confessed and Dato, rather than continuing with the discussion, at the time of this post preferred to simply hand the Sanbi over to the Council, so the first, I imagine, will not take very long. The second one just might though. Trev had a suggestion for handling a guilty verdict:
Disagree with some here, in fact, I agree with Kay. If it were up to me, I'd strip/ dq them.
Anyway, let the council make a thread and decide, not need for the peanut gallery too. However, I have some suggestions.
1. If the duo are stripped, Athos gets the Kyuubi or fights Madara for it. Dato's foe gets the Sanbi, a chance to fight it, or it gets redistributed with the Mazo.
2. All or nothing policy. If you punish Rus, you have to punish Dato. If you spare Dato, you have to spare Rus.
That, to my knowledge, is the extent of the case that we are faced with. Council members are free to discuss; all others should post in the appropriate thread. To the best of my ability I will help regulate non-Council member posts in this thread, if necessary.
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I vote that both of them be found guilty, and that Rusaku's fight with Athos be canceled and replaced with a fight between Madara (if he is still interested) and Athos. In the case of the Sanbi, Shino lost because he did not actively post, so I think it would be better to just throw the Sanbi in with the Mazo, or, optionally, hold a new round for new challengers for it.