Why did you ask for opinions on whether or not this kid should be banned? The only sensible reason is that you felt that people other than yourself were capable of assessing his behavior and choosing appropriate responses. Why, then, do you think that you are the only one who is mature enough to responsibly handle the burden of knowing this kid's personal details? If your interests are really geared towards protecting the property and privacy of any that this kid may attack, then why would you _not_ release all information that may aid in defending against him? I play diablo, too. What's to say that banning him from eqemu is really going to help me protect myself from him? I certainly don't see why my suggestion is _stupid_. Look at the way the rest of the world handles software security. Vendors do everything in their power to _inform_ their users of security threats. There is just too much to lose by maintaining a snotty and incorrect "I know what's best for my users" attitude.
You say that you are incapable of understanding my reasoning -- that very much definitiely seems to be true.
Some kid says that he wants to exploit gamers. He mentions that he develops software that helps him to do so. If you ban him, I am no better able to protect myself from him than if you don't. Giving out whatever information you may have on him, however, may or may not enable me to better protect myself from him in the future. Isn't that, after all, what your goal is? How on Earth did you contort this into a situation where it is _him_ that you're trying to protect from _me_? That's just downright offensive.
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