I found his personal information, and it was only through very simple, commonly available tools to anyone on the internet, and it was only because he made a veiled threat pertaining to our family and friends, and I don't take well to that. We don't read your email, hack your computers, or any such nonsense, honestly we have better things to be working on.
We don't regulate what you do outside of eqemu or these boards, but when you are here, you have to play within our rules to a certain degree, thats just the way it is. We've made it ABUNDANTLY clear why we take the stance we do regarding certain topics. I wouldnt suggest communicating threats and/or info regarding illegal activities using the PM system however. We don't look at it, but because it's stored in the same location as the rest of the forums, its not private or secure. EQEMU makes no claims or promises regarding security of messages sent within the internal EQEMU forum structures, so you do things like that at your own risk. If a user claims you harass him via PM's, we can trace that for proof positive and use it to ban you with.
So, in a nutshell, no, we dont.
And that isolated incident was only because I took the thread as a personal threat, and I refuse to stand for that. IN the end, it was all settled nicely and cleanly, but the way that I did it was perfectly legimate for someone with the experience I do and resources that I have available.
It should ultimately be a stern reminder that you are all responsible for your own actions, and your misdeeds can come back to you in RL, even if you think you're safe behind an electronic wall on the internet, so play nice and stay out of trouble folks! Not just on eqemu, but everywhere on the net....
This has been a public service announcement from 'TRUMPCARD' (tm)
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