i have a solution to the group of gamers who can't bring themselves to coexist with non-assholes. well, not a solution. more like a patch.
put them on their own server. when someone gets reported enough times by other players, the company contacts them by email, "congratulates" them on their "play" and offers them a "premium membership". call it an "expanded package" or a "master package" or a "giant package"... whatever sounds most like you're saying they have large penises, right?
then change their login credentials, shunt 'em off onto their own little server, and forget they ever existed. don't charge them more or anything like that. hell, maybe even give them a ten percent discount for the first six months or give them some free mp3s or whatever. make it as appealing as possible. remember, the goal isn't to punish them. it's to get them out of everyone else's hair.
there's no shame in realizing that those kind of people aren't going to change. if they were able to get along like you'd want everyone to, they'd have recognized the benefits of prosocial behavior and engaged in some by now. the larger community here is capable of protecting itself without taking any skin off anybody's nose, so they might as well just do it.
no, it's not the solution... but it'll fix the immediate problem.
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