Same can go for the person impersonating. They go out of their way to create a character and impersonate somone else in order to ruin their reputation, scam, and perform actions that could risk relations of that character with other corps.

The fact that you are even asking this question directly reflects how much of a piece of **** you are in real life.

This is hilarious! You are threating to have him banned for 1 word, yet stealing someone's online identity is okay with you?

Bravo sir, the logic is well with you

To answer the OP.

Because of the constant flood of trade glitch complaints in the petition system, as well as to curb exploitive behavior not intended by CCP.

Its similar to the reason third party API counterfeiting is now bannable.

The practices create a much bigger headache for GMs. Scamming is allowed, but pulling off a scam in such a way that a GM has to get involved beyond an email saying "sorry, scamming is not against the TOS" is no longer acceptable.

Example, if you were to make a character that mimiced me, and the newbie missed the cues, and you violate the ToS while scamming someone in my name, (something I personally give no f**ks about) and minimal scrutiny happens and I get banned in your stead...

Wrll this starts a chain of events where I get mad, emails are sent, my account gets unbanned and yours gets banned for the TOS violations.

Basically it's you covering your scamming and trying to escape consequences by foisting the consequences on me, both virtual consequences and real ones. And it makes the GMs have to do three or four (hundred) times the work of what would otherwise be a "scamming is not against ToS" stock email.

You're being punished for making CCP employee lives more difficult at the end of the day.

Because it broke the rules, it is there job to resolve these issues no matter how major or minor. Just because you don't care about it doesn't mean it should go unpunished.

You're Welcome... Good Ridance. Since I'm not done here, I'll finish off those negatives you left laying there.

The loss of players is not due to the bans, but to other major issues in the game. If we ever did players due to a legit ban, we are better off without them. The GM will punish anyone who breaks ToS if it is reported. It is their job and will continue to do till the game is dead or are switched position.

If someone sees another player break ToS they have every right to report them. You always seem to think it is the person who is getting scammed who is reporting not the person getting impersonated... You are being banned from impersonating not from scamming. Yes it's on you if you get scammed, but it is not one you when someone uses your name to try to cause sh*t.

Nice did you pull out the dictionary for hypocrisy. Look, I'm not a hypocrite; however I am a opportunist. I see a opportunity and I take it. I'm saying I want to change the rule for impersonating. But I will be a pain in the asvab for anybody I don't like. So I may not like the rule, but ill use it. Stop derailing my thread please. If you got an opinion that's good. But don't come in here starting trouble, I know you 12 gauge. You do that to a lot of posts.