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I've been asked to comment here regarding the issue with Robo432343.
Looking at Robo's history broadly, as well as the previous time Robo was reported for similar issues, I would prefer to opt for a strict warning before a thread ban or similar restriction on creating versus threads.
As far as I can tell, the last time this issue was brought up on the RVRT, it was ultimately dropped by the original reporter after a short digression and did not result in any action. Robo does have two warnings on the Warning Tracker - one for making a CRT with a misleading title, and one for making a derailing post on the RVRT - the former being about 1 year ago and the latter about 5 months ago. Neither of these are particularly severe offenses, both were quite some time ago, and importantly, neither are particularly relevant to the issue at hand. So, if my research is correct, I believe Robo has never been warned about this issue or anything closely related.
It is true that these stomp threads appear to reoccur, but looking at Robo's history, including several of the threads they linked themselves, I don't really think this is intentional or malicious. For the notable number of poorly considered matches they have posted, there's also more than enough perfectly ordinary or thoroughly debated matches as well. Perhaps I'm misguided by a perspective from the outside looking in, but it just looks to me like Robo just posts a lot of matches in general and often doesn't properly research the characters in advance to determine if it's an appropriate matchup.
This has gone on for some time, and as of the recent report, it has clearly reached the point of being bothersome to some users. But for someone who is doing - in the grand scheme of things - a not particularly severe offense, one for which improvements could easily be made, there is limited evidence regarding malicious intent, and for which they have never been warned for before, I think enacting a punishment in this case would be both heavy-handed and not really conducive to Robo improving in this area in the future. I would opt for an instructional warning, with guidelines on interpreting character profiles and identifying fair matchups, rather than a punishment at this stage. If issues were to continue past this point, I would reconsider my stance.
Looking at Robo's history broadly, as well as the previous time Robo was reported for similar issues, I would prefer to opt for a strict warning before a thread ban or similar restriction on creating versus threads.
As far as I can tell, the last time this issue was brought up on the RVRT, it was ultimately dropped by the original reporter after a short digression and did not result in any action. Robo does have two warnings on the Warning Tracker - one for making a CRT with a misleading title, and one for making a derailing post on the RVRT - the former being about 1 year ago and the latter about 5 months ago. Neither of these are particularly severe offenses, both were quite some time ago, and importantly, neither are particularly relevant to the issue at hand. So, if my research is correct, I believe Robo has never been warned about this issue or anything closely related.
It is true that these stomp threads appear to reoccur, but looking at Robo's history, including several of the threads they linked themselves, I don't really think this is intentional or malicious. For the notable number of poorly considered matches they have posted, there's also more than enough perfectly ordinary or thoroughly debated matches as well. Perhaps I'm misguided by a perspective from the outside looking in, but it just looks to me like Robo just posts a lot of matches in general and often doesn't properly research the characters in advance to determine if it's an appropriate matchup.
This has gone on for some time, and as of the recent report, it has clearly reached the point of being bothersome to some users. But for someone who is doing - in the grand scheme of things - a not particularly severe offense, one for which improvements could easily be made, there is limited evidence regarding malicious intent, and for which they have never been warned for before, I think enacting a punishment in this case would be both heavy-handed and not really conducive to Robo improving in this area in the future. I would opt for an instructional warning, with guidelines on interpreting character profiles and identifying fair matchups, rather than a punishment at this stage. If issues were to continue past this point, I would reconsider my stance.
