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What the HELL is going on at 3DX?!

Not only did they have a major DDOS attack that they couldn't handle themselves but now when they need the understanding and patience for the community the most, they institute some draconian measures for people that, more months, have been using the same tools to advertise their rooms that the entire community have been using for over a year, these people are being banned for using World Chat just ONCE.

A few things. I have not been banned for using WC because i haven't opened a room in over a week myself but people ALL around me are being banned. 3 DreamGirls, AmyTrubblemaker who is, by far, one of the most influential builders in the 3DX community, DJs who are asking people to come to their gigs, not to mention the DDs and I'm sure others that I am not even aware of.  

And don't you DARE just leave a note saying to read the Game Rules and EULA. When YOU know that the community has been using World Chat to advertise their rooms for years. 

1.) It's completely TONE DEAF and shows that you have NO CLUE how your customers are using YOUR Software and shows you have a complete lack of context in the way you handle the community.
2.) Even if you want to disallow room ads in World Chat, it requires YOU, 3DX to announce this change as you KNOW the entire community has been using this to advertise rooms. It requires communication, ahead of time, before any such draconian measures are enacted. That is IF you want to keep your subscription revenue. 
3.) Cleaning up World Chat is fine but you need to prepare the community for the change, not just institute some automation, unannounced and, in process, ban a whole bunch of false positives. People that are being banned DID ONE World Chat post. JUST ONE. Banned. with NO WARNING. What the hell.
4.) Icing on the cake: Users like TalonQueen/TalonKing/Dreamfall still use world chat to spew racist and bigoted statements attacking the community and 3DX staff DO NOTHING about this user. 
5.) I know that GalaxyXXX or something have been trying to circumvent the timer on world chat by using multiple members to spam their ads around the timer. If so, ban GalaxyXXX but this is WAY TOO FAR in banning people who have been using World Chat legitimately for years. 

If 3DX thinks they can do this and afford to lose the good will of the community that keeps their business going with their paid subscriptions, they are going to be in for a shock.

I have, in the past, paid for hundreds of dollars of gift subscriptions for my friends to continue to play 3DX. No longer. You just lost a big chunk of my revenue, 3DX.

@Lisa @Gizmo

 

So, yesterday during the pre show of the Dangerous Divas my account got suspended for SPAM and this for 48 hours.
Before I go on, i did contact "Support" and took the other appropriate channels to get information. Still no replies.

Now, @Gizmo and / or @Lisa , care on clearing up what "SPAM" is  and why I got flagged for it ?
Is it a new procedure to try and clean up WC from all the spammers out there that do so every 60 seconds OR ask their guests to do so in their place? If so, I commend you on it but did we just get tossed in the same basket because someone in WC reported it and you didn't check the validity of the claim prior ?
I post an ad, when i think of doing so, at either 30/45/60 minutes intervals and on occasion, don't even promote our gigs in WC. Furthermore, I don't even send PM's to people on my friend's list to tell them we're currently doing the show, which could be interpreted as spam as well.
That is FAR from spamming in my opinion but, if you regard this as SPAM, you'll be emptying up the 3DX servers from anyone / everyone that is trying to bring entertainment to 3DX.
And Lisa, you came into the room, dunno what you came to see, but I'm assuming either you and Gizmo have the power to put our accounts on suspension. Let's just hope that my GREETING of the newcomers was not the reason you considered it spam. Regardless, since you were in the room a PM would have been something "appropriate" to do.
Anyways,
Stella.

Some people here are really fucking insane.

Thought you should know I got the same 2 day ban.
Not that I give a shit since Im never here on the weekends anyway....but I feel sorry for all the weekend music hosts....
hope u all enjoy all of the BBC/GANGBANG/NO CHAT/COLDS OK rooms this weekend.....lol