[papajchris]

The way the system works is:

if players act careless and don't use itemtrade, its a lose-lose (for the scammer and victim) as the item is auctioned off or deleted and the scammer is banned.
if player acts appropriate and uses a pr. its a win-lose (win for victim lose for scammer).

A 10 year ban seems long, but c'mon, no one will be banned for that long. sooner or later someone will unban them, whether its a year down the road, or a week after the final ban. It happens all the time.

The three strikes is more than enough of a warning for new players and old players alike to understand it is illegal. Scamming may become legal in the future, who knows, but until then it is illegal and the rules have to be followed. This isn't much different than how it was under Exolia, as we often reset the players instead of a life ban and then auctioned their items off. So this isn't really new.