Barney has been banned twice for not replanting at the public farm. Athena has been banned 3 times for the same thing. They absolutely will not replant.
They go to the public farm which is intended for use by all players, harvest as much as they can, then leave the farm an unplanted mess.
They've been repeatedly reminded by staff to replant. There are signs everywhere asking them to remember to replant. They have to walk through signs when they exit the farm, which remind them to replant. We've done everything but beg them to replant.
This is a very, very simple rule. Replanting is a normal part of gameplay.
When they do not replant, the next player who goes to the farm has no food they can harvest. Then that player has to take their own time to report the issue to staff, and then go try to find food elsewhere.
At that point, staff has to stop what they are doing and go to the farm to inspect and see who did not bother to replant.
Then staff takes their own time to replant the farm so the other players will have food. After that, the staff visits the staff section of the forum and writes a report so we have a record of player behavior.
So each time Athena and Barney load up their inventory with food and leave the farm unplanted, it takes away play-time from other players and staff who do follow the rules. I am sure you can understand why we do not like to see this happen over and over again.
Once can be seen as a mistake, and twice can be seen as habit. By the third time they wreck the farm and leave it that way, it really feels like a disregard for the rules.
If you want to talk with them about why it matters to be responsible in games like this, and how their actions effect other real people and then help them write a plea or at least let us know they understand then we can see about getting them back on the server.
