I think you just have to wonder about the mentality of folk who are willing to ruin events by childish behavior.
What are we back to kindygarden?
Yep.
Even sadder, though, is seeing people defend the behavior, and attack those who point it out
*shrugs*
-Galen's player
Agreed... Worse still..... those who admit the behavior as if it's some badge of honor. Yeah.... I'm a shmuck...... thanks! Oooh pat me on the back for being a shmuck.....
Personally.... I wish the DEV team would give the EM's the power to jail trouble makers.
You want to ruin the event ..... well you can spend the next 2 hours in jail.... have fun..... See you later when you decide to act more mature than a 2nd grade bully.
That's my opinion. The EM's need some way to punish those who are only there to ruin events for everyone else.
Give them the ability to put them in Jail and select a time anywhere between 10 min to 2 hours.
If they return and continue to be immature then another 2 hours..... if they keep doing it they get a 3 day ban.... after that it's permanent.
Now as for dying the cloth.... that really doesn't "ruin" it..... though it's frustrating and annoying.... however if they were using it to write offensive things.... then perma ban them... but just recolloring it..... while annoying and well irritating.... it's not like they are spamming garbage.... spells, opening gates into fel in the middle of a large crowd.... opening gates to some nasty place that will get you killed.... Standing all over the EM so no one can see what the heck is going on... taking things.... summoning the harbringer in the middle of an event....
These things have been going on since the beginning of the EM program .... and I highly doubt it will ever end.
At least not without some higher power putting a stop to it.
I have put at least a dozen people on ignore just because everytime they attend an event they are highly disruptive. And I'm not alone... what this does though is when we are supposed to be working as a group even if these folk were trying to be helpful..... we'd never hear them... I hate putting people on ignore. I only do it when I'm at my wits end trying to enjoy the event.
I feel for you really I do... but as irritating as it is... it'll never end. There are no true consequences for being a twit in game. You can't kill them.... you can't ban them.... the GM's do nothing about it.. and the EM can't do anything.