Chaddy was sent to jail for expressing himself.
Below is a transcript of his case.
Prison Time Transcript
Gm Ezstundyl: Greetings, Chaddy. I am Gm Ezstundyl. Sorry to interrupt while you were playing, do you have a minute?
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Umm I am the warrior of light, I always have a minute for my fans.
Gm Ezstundyl: I’ve brought you here because a player recently reported you for spam.
Gm Ezstundyl: After investigating, I have found evidence of spam.
Gm Ezstundyl: Unfortunately, spam is a violation of our Terms & Conditions…
Gm Ezstundyl: I am afraid I will have to issue an official Warning on your Square Enix Account.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Can I see the discovery please?
Gm Ezstundyl: Unfortunately, I am unable to give you what I have found, or any details about the report due to our internal policies.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Well then how do I know when this occured?
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Was I talking a lot?
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Was it my battle macros?
Chaddy Mc’chadface: the battle cries I give when attack?
Chaddy Mc’chadface: The emotions I send to people all the time?
Gm Ezstundyl: All I can say is that you spammed emotes at a player.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Okay, so if I turn off the chat emote text, can I still use them? Gm Ezstundyl: Shortly after our conversation, I will send you an official e-mail regarding your penalty on the e-mail address linked to your Square Enix Account.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Okay will that have a detailed account of the event in question.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: I turned off the emote text recently
Chaddy Mc’chadface: So it wont spam the chat log anymore
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Or am I just not allowed to use the emote animations repeatedly?
Gm Ezstundyl: As long as you’re not disrupting another player, it should be ok.
Gm Ezstundyl: Be careful that there is no sound when you use an emote, for example.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Ahh okay, so using emotes with sound repeatedly, counts as spam?
Chaddy Mc’chadface: I just want to be sure. Because I roleplay. ALOT.
Gm Ezstundyl: It can be considered as a disruption, yes. If it doesn’t affect another player, you should be safe.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Well that’s really subjective, especially in a largely populated area.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Could you clarify, becuase this sounds like I can report anyone for using emotes near me.
Gm Ezstundyl: Yes, I would just advise you to be careful when you use them, especially in largely populated areas. And obviously do it only with people you know personally.
Gm Ezstundyl: Well, using emotes is fine. You just have to be careful to not spam anyone with it.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: This is still really subjective but okay. I will report anybody that bothers me with emotes then.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Thanks for the advice.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Would you like to come to my wedding?
Chaddy Mc’chadface: It’s tomorrow
Gm Ezstundyl: If this is a spam and it is bothering you, you can definitely report these players.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Oh be sure I will.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Wait
Chaddy Mc’chadface: How do I report players?
Chaddy Mc’chadface: The report button only has RMT options.
Gm Ezstundyl: I would love to, but as you can imagine I have a lot of work and regions to defend- I hope you will have a wonderful wedding anyway!
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Thank you!
Chaddy Mc’chadface: There will be a place set for you, just in case.
Gm Ezstundyl: You can report someone via our Support Desk —> Contact us —> it will be the first option on the list.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Within the game or the website?
Gm Ezstundyl: You can do it in-game or on our Support Centre website.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Okay, I would like to report a guy I met the other day. Who was being really racist towards Lalafells.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: I meet them all the time
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Lalafells are not very well liked in Eorzea.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: 🙁
Gm Ezstundyl: If you think this is a violation, then go ahead! We will investigate about it as soon as possible.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Will I know if something was done about it?
Gm Ezstundyl: Unfortunately we don’t give the results of our investigations to players, but rest assured we will definitely investigate thoroughly into the case.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: I hope so. Especially without presenting any evidence towards the plantiff.
Gm Ezstundyl: Don’t worry about that, we will investigate!
Gm Ezstundyl: Anything else to ask me?
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Still a no on the wedding invite?
Gm Ezstundyl: As I told you, Game Masters are really busy when it comes to defend Eorzea, so I’m afraid I won’t be able to attend your ceremony. But rest assured all of our Game Master Team send you our best wishes for your wedding!
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Excellent.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Here’s a joke for you… Why did the picture go to jail?
Gm Ezstundyl: Hmm… That’s a hard one!
Chaddy Mc’chadface: Becuase it was framed!
Gm Ezstundyl: And a very good one!
Gm Ezstundyl: Thank you very much for your time, Chaddy. I wish you a very nice day- and a wonderful wedding tomorrow.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: You too!
Gm Ezstundyl: Goodbye!
Gm Ezstundyl bows courteously to you.
Chaddy Mc’chadface: See you later
As you can see, Chaddy was detained and sentenced without being given a full hearing. He was not allowed the right to face his accusers and no evidence was presented to him so he could learn from his mistakes.
He was only given vague and non-conclusive answers to his questions about the violation. Perhaps he was be detained again in the future be let’s hope not.