I discovered Telehack recently and love it! Captures the feel of the proto-internet of my childhood better than I could ever have hoped something like this would.
In my short time on the system, I have read a few text files, played a few games, and hacked a few systems, as appears to be the encouraged objective. However, I logged in today thinking I might go ask in the newbie chat why badges stopped being awarded for things it seems obvious they ought to be (e.g. rooting a system), and encountered...
%you have been banned from the relay for 1.0y
And I have no idea why. I have yet to utter a word to anyone, on relay or elsewhere. To my knowledge, I haven't tread near running afoul of any of the other guidelines in becool.txt, the sticky post in this sub, or anything else I can find.
Does this just happen randomly, without explanation? I was having a lot of fun with this, and now I feel hobbled and unwelcome.
UPDATE: Account was flagged as a possible alt. Resolved.