Especially when an innocent is publicly decimated by the community to the point they have to terminate thier account because no one will leave them alone, in the game, or on the board.
Yeah, that's a hoot.
And some people feel they have to ridicule others for no reason at all.
Ya know, you are right. I think though it may be a result of a frustration of the player base when people who perform these acts seem to have no consequences.
When a player has been outed for score padding as in the case of Amsoil, and is still listed as last months #1 ranked fighter pilot, the player base gets frustrated. With no apparent action from HTC, like anything else in life, people feel they need to take it into their own hands. I am not saying it's right, I am saying it's a natural response to inaction by the "authorities".
I know there is a lot of talk about like "HTC doesn't mind if people have 2 accounts, it's an extra $15 in their coffers. That's why they don't do anything about people vulching second accounts." I wonder how many people canceled because of this uncontrolled behavior?
Maybe HTC does do something about shade vulching, but their home page doesn't seem to support that assumption.