CoJ Case 072

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DB vs Wytt Vatts, et al. #117251 was the seventy-second case tried by the Chamber of Justice. The sitting Justicar was Kamjin "Maverick" Lap'lamiz, the Left Hand of Justice was Ood Bnar, and the Right Hand of Justice was Vynn Salm.

Basic Case Information

Defendant

• Wytt Vatts, et al. #17251

Charges

• Ten Counts: Violation of Covenant section 7.06(e) - Cloning

Verdict

• GUILTY

Sentence

• DELETION of all clone dossiers;
• LETTER OF REPRIMAND applied to the member’s dossier;
• REMOVAL of 3239 XP earned towards next promotion;
• REMOVAL of 1577 XP earned towards next medal;
• DEDUCTION of 3600 XP towards next promotion;
• DEDUCTION of 2278 XP towards next medal;
• GENERAL PROBATION for 6 months;

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Members of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood,

The Chamber of Justice has convened and issued a verdict in the pending case of DB v. Wytt Vatt, et al.. Following an investigation, Wytt Vatt, et al. was charged with ten counts of cloning.

Wytt Vatt, et al. plead guilty to all charges and accepted ownership of his actions.

The detailed Verdict and Justicar's Opinion for the case can be found in the PDF file linked below. Please note that the written opinion is generally found on the page after announcement of the verdict.

The verdict was as follows:

Case #072 - DB v. Wytt Vatt, et al. - Opinion PDF

Ten Counts of Cloning: GUILTY

Sentence:

• DELETION of all clone dossiers;
• LETTER OF REPRIMAND applied to the member’s dossier;
• REMOVAL of 3239 XP earned towards next promotion;
• REMOVAL of 1577 XP earned towards next medal;
• DEDUCTION of 3600 XP towards next promotion;
• DEDUCTION of 2278 XP towards next medal;
• GENERAL PROBATION for 6 months;

I strongly encourage you to read the Opinion PDF as I outline the research done by the Chamber related to identifying Clones and the evolution of Chamber sentences in a post-XP Brotherhood.

Signed and sealed in Justice,

Kamjin "Maverick" Lap'lamiz

Justicar's Opinion

Facts

On January 5, 2025, Consul Declan Roark (hereafter referred to as Sarin) of Clan Vizsla raised a concern regarding member Wytt Vatts (17251) either being a clone of Benin Baarkon and/or Condar Sovar.

The Chamber began an investigation and identified Wytt Vatts utilized IP 68.109.###.###, which the Chamber determined was a static IP address in Phoenix, Arizona of the United States. This IP, 68.109.###.###, was a previous IP utilized by Benin Baarkon (17182) who currently utilizes IP 45.88.###.##.

IP 45.88.###.## was then linked to the IP utilized by Condar Sovar (13749) and Derrek Korson (16374). Utilizing tools available to the Chamber we confirmed that no other Brotherhood members were utilizing these IPs addresses as IP 45.88.###.## was determined to be a TT1 Datacenter (VPN) in Manassas Virginia.

The Chamber was able to find a span of two minutes on July 3, 2024 where Condar Sovar logged into the site, proceeded to log out, logged into Benin Baarkon, logged out, and finally logged into Derrek Korson. This proved a connection between these three accounts.

The Chamber therefore had evidence of Wytt Vatts utilizing the same IP of Benin Baarkon and that Benin Baarkon showed utilization of the Derrek Korson and Condar Sovar accounts from the same IP.

While reviewing the Chamber’s records connected to Condar Sovar it was determined that an investigation had occurred in 2016 by the Chamber under Justicar Jac Cotelin (hereafter referred to as Jac) who had investigated Condar Sovar of being a clone of Zekk Renn (10825) based upon Condar Sovar’s Shadow Academy Run-on Studies exam showing considerable similarities with Zekk Renn’s.

The Chamber reviewed this case investigation which included a confession by Condar Sovar to having created the following clone records.

• Zekk Renn
• Condar Sovar
• Condar Freed
• Condar Karin
• Gavin Pollan
• Rustin Servos
• Rediture Servos
• James Naco

The Chamber at this point felt confident that Wytt Vatts was a current clone of these individuals and brought charges against Wytt Vatts on January 7, 2025.

Wytt confessed on January 7, 2025 to being a clone of these records identified by the Chamber.

Analysis

There are two components of CoJ Case 072; the investigation of Wytt Vatt being a clone and the research into the previous investigation in 2016 of Condar Sovar utilizing the same Shadow Academy Run-on Studies answers as Zekk Renn, which did not result in the Chamber filing formal charges in 2016.

Given the length of time involved, the Chamber researched the activity of the primary clone accounts; Wytt Vatts, Benin Baarkon, Condar Sovar, Derrek Korson, and Zekk Renn. None of these clones were active at the same time, were not in the same clans, nor did they participate in any overlapping competitions.

As such, the Chamber did not find any additional charges were warranted.

In addition, the Chamber validated and upheld the language in Covenant Section 7.03 Process of Adjudication subsection (b) Statute of Limitations which states ‘There is no statute of limitations for charges of Cloning’ is specific only to the ability to charge a member under Section 7.06 Conduct of Members subsection (e) Cloning. The specific use of the word ‘of’ means the Chamber cannot utilize a case of Cloning to suspend Section 7.03(b) which indicates “A complaint must be received within ninety days of the discovery of the underlying event or else it will be dismissed as time-barred. If the complaint is derived from a series of events, the ninety-day time period will begin running from the last known event. Charges from the Chamber of Justice must be brought within one hundred twenty days of the discovery of the underlying event. An additional day is added to the statute of limitations for each day spent conducting a Chamber of Justice-led mediation…”.

Therefore, the Chamber did not include any charges related to the original Shadow Academy Run-on Studies cheating accusation. This also aligns to the current Chamber approach of allowing the Shadow Academy Headmaster/Headmistress to address suspected cheating as a learning opportunity for the member.

Sentencing

Following CoJ Case 071, the Chamber has spent considerable time discussing how to manage judicial punishments in the era of XP (experience points). In the era before XP the utilization of general and strict probation enabled the Chamber to engage with a member’s summit regarding when and what type of recognition would be appropriate for a member following a conviction.

In the era of XP, the member’s progress towards awards and promotions is governed by site tracked activities. This removes the original concern being addressed via the probation punishment as to whether the member had earned their promotion or award. In addition, the era of awardment cycles occurring every three to six months has been replaced by ad-hoc awardment based upon when the member has met the requisite level of XP.

As such, the Chamber is faced with a dilemma. We do not want to suspend the gaining of XP as this would be a de facto ban on the member’s ability to participate within the Brotherhood. We equally do not want to create a situation where a member is able to exit their probation period and instantly regain or exceed the rank level or award(s) removed as a judicial punishment.

Of equal concern is that we do not want to complicate the member’s Summit and introduce confusion on when, or if, they can recognize a member for their XP earned via site tracked activities.

In addition, given this member’s current low rank of Journeyman 3 and current earned medal, Steel Cross, the Chamber did not want to have the member able to earn back removed rank or awards within a week. Nor does the Chamber want to have the member wait three months to begin gaining these entry levels.

Therefore, the Chamber has sentenced Wytt Vatts, et al. to having all clone records be removed, a Letter of Reprimand to be applied to his record, and general probation for six months. The removal of 3239 XP towards the next promotion and the removal of 1577 XP towards the next award. Further, a deduction of 3600 XP towards the next promotion and a deduction of 2278 XP towards the next award will be applied to the member’s record.

The Chamber recognizes that as we continue to operate within the era of XP that continued refinement of implementing punitive sentences that are balancing both the ability for the member to stay engaged with the community and serve as a preventative measure towards violation of the Covenant will be an ongoing topic for the Chamber.

/s/ Kamjin “Maverick” Lap’lamiz

Points of Interest

This is the second occurrence of the Chamber enacting a punishment that included XP reductions and the first where the Chamber applied a negative XP balance in lieu of strict probation.

This case also reaffirmed the Chamber's position that IP addresses should be treated like other Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and be masked in public filing from the Chamber.