The Pit

The Pit is a virtual facility designed on the multiplayer online role-playing game (MORPG) Immortal Night as punishment for players who violate any of the game's rules of conduct and gameplay.

History and Functionality
The Pit was established as an impliment of power by the adminstrative staff in charge of Immortal Night. It has been an on-going part of the gaming program since the site's inception in September 2009. The Pit houses over 1000 player accounts on average and number flutuates, mostly with increased counts rather than decreased.

Functionality
The Pit has been designed as a virtual means of punishment for actions that violate the rules set by the game moderators. Any rule broken that has been reported to or monitored by any of the site officials normally and quite readily results in the player's account being pitted. Length of time served in the Pit by any given player is determined by the one who suspended their account. Depending on the severity of the violation (and the mood of the "jailing" official) time served ranges any where from 300 days (nearly a full year) or more. Time can also be increased per the discretion of the jailor depending on the rule violation and if it is a repeated offense. Most players can often get out early on "good behavior" or appealing to the "good side" of their jailors. A full list of rules is listed on the game site and are allegedly subject to change without warning, leaving gamers responsible for knowing every little amendment that may occur within the rule book.

A-Pac is one such player whose account was Pitted [put on suspension] for 300 days initally for a simple mistake of housing another player's money for them and returning it. This was likely translated into some sort of violation of transferring funds to another account (moderators likely assumed it was the same player switching funds between accounts, ie cheating). A-Pac was pitted while his brother's account remained untouched. The sentence only increased due to attempts on A-Pac's part to try and make accounts so he would not be banned. Eventually he conceded defeat and served most of his 300 day sentence before being released in May 2010 (he was suspended in late November/December 2009). He has since then had nothing more to do with the Pit, its occupants or the in-game moderators or any of the administrative staff. He also had a wife in late 2011 who also had her account suspended for multiple accounts (a rule expressly emphasized as cheating in Immortal Night). She was given a 300 day term. A-Pac's youngest sister was also pitted twice. The first time for 300 days before she was caught again on a second account for age violation and was suspended for roughly 2 years.

Opinion From A-Pac's Author on The Pit
''"The Pit is virtually every player's nightmare when playing Immortal Night. It can happen at a moment's notice, if not a notice at all. It just happens. You're shut down and can only log on only to a huge caption signifying your account's been Pitted. If you're a person of little patience then I would suggest this as Game Over. If you want to take time to explain your case there's a box you can write in. It's submitted to the moderators for consideration but it's more or a less a polite way of saying "We don't give a shit. Serve your time and STFU". But hey, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Depends on how well you write and how much of a good mood they're in when they read it. [Honestly they love their power trips]. So again it is something no player wants to happen. Be careful who you talk to, how you talk to them and what you do with them or in the game in general."''