In my opinion, it's becoming a issue. I think it's a great way of filtering out assholes who'll steal stuff, but it's also catching around 30% of new players, and the ban/appeal section of the forum is stuffed with "I just opened it and I got banned."
While I do see it's advantages of getting rid of annoying players, it's disadvantages outweigh them. I think we can keep the chest, but opening it should result in a permaban, possibly for a day or two so the message sinks in.
Nidefawl/VepaS, please consider getting rid of it, or changing it
