First of all this is a very subjective question.
Second of all, any time you have two closed systems (i.e. CoPaP and Abyss404) that suddenly get connected, you WILL get flow between them. Things always flow from highest to lowest concentration. In this case, "things" are going to be gold, items, levels, and custom races. There's no avoiding it and all the problems that may or will pop up are just the fact of CoPaP. We deal with it every day, and rather well I might add. For example, there are plans in the works to someday make exchange rates also between worlds, so your gold will not be of equal value between them. That will curb much of it, but it will take a while to code, ask sozin.Having said all that, Abyss404 is not going to be Hala or Mystara. We purposely made those worlds easy to get in and out of, just so we can test the concept of CoPaP. Going to Hala is/was about as hard as heading to the grocery store. This will not be the case with Abyss404. If you go to Abyss404, or if you start a character on Abyss404, it may be a looooong time before you are able to get out. It might take a few levels of figuring it out/doing the quests/ or whatever other mechanisms they/we put in. Whatever it is/will be, it's going to be HARD. So in effect, those people going over there with uber items may have the upper hand for a while, but after being there a couple levels and getting their stuff eaten, they may not be so rich when they come back. I'm just exaggerating, but you never know.
As for their punishments and their rules, that's for them to decide. We have no say in that, and CoPaP only suggests certain guidelines. I'll tell you right now that they ARE more strict than Avlis for many things, and people do seem to get banned from there more often. But you can take that in two ways. You can either look at it as a bad thing, or you can abide by their rules and have a lot of fun there. Your choice.
