was Posted:

Are you saying that it is a valid game discussion thread to ask why a fictional character does not exist and does not have a way to be contacted?

A) If a player came in here and asked why he couldn’t Tubmail The_**** with suggestions about how to improve INCIT, is that automatically RPing, or might that be a valid question, especially from a newbie?

B) In the context of the game, the character (Ravit) exists.

Just as you can add a certain NPC to your Friend list and receive an in-game benefit for doing so, why is it unreasonable to bumume that Tubmailing an NPC might yield a similar benefit?

Or perhaps what Crinkz meant to suggest is that Ravit is actually a bot.

For every single perspective you can present that suggests he was RPing, I can present a perspective that suggests he was discussing a valid game-related issue.

In other words, that part of the debate is a stalemate. It is unclear whether or not Crinkz was RPing.

Now, as far as how it should have been moderated, by the moderators own standards, the thread should have simply been moved and, at best, the player should have been warned.

If Crinkz has received warnings in the past for a similar offense and was advised to not be ambiguous with his posts in GD (i.e., told to be perfectly clear that he wasn’t RPing), then this ban is legit. But otherwise, it is not.