Just for personal defense, I edited the log from his post because the information contained was personal, and Sov wasn't comfortable with it on the forums. There is no rule against this, and I, for one, will remove anything of a personal nature that someone feels is invading their privacy.

Anyhow, to enlighten the flaming outside the flame forum situation. I've personally had several encounters with this, so I've looked into it. It is frowned upon (and against the rules to a certain degree) to flame outside the flame forum. I asked administration about certain circumstances, and this is my interpretation of what I was told.

If you reply to a topic or post, and your inclination is to be harsh, then so be it. Don't go overboard, but throwing an insult is not against any stone-set rule. I've done this so many times I can't count. There was a thread about this already, so I won't go into it.

The simple fact of the matter, the thing that makes Grav's situation different, is execution. In my situation, someone said something, (stupid, generally) and I replied with an insult. What Grav did was to start multiple threads outside the flame forum (because Sov can't see the flame forum) for the sole reason of insulting him.

I don't have any personal problems with Grav. He said some mean shit to me in a thread the day after he got banned, but it was because I was arguing Sov's point with him. I would have done the same thing if the roles were reversed. This is just the situation we're presented with.

What is it they say about silence being golden?