PSA: Mentors can talk about anything they want in Novice Network - Discussion with GM

[Welsper59]

Interesting.

I don't personally think idle discussion and chat should be against the rules either. If anything having a group of people to chat with from the get go might make newer players feel more comfortable and meet other people.

That's generally not how socialization works when you're involving new comers. It's like someone being invited to some party with people of a higher status for the first time, not knowing anyone there, and overhearing some conversation going on about a subject they know nothing at all about. Do you awkwardly jump in and interrupt them? Or do you just remain silent and go about your business? The channel is for mentor players to primarily engage with helping the newbies. From what the SS shows, it may have apparently annoyed the new players more than encouraging them. That's not to say they can't engage in the subject on the channel, but that channel is not intended for it, thus the OP should not have been in the wrong for it (unless there were some other circumstance at play). Similarly, why do topics get moved from General to other parts of the official forums? It's the same concept of designating places for specific things.