Quote Originally Posted by Doozer View Post
I love when people say they're paranoid about talking to anyone because they're afraid of getting banned. The only reason for that is if you regularly say punishable things. I've gotten snippy and have been involved in some pretty heated conversations in-game and have never been punished or banned in any way. Not because I was lucky or that the system is faulty, but because I know the lines you're not supposed to cross.

It's pretty easy to tell the difference between an argument and saying something offensive. If you're afraid you'll get banned for talking, it's probably because you don't know the difference. Or you're one of those people that think if someone gets hurt it's their fault and not the fault of the person that said the hurtful thing.

But honestly, the fact that I've never been disciplined means you have to say or do some pretty blatantly awful things, and to that I say: If you were reprimanded twice like 4 years ago and then got in trouble again today, that doesn't tell me they shouldn't consider your past offenses in your punishment; it tells me it's been 4 years and you haven't learned your lesson. And a single "oops" or misunderstanding doesn't get you perma-banned.
Or it might just be that you were never reported by anyone? You're in the mercy of the other person's hands. You might believe you haven't said or done anything punishable, however it's entirely possible you have done something bannable and just have been talking to rather mature people up to this point who haven't felt it necessary to report.