The messages were both in all upper case.
If he did read the rules, he'd know that regardless of what type of issue, he can't use OOC.
Zart wrote:
If you endure a problem in-game and you -for whatever reason- need an admin: Use the F1 with reason +possible people involved'. DO NOT USE /OOC.
This it to prevent the provocation of arguments, fights and/or spamming on channels otherwise used for genuine chatter. Along with this comes the efficiency of dealing with problems that is decreased majorly by the 'ADMIN TO ME'-messages in the OOC channel. These are blank shots for the staff and don't allow us to prioritize your issues.
This is mainly to ensure:
- People WITH requests don't feel that others are being put before them
- People trying to roleplay don't have to put up with messages.
The incident was also a mild "Metagame" as he used OOC for a RP related issue. If he DID eventually use F1, it would have been responded to and he would have been un muted from there, else he
could have continued to spam the OOC.
The ban request is obsolete, as I justified the mute to you, and if he felt that the mute was invalid, he could have