Exley97 said:
Okay, but....he CAN'T silence you. Unless he's a moderator, then he doesn't have that control.
Harassment doesn't require being empowered as a moderator. Otherwise, there would be no such thing regarding the average poster. Do I really need to cite the site rules as to what harassment is, or can you get around to doing that yourself without sitting there and defending the guy before you bother to?
Hell with it, why not:
Forum Code of Conduct
Don't Be a Jerk
This rule trumps any other. Any loophole you think you've found in any other rule is covered by this one. If you make our forums a less pleasant place to be, we don't want you here and we have no problem revoking your account. Here are a couple of the things you should stay away from:
Trolling
Posting inflammatory, extraneous or off-topic messages with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.
Now, you've asked me not to report you, and I don't think you're deliberately being a jerk here, but since you just got done calling either him or me a troll, here's another:
Flaming
Calling people names (or groups who may visit The Escapist), this includes calling others a troll. Calling another user a troll is always an infraction.
No, for what it's worth, I HAVEN'T reported you for this. Just sayin', these are the rules. If the mods don't want to take action on it, that's their call, neither yours nor mine, but if you're honestly going to say it's TOS-accepted to try and badger people to shut down forum threads without cause... no. It ain't.