Unfortunately I missed this incident, but as a moderator it's clear to see why Ziroc and Larry took the action they did, because on the surface Hiero violated a rule we hold sacrosanct, regarding personal abuse of a fellow forum member, which is something we take very seriously. We do not tell people to "eff off, seriously", on this board.
Having said that, I've always thought that Aaron was a good bloke and felt that the outburst was out of character for him.
At the end of the day, whether or not he was drunk, whether or not Mel was offended, he broke an Ironworks rule and there is a penalty associated with that, which we will decide. Aaron will need to accept that penalty - we need to be responsible and accountable for what we post here. But if he's showing remorse for what he did and if it's obvious that he didn't mean it, then an indefinite ban would appear to be too harsh, wouldn't it.
It's Z's call in the end, but if Aaron was to write an email to Z explaining why this happened, an apology for provoking a degree of discord to our forum, and a promise to not do it again, it can only help his cause.
[ 06-04-2004, 08:34 AM: Message edited by: Memnoch ]