It just comes down to people trying to find loopholes and pushing a boundary as far as they can.

Isn't a loophole something that is considered an error inside a system, and so not punishable if said loophole was exploited?

i knew mumblee would find his significant other on the forums! CONGRATULATIONS MUMBLEE!  i guess all this time on the forums has paid off. 

-Destruct

Well im not trying to make this blown out of proportion i just dont think its right when GMs/Ms have NEVER enforced this rule before. Maybe we need a more detailed list of rules for chat moderation

That's not entirely true, but I think the point he's making is about setting and sticking to precedent, which seems like a reasonable request.

A simple solution would be to have the mutes tried to an IP address.

I'd like that too, would eliminate the problem of people logging alternate chars to continue their behaviour after they've been muted.

Honestly, if you're getting muted and then logging to another character to press the issue with the Mod in the broadcast channel, you shouldn't be surprised when there are consequences.  I personally think that it's time to put a stop to the players attempting to circumvent the rules and then playing dumb and complaining when they don't get away with it.

It was you who said whatever it is you said to get muted, not your character.  Therefore it makes sense that you as a person are the one getting your chat privs revoked for that period of time, regardless of what character you are logging.