All right, going to have a look at this one:
Is he banned yet?
Presumably you're joking, but just to take the question at face value, there are three reasons off the top of my head why Guild isn't banned.
One: Take a look at this comment.
Your gravitas with the masses of pyoko attracts people to your way of thinking. I don't mind it mostly, since I'm only here for like three people's posts, but once in a while when your ego inflates like this I like to egg you on. I've been told by many people in secret that they find it hilarious.
Now, leaving aside Guild's and my obvious difference of opinion about which one of us is sitting back and laughing while the other one works himself into a frothing rage, I think we can go all HIGH-CONTEXT here and assume Guild's talking about somebody in particular. And I can only think of one guy who's expressed
a similar sentiment on the forum recently. (But hey, Guild, if I'm wrong and you really ARE just talking about a bunch of people who hide behind your skirts rather than state their opinions publicly, please feel free to correct me as I have something to say about that.)
Two: I don't like banning people. I don't even like locking threads (case in point). I've never even given SoraCross worse than a temporary posting ban. Guild hasn't done anything I actually see as ban-worthy.
Three: ...argh, okay, I hate to do this. I really hate to break kayfabe. But apparently some people need to be reminded of this, and maybe that includes Guild and me too.
You're not likely to see me ban Guild because Guild's my friend.
This is a game we're playing. We both derive some satisfaction from it, and that's why we keep doing it. (I'm a little baffled that Guild doesn't seem to get that and that he accuses ME of being an easily-manipulable powderkeg even as he himself blows up over an imagined slight, but...there it is.)
That's not to say one or the other or both of us can't get carried away with it sometimes. And when it's no longer fun, that's the point we should take a step back and quit doing it. Like yesterday when Guild got all pissed off and I told him we were done. (Or, as Brent put it, quit when it's not funny anymore.)
EDIT FOR CLARIFICATION: I should add that just because I like Guild and see this as a game doesn't mean I'm just bullshitting here. I DO want him to start behaving himself on Real World, and I AM going to continue calling bullshit when he uses sophomoric psychobabble to defend his love of making his posts a pain in the ass to read. (Yeah, yeah, Guild, you can keep crying "I'M JUST HIGH-CONCEPT! I'M JUST HIGH-CONCEPT!" But you'll pardon me if I think it sounds insincere from inside a code tag nested in a quote tag.)