Quote Originally Posted by stardust4ever View Post
I think Satoshi Matrix had a deal go south, and Piko contacted an eBay seller regarding a prototype he sold, and was accused of backdooring and insta-banned.
I have little experience with NA due to not being a big Nintendo collector. In all honesty I don't know of any decent forums that will allow you to continue to participate after you break specific, well defined rules like those two specific accounts you mentioned. Rip someone off? Banned. Shady, hypocritical scenarios while hiding behind the goodguy badge? Banned.

I've heard dozens of tales about how certain NA mods do conduct themselves poorly and ban access to people that might not be justified but I don't know if those two specific instances are good examples of unjustified actions. It shouldn't be personal; one shouldn't be banned because you don't like them personally but on the other hand one shouldn't get by with breaking rules because they're just a swell guy.

The personalities behind the RVGS seem to have contributed to the hobby and had fairly good reputations until this one instance yet everyone's calling for their head on a pike. In that sense shouldn't they be given a free pass since nobody's perfect?*