I find this quite ridiculous. In EVERY MMO I've ever played I've never seen such an absolutely outlandish reason to ban. Using guild and friend chat every minute is most definitely not spam, nor should it ever be considered spam, nor HAS it ever been considered spam in my entire experience on the internet. Furtherly, the fact that the GMs even went forward with the reports is horrific and extremely concerning. I now feel quite glad I didn't spend a dime on this game so far. Perhaps I never will now that I understand that bans may be passed out on a whim. @Paweu He should be happy to not be perma-banned? Are you joking!?! Have any of you had experience with any other system of law in other games?

As a side note, mute buttons should most definitely be implemented. It helps solve certain problems with spam, harassment, and etc.

"By that definition, you are spamming and should be permabanned."
The difference is that you aren't the judge here with powers, meanwhile someone here got banned.

"@Paweu He should be happy to not be perma-banned? Are you joking!?! Have any of you had experience with any other system of law in other games?"
Wish-wash all you want, there are games in which you can get banned for silly stuff like speaking in other languages (here you are allowed to talking in whatever language you want, no discrimination) or region blocks. Sending and repeating the same message about stuff noone really cares about in a channel that isn't exactly for this is annoying. This game is supposed to be super friendly, no annoyment for the players, no harassment, etc. Also, i'm in /1 for the chat that sometimes occurs and not to see some desperate guy spam guild recruitment. I can go even further and say if you can't find members through normal methods then maybe you shouldn't even lead a guild?

"I see nothing wrong with recruiting in game - i'd understand if it was something offensive."
Can you really see nothing wrong when a channel is filled with only one message repeated so many times?

The difference is that you aren't the judge here with powers, meanwhile someone here got banned.

Yes, and that person who got banned shouldn't have been punished so severely for sending messages to promote a guild.

there are games in which you can get banned for silly stuff like speaking in other languages (here you are allowed to talking in whatever language you want, no discrimination) or region blocks.

Those games often have localized versions of games for people who speak that language or come from that specific region.

Sending and repeating the same message about stuff noone really cares about

Everybody who uses /1 instead of PMs should be reported. Got it.

Also, i'm in /1 for the chat that sometimes occurs and not to see some desperate guy spam guild recruitment.

The best part about seeing somebody send messages, is that you can unsee them by ignoring them, instead of being a douche and reporting them.

I can go even further and say if you can't find members through normal methods then maybe you shouldn't even lead a guild?

What are normal methods, exactly, Mr. Guild Recruitment Expert?

Can you really see nothing wrong when a channel is filled with only one message repeated so many times?

If I ignore them, I actually can't see their messages. And I never will have to, ever again. Also, if they get muted, they would learn their lesson and still be able to enjoy the game, instead of, well, coming on the forums in being berated by morons who can't form coherent arguments.

formation of a unique sort of meta-community.

And I suppose you do that by, hmm, recruiting people, right?

Yeah, I don't see why people would report you for something like this. If I see somebody spamming a message that I find annoying or if somebody is constantly bothering me, I just ignore them. Problem solved. If there is a solution as simple as that, why report somebody? If you were spamming harrassments, I can see why you might get reported but recruiting for your guild? I've seen more annoying spam than guild recruitments.

Well, looks like it's time to go start reporting everybody in Haven 1.
/sarcasm

Just ignore people...

"Spam is sending unwanted messages, its common sense."

"Every 1 minute is just as bad as every second. If are in trade chat and spamming there about selling/buying thats a different story but not out loud for a guild recruitment."

You folks may want to read the rules again, as well as the message that comes up when you report someone for spamming. In this context, spam is to "7. disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other members of the Services are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other members' ability to engage in real time exchanges". A message every minute does not disrupt people from conversing, unless the message is excessively long. Furthermore, when you submit a complaint for spamming, the confirmation message reminds you to only file the complaint if "the spamming was so bad you couldn't chat with others," and specifically notes that "if the repeated lines were far between (like 10 seconds between) then it won't prevent people from chatting".

Obviously, I don't know the details. Irevolutioni may be leaving something important out, but what he described should not in itself result in a ban.

As far as I can recall many player including myself warned you explicitely in-game advertising a guild through /trade chat was against Terms Of Service yet you continued. So it might have just been deserved. Besides temporary bans are just something like a day or so, whatever.

Okay, i get it, you just want to whiteknight that much. I give up.

More bans! Tired of people spamming and not reading ToS.

I found a guy once actually sending everyone playing the lockdown game a invite after every game. When I said something to him his reaction was quit whining noob you never got a guild invite? Seems to be most of the people in this game find spamming okay. Most of the time when I ask someone to stop shouting selling whatever every 5 seconds they give me the look man I am doing nothing wrong Ima report you for harassment crap.