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[Kikumaru]

Well, it's a nice story, I'll give you that. I'm still a bit skeptical about it though. I could say, "Oh, a foreign exchange student which doesn't understand English was playing for me, sorry" to try and get out of being jailed or banned.

The lesson to be learned here is, do not let someone who doesn't understand basic English, or the basics of the game for that matter, play for you. It's only going to get you in trouble or be banned in Spirit of Fire's case.

Once again..it still bothers me that he was able to reply, on main, two to three minutes after being jailed. If his wife really was playing, then obviously he was close enough to get to the computer two to three minutes after being jailed to give some sort of plead of innocence. If he was that close to the computer, he should have said something to the GMs following, including everyone else for that matter, letting us know she was playing for him, then went about whatever it was he was doing.

Leaving someone who is inexperienced with the game and cannot understand English well wasn't the brightest of decisions he could have made to begin with (if what you and Spirit say is true).

Anyway, the decision has been made. Whether it was his wife or not, he has been banned. They may look into the matter at later time, but it's kind of hard to bring someone back who failed all of the checks to pass the bot-test. There's only so far his words can take him. We base things on what we have seen, not what he has said.

So unless he has some way of actually proving that his wife was playing, then it's just a method of trying to dig himself out of the hole which he placed himself in when he decided to use a bot. Even if it DOES turn out to be the case and he really did let her play on his character, basic English is a MUST.

In the future, please keep these rules in mind before letting someone who is inexperienced with the game or cannot speak/understand basic English control your character.

Thank you