May 24, 2017, 12:30 PM

I don't care where the exchange happens, if it is related to the game and involves participants being abusive, I would take it seriously.

"I made sure to contain all of my stalking to skype!"
"I only discussed my plan to cheat in email!"
"All I did was rally a mob to hunt down my OOC rival on the forums with lies about what they were doing!"
"I was only harassing them in gchat, not on the game itself!"
"I just defaced their wiki, it's not like I did anything to their PC!"

^ If anybody considers the above something that means their behavior is suddenly peachy keen because it happened off the MUX/MUSH/MUCK/MOO/Evennia/etc., a heavy duty reality check is in order.

Evidence is obviously still required, but change of venue is NOT a defense.