I'm going to take the time to clear something up here in hopes that it will deter further discussion in the future.
A public Vent server is a lot like a free soup kitchen. At this kitchen, the soup is free voice chat. It's not perfect, but it is indeed free.
Everyone is welcome. The patrons don't get to tell other patrons whether or not they can eat there. Sometimes, a patron of a soup kitchen might be kind of smelly or a little strange. But since we're all eating for free, we just kind of have to live with it. Chances are he's not trying to be irritating. What's great about this soup kitchen, is that we can get up and go to another table (read: channel) since there's plenty of them. I've even allowed a private table, which I see now was a mistake. It will be gone very shortly.
If the smelly, strange guy follows you to the new table or otherwise harasses you, you should talk to a volunteer. The volunteers in this soup kitchen are the mods/admins. Against common practice, they are all server admins; which means they can do just about anything. If there aren't any around, send me an email:
[email protected]. Those of you who have contacted me know that I'm pretty quick on the response.
The bottom line is this: under no circumstance should you harass, grief, or argue or with the other patrons.
There is no bum-fighting allowed in this soup kitchen. You will be escorted out as expeditiously as possible.
If we could all follow the golden rule, we wouldn't have any problems. But it seems I will have to be more specific; I'll be making some edits to the OP and MOTD later so it'll be super clear.
Just keep the soup kitchen analogy in mind: open to everyone, especially newcomers. Free voice chat on the subject of a game, of all things, should be lighthearted. If you don't like that or can't handle it, go make your own soup, and spoil it however you please. The rest of us will continue to enjoy ourselves.