He PMed it to you and posted it to VIP board after the elephant thread which you have quoted in this thread. I recall us trying to draft up new version of the rules at some point, but nothing came out of it. I was trying to look for it and found that instead. Either way, I liked the version I posted better as it was less high and mighty.
<i>Either way, Yhorian has an attitude that he clarified that these are HIS forums, and he can essentially treat the masses however he pleases. Note his absolute love of threatening to ban people. That's not healthy, and that's not an attitude that you should be embracing.</i>
<i>My point about the rules is, so long as they are clarified, you won't have the issue of personalities dictating who is and isn't banned (and thus, won't have the complaints). Call it a helpful suggestion, because I actually do like posting on these forums occasionally. And it annoys me when jackasses fuck it up. More so, when those jackasses think they run the place.</i>
You were not about to get banned for the elephant flame war. It was discussed back then in the VIP board and Yhorian has, to some extent, corrected his behaviour according to our suggestions and stayed out of flame wars after that. In terms of bans, it does matter if something is instigated. Every VIP gets to decide on whether someone should stay banned or not. I don't think Yhorian will be banning anyone he has just had a flamewar with without consulting us on VIP board. I'm glad that he chose not to post regarding this issue after instigating the mini flame war with Batman. We know that he instigated the elephant flame war back then so you can stop harping about it (I don't care to split hairs about who started it. You were both being dickwads in that one).