You know, something good has come of this. Really good. We sometimes forget how much we can get wrapped up in this game. It's like a real world to us; we talk about our characters first person, we brag about their accomplishments, and we often use "I" or "me" instead of "Michaelis" or "Kyoro". But, as it has been said so many times before, it is just a game. And Kiva's post demonstrates to us what happens if we forget that. There has been much said about gaming addiction, for example
here. And someone who a) comes back twice after banning while b) begging to get his orginal character reinstated and c) also (as a "different person") begs to get his OTHER banned character reinstated to play....Kiva has a problem.
I see this as an opportunity. Let's bring up those issues that the poll OneSt8 posted; if you think that there are problems, say so. It's there for that. And let's look at our own playing styles, and decide if we're so into this world that we would be in danger of losing the perspective that Kiva has already apparently lost. His is a cautionary tale, and one that can help us refresh our own separation of fantasy from reality.