Respect for other people and their enjoyment of the game.

[Sir Baron]

OK here goes
First up
If you spend more time typing in chat then killing nords I would call that cheat spamming and I would warn for both cheat spam and leeching
I am not saying that is or is not what happened last night but be careful how much time you spend typing
Next
To me banter is fine as long as it is banter and does not cross the line
I would recommend going to TS if you need to talk a ton
Last
Someone said something about overreacting
I would say yes if this came up as a report but as it is I would say it's you who is overreacting
NI has stayed pleasant for most because the admin/dev team does not accept the "this is the internet" line
We have a set of rules that we hold to
NI does not let the internet define it

How is typing in chat cheat spamming?  No one is cheating.  

He also noted that they were still playing albeit poorly.  So why kick for leeching?  If we are kicking for poor playing now, this game is going to die fairly quickly.

First one was a miss type
Second what I said was if you are typing more then killing I would view it as leeching
Not if you where playing poorly
If you type more then kill you are not helping the team and so are leeching