I feel that Aristotle's appeals provide much insight into the endgame of NeoGAF.com. Ethos and pathos are generally linked to most bans. i.e. Your posting history can either give you leeway or damn you in any given instance, and becoming too emotionally invested in a topic will probably result in a temporary "cool down" ban.
Logos.. logos are what really fucks you. Logos run this place. When logos meet ethos, you're on a fast-track to permanent banishment. Ironically, appealing to logos and pathos is viewed as more legitimate and rarely results in a ban so long as the post is perceived as more genuine than an appeal to logos and ethos. That emotion is seemingly regarded as a more desirable trait than character is perhaps a byproduct of the foundation of this forum: discussion has no place in a logical debate intended to persuade (about video games).
A sort of "board hell" where users are allowed to log in and make posts, only to have those posts unreadable by the rest of the board, is an interesting idea. It would probably send certain posters into a depressive spiral until they pass the point of no return: making offensive posts for the sole purpose of trying to elicit a response, like some kind of self-validation. Driven to madness. It does, however, undermine the supposed foundations that NeoGAF.com and its users hold dear: all of our posts and opinions are very important and no fun shall be had at the expense of persuasive debate (about video games).