They were muted because the credentials were posted publicly in chat, and I was there to witness it.  As a group the mods decided (previous to this new rule), that anyone that posted their account credentials publicly in chat to "give away" the account would be permed.  If your low level accounts had their information posted publicly, and I had been there to witness it, I would have muted them as well.

I already told you the reason for this; 1) its a pain when we get PMs whining and complaining that they didn't get the accounts because they seem to think you used scripts or something to claim them (which, by the way, I stuck up for you, and told them you don't, because that doesn't seem like something you would do) and 2) its annoying for Ethan and myself when we get tickets from 6 different people trying to "recover" accounts that were never theirs.

I tried to explain this via PM to you but you seem pretty determined to somehow paint me as a bad guy.