"Sell" is a verb, "Sale" is a noun so you used it correctly.

The other way around

dont worry nobody on this forum is going to blame you if its the incorrect useage

That's not what he said. That's A LOT of reading into it. He's saying that the gender of the protagonist has a profound impact on sales. That is an accurate observation of the industry. We've heard from the industry itself that they're operating on exactly that assumption. And even if that statement is wrong, he's not treating women as lesser people. He's just saying that a game might sell less with a female protagonist given the demographics. It's exactly the same as pointing out that porn games with a mostly male cast will sell less than games with a mostly female cast, because that's what the demographic is mostly looking for.

Again, pointing out a gender or the difference in genders is not sexism. Saying that black comedy clubs sell more tickets to black people than white people is also not racist. It's a description of reality.

I have to agree with vivster, at least the cited post in the ban is not sexist at all.

Saying "Not as many people will buy the game because the protagonist is black." Is not racist, it's a statement on society. What he said in that post isn't sexist in the slightest. Saying a game with a female protagonist will not sell as much is NOT sexist.

I must rally behind them and say that I was also scratching my head when I saw this ban.

One of the few occasions I have fully agreed with Vivster.

I love you too.

I have to agree with vivster and the others on this.

You're misrepresenting what he posted. He didn't say any of that. That's your interpretation of what you thought he said.

So I guess we'll just wait the ban out and hope nobody remembers the ban note.

As far as I understood, the mod team is still a team and difficult or contested actions or decisions are discussed within the team. Seeing how no one else responded, does that mean the team is backing Bristow's decision? Or is my understanding wrong? Which would beg the question what happens when there is internal disagreement. He should be able to defend his decision publicly. If he can't, that just sheds even more doubt on his action and the mod team as a whole of course. If this issue was simply solved by a nice private chat I wouldn't be posting here. If this is too humiliating or stressful for a mod to do publicly, then either I or the mods have a different understanding of what it means to be a public authority figure.

I think this is absolutely the right place to discuss the definition of sexism since it is certainly a hard trigger for bans on this forum and if it isn't clearly defined, we will end up with highly contested decisions like this one.

All we have for now is a mod claiming that a user said something he never did and who handed out a ban on that premise. Unless he was referencing posts that weren't in the ban notice. But since you said that he stands firm on his decision I'm sure he has no problem delivering a solid defense.