Well I would say they are the same thing as you would be violating the same rules. The difference is, we'll probably be quicker to pull your access of the chat feature permanently than what we would be for a perma ban from the forums. Leaving the possibility for someone to be permabanned from chat, but only temp banned from the forums or with permanent infraction points making it easier to be banned from the forums in the future.
I certainly hope you're not planning to test out this new policy.
