Luke messaged me as well Ensil, he asked me to 'have a word in your shell like, is he your best mate or persona non grata?' I think posting on the Spurs board meant a lot to him.
My own feeling is that it is a bit harsh to have banned Luke. I think he was the victim of his own persona on BBC606. On not606 he has not behaved badly IMO. I can think of one Spurs poster who I would rather not see on here and voila I don't see him because of the ignore facility. Surely that would be the way to go with Luke if you don't like what he posts them add him to your ignore list.
I've never heard so much s**t in my life! . I think its fair to say our board is one of the most popular here as it was on 606. As someone has said thats a compliment to us for people wanting to talk to us. and rival banter is all part of a healthy forum. Could it be that the united board is not as good as ours? So why shouldn't someone be allowed to have a preference to where they post for a chat with people of similar knowledge. Here, you have 3 choices, reply, don't reply, or use the ignore facility...what more do you want! More harmful to the numbers joining this forum than a rival poster (who is not aggressive or rude), is the Spurs poster/s hounding them. I was told to read this thread for an explanation, and I have. I suggest you all read the "whats your old 606 name" thread, and ask yourselves where are all those ex 606 posters who've only posted once/twice?, some bloody good ones too. I'll tell you, I've been PM'd to say they will not be posting here again all the while this childish bickering bordering vendetta is going on, derailing threads, and Luke is NOT seen as the problem.
I'm going to have to respect their wish for privacy as I would yours or anyone else who asks CG, not wishing to stir things any more than they are. I feel a little bit like that myself now. Suffice to say that if your intention is to mend bridges with them, I doubt they'll read anything here for a while, the board will get a 2nd chance once footballs start being kicked. "and why have they not said anything to SSS or myself? " I would like to say ask them yourself! , but we all have to realise that newbies, aren't always aware of the 'self moderating team boards' straight away. Its so different here to 606, it takes a while to get a grip of it all. On 606, I saw you about, but had little direct conversations with you, same with who PM'd me, they just know me, more than they know you that was all, no offence mate. In the mean time, more important is to resolve this issue and make this board the best of the 3 that are out there, that are basically splitting the old 606.
This board is in it's early days yet and can't afford to be banning people (unless they obviously break the rules). Not606 has the potential to be better than BBC606 was and once the new season starts I expect numbers to grow significantly, however if people continue to get banned for weak reasons, then expect others to follow them over to ja606 and any other sites.
Well I can't ask them myself if I don't know who they are Those banned to date are Michigan, XHammers and now unbanned LDL The only one of those which SSS or me asked for was Michigan