I didn't make a newbie thread, I just hung out in the FF Part of the forums until I had my custom title, then magically appeared out of nowhere here.

Although I don't agree with the treatment of kirk81 (Although I liked my post in that thread), it's been going on for ages. Take good ol' Faris_the_guy for example, and he too ended up being banned (And I'm still in contact with him and he still has no clue why he got banned). I think this kinda shows how newer, less-established members are more likely to be banned than members who have been posting here for longer, and can't get away with as much. Still, I suppose that's because the staff trust and know the older members more to know their intent isn't malicious.