I haven't voted yet, I think Shocky needed to be banned, but I also don't agree with permanent bans for longtime users. I liked the the idea of adding a week to each ban, but Shocky has a few screennames and the ban weeks were adding up while he was banned and that didn't make sense.
As far as new users go and Highrise's comments... I don't think Jon or anyone else wants this site to be another VPForums, if that was the case, all we would really need PN for is to host non-Rom tables. I like having a site that lets us be ourselves, that said, don't overmoderate, but take action a little earlier if someone continues to spam every thread. I don't care how much Shocky rants and raves if he keeps it confined to a couple of threads, I don't want to read about it in every thread. Don't let any member stalk another member from thread to thread, but let them say whatever they want to if it's confined to ONE thread. I don't even mind and often like it when a thread goes off-topic, especially if it's entertaining.
Will Shocky ever change? Damn straight he will, but he may need to be banned a few more times before he realizes that he just can't spam every thread with his story that everyone of us knows by heart. Shocky, if you're reading this.... Let it go! You fucked up and no one gives a rats arse about your VPF membership except you!
People leave this scene, because they get freakin' bored with the VP program or they discover something new to do on their pc! They don't leave because Shocky called them a liar or Bizzle grosses them out, they might not return to this forum, but this forum isn't for everybody.
I think Jon has a cool site and he is one of Visual Pinball's VIP's, I hope he never sobers up