My understanding is the way RCC bans members is by blocking them from entering the site. This would explains some of the timeouts discussed earlier in this thread. I'm not sure if there is a time limit regarding when the ban ends. If it is important to you, and you still want to go to the site, you can enter as a new member, with different ID, from another computer.

They still leave your old name up as a member, people can send you PM's, and people can respond to threads you start or subscribe to, but you can not get to the site and respond (even though they left your name up as a member).
So nobody knows you have been banned.

I'm not sure why he would not remove names from the member list, seems strange. There must be some comercial value to keep the member numbers up.

I do know they monitor your PM's (personal messages) there since the administrator contacted me about a discussion I had in one of my PM's (nothing against the rules but was discussing the administrator - he didn't like it).

I feel sorry for the moderators, they are looking bad because of the current administrator's actions.

I'm with Ed S. regarding standing up for what is right.