@CheifDesigner: It is a cheap debating point, one which you made first. How can I hope to trust you, if you in turn will make no effort to trust me? I am not Bsmith, Birdjaguar, or Lefty. I am EQandCivfanatic. If am given half a chance both by you all and the moderators on CFC, I will make CFC the place that it needs to be.
@North King: Libel is a word I doubt any CFC moderators are going to use again. The topic of Bsmith's interactions on the Frontier are also not going to be brought up again by a moderator. I think we can confidently say that he regrets that particular action. You may also notice that no posts are being deleted or modified, his included, despite definite moderator observation and presence. Draw from that what you will. Lastly, a thread will be created probably this evening, to allow the posting of advertisements for IOTs and NESes on the Frontier here on CFC. While we aren't going to ask for reciprocation, we assume that the same will be allowed there.
Because future people or returning NESers need to know what happened here by hearing our side of it and not just his. They need to know that a better, fuller community exists elsewhere. That most of the people from our community, who did considerable work and produced valuable content, are elsewhere and are not the same as those who remain. Once the merger goes through, this subforum will barely be NESers at all anymore. Our voice still matters in our hobby. Unless the staff wants to ban us all, that is?
Your sentiments here offend me deeply. How am I, someone who has been running NESes LONG before any of the NESers who left, and certainly long before you ever arrived here, not an NESer or "barely" an NESer? How is the Frontier a "better" community? You claimed in the past you are not elitist, but the sentiments expressed here clearly are. If your only intention is to sabotage activity on this forum for sake of your perfect society, then why should your voice even be allowed? There's no reason to ban you, but there's certainly no reason to take you seriously based on the sentiment you show here. As I stated above to North King, a thread will be allowed for advertisement of STGs. Change will come to these forums in a number of ways, whether it's the NESes themselves or forum rules, whether you choose to be a part of it is up to you.
DO NOT deride those who enjoy this hobby differently to you.
EDIT: If it would help, I would be happy to discuss any and all issues on #nes. Sadly I do not have access to #nes during the day. If desired, I could answer any questions or address any concerns there this evening from 6PM to 7PM EST.