Reason there were accidental bans is because one of the spammers is using the email of xxxx.xxx.xx.x.xxx.xx.x@gmail.com (obviously the x's change with each new account). As using that many periods in an email is virtually unheard of I decided that using a trigger of *.*.*.*@gmail.com would catch a bunch, but it turns out that the forum removed all the wildcards and periods and banned everyone that uses gmail (which actually included myself but thankfully mods can't ban themselves).
This *should* be the only screw up that I made (I had a feeling at the time that such frivolous usage of wildcards might have some problems), so hopefully nobody will need to make another account. Just to note though, you guys have all been here for a LONG time and as such you're pretty safe from bans except for really dumb stuff (like posting warez, porn in non NSFW areas). If anyone ever DOES get a ban then please work on the assumption that it was a mistake and just contact me or any other staff and get them to check it out
