Huh, the naughty step has a special section reserved for Andy :)
Well, I got my account back a few minutes ago so figure I better show up in person here and let you all know what happened from my side of the fence.
You probably all know a certain individual was being offensive in his #2 thread. I responded to this by calling him something unpleasant that involved the F word in combination with the word tard. I then read some more of the thread and was so vexed at the way he responded to my friend YankeeJim when all he'd done was give a sensible and respectful answer that I posted again, this time with the word in a large, bold font and all capitalised.
He, the F-word person, then quoted my post and posted a picture of a set of guys junk. Well, it may have been a poorly lit selfie, some folk just got a raw deal when faces were handed out. I quoted his post in case he deleted it and then reported it.
Which may have been my mistake. I don't think WGT believed I posted the offensive picture, I think my goof was that the post I reported included the quote of my large, bold swear word. I may have shot myself in the foot there :) Customer services did say that 2 wrongs do not make a right so I'm assuming I'm right in this at least.
Anyway, I don't hold any grudges against WGT for what happened, I broke the rules and got a slap. The circumstances behind the offence don't count, 2 wrongs really don't make a right.
I'd just like to add two more things. Colin kindly posted my position as I requested but he mentioned Icon and I want to make it very clear that I don't hold Icon responsible for this in the slightest bit. I've always got on very well with him and, as mentioned, have had some slack cut now and then. I recall a PM with the message "Be nice" after he deleted one of my posts. He's a good guy and has to put up with a ton of abuse here. Being the most active staff member in the forums he appears to be the one who gets mentioned most when someone has a grudge to bear.
Finally, a big thank you to all of you who stuck up for me here, sent messages or posted on my wall. It was very heartening to know I might actually be missed around here if I were to vanish.
See you all around :))