I wasn't going to post on this topic but will anyway...
I was following (sort of) the thread in question and it did end up a bit like a school yard, with name calling and what could be termed offensive emoticons used. Exactly what H21 has penalised the 3 members for as it is not in the spirit of OOF.

That said, EMU was deliberately pulling the strings to wind people up and it all got out of hand

I've been in this position on here before with certain members deliberately pulling the right strings so I just stopped answering them in threads.

I'm sure the Admin team will discuss the situation and make a decision with the best for the forum in mind

At the end of the day people, the Admin team are the ones who provide this site and have a set of "rules" or Guidelines which they try to uphold. You did something in contravention to those guidelines and have been punished in the only way possible (other than a Banning) so have to accept that. I expect it will be a temporary cull on your postcounts but would suggest that you take it on the chin and move on

Oh... And I actually thought it was the fairest solution... A banning would have been a bit OTT but something had to be done as this is, after all, a very friendly, family establishment
