i've been posting here since this forum opened, and i've never even been warned. it's easy: just don't make posts on the upper boards that aren't directly contributing to the thread or advancing an argument or whatever. and if you want to make an "omg you're fucking dumb" post, just do it in AR or CN.
sexpest alluded to the only breaks anyone gets around here: if you're a long-time regular, then you usually get a little slack. but only a little.
ultimately the problem is that a bunch of y'all are taking this place way too seriously. i don't mean that to sound insulting, but there's just nothing here worth being bothered by. and don't get me wrong, a bunch of the new folks are cool, fun posters with lots of interesting things to say, and i hope you'll all stick around for some more debates. i guess i just feel like you'll all have a better time if you stop worrying about convincing anyone that you're right. tom is never ever gonna tell you how awesome your argument is. ever. abandon that pretense.
better yet: come on down to the lower fora and call thork a perv for banging ciri, or explain to rushy why trump is an ape, or make fun of junker's favorite sports teams, or try to prove to tom that prayer can cure cancer, or start a new thread on whatever else.
i don't mean any of this to be insulting. just like, you know, relax and stuff, and you'll have more fun here. there isn't any corner of the internet quite like this one.