Ok so basically yesterday Boxob and Cat went on a giant spam spree which involved bumping loads of old threads and the like. So I went on a reporting spree (as did Tenki), and they got themselves banned. Unfortunately as a result of the spam, teh umby and memphis decided to leave, hopefully they'll come back.
As for chasing away n00bs, that was a bit of the problem in the first place. We need to treat them how we would want to be treated. I want people to stay in the Sonic Boards because it's a nice place. It's easy to flame someone with one line, anyone can do that, but it's harder to just point our their mistakes in a friendly way and leave it at that. Personally, and I've said it before, I respect the n00bs more than the people who flame them at the moment..
So umm... yeah..