[Danny Stewart]

After over a week of being offline, the DannyStewart.com Forums have finally reopened. I've had a lot of time to consider what changes should be made to the site to prevent some of the incidents the site has experienced in recent weeks. In the end, I've decided that the site should deny guest access and prevent new registrations of any kind indefinitely. I am sure I will lift both of these restrictions at some point in the future, but for now, they will remain, to keep out unwanted visitors to the site.

Additionally, Jez has been promoted from a moderator on the site to an administrator, and Tom (MI7) has been granted moderator privileges. I have discussed this with both of them and I know they are both up to the task. I am also aware that there are others on the site who I'm sure can handle the responsibilities of being a moderator here, but while I want a strong presence of mods and admins, I would like to keep the number proportional and as a result I am not going to begin handing out moderator positions freely.

Still, with all that said and done, let's see if we can try and get this community back to normal. I feel it has deteriorated in the past few weeks, brought down by Daryl and his group of friends, which in turn brought out the worst qualities in the rest of us. Now that they're gone, hopefully things will settle back down here and this community will go back to the fun, relaxed, easygoing place it's always been (or tried to be).

Final word of advice though: Don't forget whose site it is. I expect my authority to be respected -- remember that.

Thanks, and enjoy the site.