[Brian Krashpad]

There's a backstory to this though.

All of HC is not the same. Different forums can be very different within HC. In fact, som of the forums stereotypically dislike each other or are at best amused by each other.

The OP appears to have stumbled into the crossfire of a longstanding feud between Electric Guitars and Amps over there. A few months ago several people from EG went over to Amps and did some relatively benign troll threads similar to the one in the OP here. They were promptly banninated-- for all of 3 days. The Amps guys are a smidge too serious about getting teh brootal gainz.

I've posted regularly at HC for years and have never been banned although a couple times I probably should've been.