Hi Saber, Welcome to H. H. I hope you enjoy your stay here, the reason Shield was banned was not only due to his blatant disregard for the rules, but the fact that he stole copyrighted images and attempted to pass them off as his own.. (as seen in this topic (<= click.) Shield has been given more chances to do the right thing, and to follow the rules more than any other member in the history of this forum.. I would ask him to post in the appropriate areas, (since he insisted on posting otherwise useless topics in areas that are reserved for contests and announcements only..) I myself, as well as the staff and the other members have warned him and told him to post in the right areas and he has refused to listen.. He is 16 years old, he should know how to follow the rules like the other members here, and yet he chooses to do what he wants to do.. We had a contest for AOTM/SOTM, and he chose to post hotlinked, and stolen images as his entry.. in you look at the topic that i have linked to in this message, you will see that he clearly had a problem with following the rules (<= click.), I am sorry, but your cousin has been given too many chances already and so, my hands are tied.