I do recall giving him a few warnings in the past, but not the last that got him banned. I miss the guy, he's funny even though he violates forum rules. I can't blame the mod/admin that did ban him, we don't usually look for ways to ban or target users, we add on tallies and if they add up then the user takes some time off.
The number of trolls has inevitably gone up, as has the number of other members, one of the side effects of a prosperous PDF, admin team and some of the facebook lot in particular have turned this forum into a lot more than what it was a year ago.