Not only that NCX5 is BANNED on BF. Check below his avatar.

He said some strong things, but banning is more than I expected...

Guys, let's let things calm down with this whole situation. A cooling off period will do us all good. There are some hurt feelings over there, and in many respects rightfully so.

Have they done everything right in my book? No. But still, they were good to us for most of our stay there. So let's not focus all of our energy on the negative, but look to the postives that we gained from our time there.

I respectfully ask that you don't attempt to post X5World links or images there. It will only exaserbate the situation, not help it. People will go where they are most comfortable and most welcome. And it won't take anyone having to push the forum for people to find out about it. As they said in Field of Dreams - if you build it they will come. And come they shall.

Let's try to peacefully coexist for now and I think that we will all see that over time that a positive relationship between the two boards will develop and grow.

Thanks!!

My thoughts as a non Refugee and a non Old School BimmerFester:
- Silly stuff from both sides was allowed to escalate for no good reason and this is the cause of the animosity. Remember, I'm an outsider to this so I saw and understood both sides' arguments but saw it get ugly for no reason.
- I think the REPOST smilie is a sadistic toy enjoyed by some Festers.
- The banning of the word "x5world" really, really annoyed me and I'm not an X5er. (I went so far as to open a thread asking for justification. Jon did state that spamming was the reason, very plausible, but some of the other responses were enough for me to decide to take a break from BF. I ask that you don't go looking for this thread as it is just a lot of the same rhetoric and you Refugees are likely to get into the same arguments for no reason.)

Ya, I mean anyone who has an X5 and has found this site probably has also found X_5World.com. This is only going to piss people off.

Fair enough. But I venture to guess that, in time, they will need us a lot more than the other way around.

I for one am done over there.

In case you missed the ending to this, Jon has lifted his ban on the use of the term "X5World". A positive step towards the normalization of relationships.

I request that if you do post anything on bimmerfest that contains X5World, do so only with a link to a "library" page of relevent information to the topic at hand in the spirit of helping someone out with a question or a DIY article. Do not link to the X5World forum itself.

Thanks!!