The topic shouldn't have been banned; rather, NTD (along with one or two excessively and consistently toxic-towards-the-idea people that I don't see around anymore...) should've had action taken against them, be it a warning, a temp ban, or even a permanent ban, with stronger consequences if they continued.
With the exception of the month or two leading to the topic's ban, people seemed to be pretty respectful towards the idea. They disagreed, but they usually didn't do so rudely. When NTD started spamming the threads, the replies devolved into a storm of "NO GTFO", "PRE-BB TRASH FG", "FRAGGIN STUPID FRAGGIN IDEA FRAG", "dead horse pic #9001 look at me contributing to the convo lul", even when the OP was a new forumer (way to be a biter, guys).
If once or twice a month some forumer (as long as it's not the same one over and over) wants to suggest a pre-bb server, what's the harm in that? People suggest things like GSE badge re-acquirement, cash shop transfer events, and fixing Hard Magnus's meteors with about the same frequency. Whereas with this thread, we had to just tell him it's against the rules (gj being polite about it, though).
I'll post a vid of that run soon. I got hit way more than five times before they kicked me out I think? No idea how I lasted til the end. Though to be fair, some of the hits they counted against me were totally not hits...
Henesys was actually a lot easier than it looked. Mainly involved tanking the flames. I don't see myself clearing the other three stages though lol. These were the only two chairs I wanted anyway.
It'd be pointless to try to make it a lvl 10-30 area since people blow by those levels way too quickly nowadays. It'd make a decent hangout spot, though. People could show off their attacks on the mobs there - something that can't really be done in town.