In the thread mentioned Moth3r would normally have deleted the thread as spam but gave you and others permission to 'play with things a while before annihilation' (I can't remember if this was before or after he ordered us not to reply to any spam posts because it was making his life hellish).

Perhaps if you are in doubt you could use some sort of 'safe word' (or PM).

I doubt if you would get banned for dipping your toe off topic, hunting for Red October off topic would probably be pursued with extreme prejudice though.

Personal attacks could be a tricky one (most of the time it's obvious but sometimes one persons personal attack is another person's illustrating the point you just made with picture of a Time Lord surrounded by zombies).

If the Off Topic section is still a relatively hands free area as some of the people on this thread seem to think than the position is clear...don't do it elsewhere.

What about off the cuff remarks about George's neck?

Sure he isn't a member but it's pretty much a personal remark which may offend some people who would see it as an attack.

I don't know where this leaves things like stay on target!, the memory cheats, Actual Movie Still and Actual Movie Sequence cards?

They are often on topic but single images which convey concepts in a clear way without the need for space wasting words.

If someone were to banned for that then there should be people banned for oversized images and the forums will empty very quickly.

I would be interested to see how this plays out because sometime project threads can get bogged down by this sort of thing but sometimes it keeps threads current and a new burst of creativity can explode out of the silliest jokes.

If this became the sort of place where odd-ball zany irreverence became unwelcome I'd sell my landspeeder anyway.

I wouldn't need to be banned.