I thought anyone whos membership lapsed during games could continue to finish all the games they were in before their membership had lapsed?
If anyone has been banned from the site and is not allowed to play, I think that info should be posted on the discussion board for that game.
One of the inherent problems in a long game like the first pond is that it is too long :) seriously... who is goinfg to go a whole year with 2 day moves and not miss any turns? Then the game becomes who can be better about obtaining inside knowledge about who is a pawn or who is banned or who is on vacation and using auto moves or who just wants to commit suicide. Those are not what we are supposed to be doing to find an advantage in this game.