I just figured something out! If you have a friend who got banned. You could still talk to them!

My list of banned buds (LOL, catchy) is:

ljlrj, Zman_, gamer_unleashed (whom is on his fourth profile, I think), and a newcomer to the list YoshiRules123.

The banned friends you know may be banned from Gamespot, but they are not banned from TV.com, MovieTome.com, and MP3.com, which are the same thing as Gamespot, but with different intrests. (per se: TV.com is based on TV shows). If only they knew that there was... "another ways to escape teh b&" (a little Leet in myself)