The "Apology" threads telling everyone that that particular person is not going to visit/play for a while are getting a little annoying. There are currently 3 out of 9 post on the front page explaining this. I get that you feel bad and would like to explain yourself and that's fine. But, I think it would be better done through PM's. The treads are usually directed to 5 to 10 people and the chances those people will actually see the thread are small as well. Maybe that can be merged into one generic thread or something.