As they say, ignorance of the rules is no excuse. The FAQ has been in existence for 3 years already. This board was already up then as well as the yahoo list and portmaw.com. I'm sure the people at dakkadakka also knows about the FAQ since some of them also hang out here and the other sites I mentioned.
Even then, six months ago you already knew. It doesn't take long to read the FAQ.
I've read it about seven times, but didn't catch the part about BBs. And, you might note, I only joined any of those (other then dakka, and have you ever tried to get useful information out of people on dakka?) at that time, since that's when saw the thing on Warp Rift on warseer and Horizon pointed out to me that my information was outdated.
I'm amazed how you take the internet for granted.
And, regardless of my misinformation about CTNH and BBs, I still don't agree to the lance issue. That's not how I interpret the fluff I'm reading here, and I honestly see nothing wrong with lances for SM. I think that the str 2 lance swap for a BC was a good, balanced, idea, and would have presented a useful addition to the SM arsenal in certain circumstances.
I hate to say it, but I (cringe) agree with LS and don't see the five or six people I see post here as the 'voice of the players' any more then I think I'm the rightful rep.