If you get banned, you can still visit the site...so long as you clear your cookies and temp files. But it does remove any rep functions as that simply disappears. You will still get messages in your e-mail if it is activated for things like profile comments and so on.

Soon as you try to log back in, it will load the cookies again and ur locked out from reading. Don't ask me how I know as I was in the Himalaya mountains hunting Yetis during my self-ban, and certainly not here watching the Pac Diaz fight in visitor mode. Cuz that would just be sad.

I hope PSL gets his stuff sorted and comes back. I enjoy his sense of humor and posting. (yea, you know you're gonna read this PSL)