So Badspot banned your old account, but allowed you to create a new one? This doesn't make sense to my befuddled mind...
My last account was banned for over a year. In fact, I had stopped even visiting the forums anymore, as it was saddening to visit what I can't comment. One day, I checked back, and the ISP ban wasn't there. I registered for an account using all similar information and was accepted. He's known me for many years, and shouldn't have forgotten. He passively allowed me back.
He's even directly PM'ed me on this account on a tense matter once by my normal name. He knows it's me, if you think he didn't.