Youn obviously don't get it. The $maxbans($calc - 5) does never need to be re-evaluated since $maxbans is a constant so there is no ! there. The $ibl(#,0) is NOT a constant, so does need to be re-evaluated, so needs the ! Stop correcting people when you haven't checked it. I did. The ! is definately there for a reason.

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