It's like he just jumped right in the boat without even bothering to put up a fight. Too bad his response offered up absolutely nothing of value.
I really do wish someone who's been mining on BAN would come and share their experience and payouts so we can see just how they actually do.
Heh, I was mining on BAN up until the middle of September.
I have 8 S3 Ants and when I pulled out of BAN I was down to around $12 / day and at the time the price for BTC was much higher than it is now.
After setting up a server, experimenting, testing and now running my own p2pool node for the last two months - with only the same 8 x S3 Ants - it's near the end of November and most days I'm making $25 - $30, some days nothing, some days $10, some days $40 and some days $50 or more - of course it depends on the frequency of finding blocks just the same as other pools.
P2pool kicks ass in comparison to the payouts from other pools, I'll never go back to mining in someone else's pool - whether BAN or any other.
Setting up one's own p2pool node is a great learning experience and provides a measure of control - even if it is only psychological.
It's unfortunate if others cannot / will not believe that it's a better payout, but that's their loss I guess - hopefully more will come over.