Could you set it up so that new users start at a lower status that normal users for a minimum of 1 week? And for that one week, they could reply on topics, but couldn't start topics. That way, we could weed out all the n00bs and/or forcibly give them some time to get used to playing SRB2 and the forums. Also, current users could be demoted to that lower status if they are considered to be n00bish to the community. Kinda like a tempban except it allows the user to continue to interact with forums, just more limited to what they can do.