So, this will (likely) be my first and last post on these boards. I created this account solely for the purpose of submitting this bug report. Please update your systems.

Hey guys. I was searching google for some answers to questions I had about starting up a DFRPG campaign with my friends. Google dropped me here. Unfortunately, some overzealous mod somewhere had banned my VPN's IP Address because "porn spammer." I can assure you I have never visited this site before, Have no other accounts, and have not porn-spammed ANY website. Ever. What's worse, is that even after I disabled the VPN, your site had apparently cookie-blocked me, because my computer was still blocked until I put the browser into private mode (private mode locks down cookies).

I understand that spammers are the bane of the existence for forum mods, but this is honestly a terrible policy. 90% of people faced with this situation would simply leave. I WOULD leave the IP address that was blocked, however that would miss the point, which is that IP Bans in general are stupid. They work against loudmouth idiots who want to start a fight, sure. They don't work against people creating accounts with the intention of violating your ToS and getting themselves banned. It's a simple matter to mask one's IP and get around such a ban (as I've proved here) but it's a matter of knowhow and motivation, neither of which you can expect from a first time visitor to your site.

So yeah. I feel for you, but odds are I'm not the first, or even the hundredth person that this has happened to. Just the first one to take the extra effort required to circumvent the (completely undeserved) ban and inform you about it... or not, as the case may be. For all I know you like your forums being sheltered from new members, and you do it on purpose.