How about this:

A quick register box!

Since guests don't see the quick reply box, we could just have 4 fields, Name, Password, Email, Verify Email. I think this would make many people sign up, because they obviously think that the register form is intimidating.

So where do you propose that this quick register box appear?

I think the verify email is intimidating >=x

As was inferred in my original text, "Since guests don't see the quick reply box..."

It could go in that space. Maybe we could do something about the verify email, like not require it until you've been registered for 5 days.

Actually, I think that would be very beneficial. It'd take some work, but it'd be good for posting on vbulletin.org as well.

The verify e-mail is to ensure that the address was typed correctly, so that you will not lock out a username from use.

Er sorry, I meant activate account (via email) not verify email.

The point of activate through e-mail is to reduce the ease of flooding and to assist in keeping banned people banned.

But does it? And that's why we could set it as temp, so maybe they have an hour or two to do stuff before they are required to activate.

Then the flooders wouldn't have to activate.

Ok, well anyways, we need it on the DiabloForum, StarcraftForum, and WarcraftForum also because those are probably the 2nd most popular styles for guests. I added the same template to DiabloForum, but apparently it didn't work.