About to give up...

Tanitha: You didn't really get it to work. Cross isnt a "beta tester" and is still a "member".
So use whatever new forum account you made in all that process. This account "cross" cant access most of the forums.
Some of it would have been because SS is not allowed. I think they added coding a while ago to prevent new registrations that don't fit the naming guidelines.
Cross was made "Joined: 17-April 10" Before that coding was in place.