Redundancy on the rise

[Imladris]

I know that this is a very old topic, but I would like to suggest something.

I know this forum that has a hidden board that a guest can't see until that guest becomes a member. Furthermore, when you reach a certain number of posts, there is a second forum that you can have access to.

I was thinking that maybe the BDs could create a Rule Forum/FAQ at the very top of the page. This forum would be locked for posting, as would all of the others (maybe The Books, N&N, etc could even be hidden). The only way the member could post (or see) the other forums would be to read the Rules. However, the final rule would go along these lines:

If you have finished reading the Rules and would now like to become an active member, please PM[list of mods]. Or, if that would take too much time and flood the PM boxes, maybe they could click for an activation email, or something.

Would all this be too complicated?

EDIT: if they had to read the rules to figure out how to activate the account, at least that way they are at least being read. I think, also, it might thin the amount of registered users...

*shrugs*