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Guests are not able to post messages or even read certain areas of the forums. Now, that's boring, don't you think? Registration, on the other hand, is simple, completely free of charge, and does not require you to give out any personal information at all. As soon as you register, you can take part in some of the happy fun things at the forums such as posting messages, voting in polls, sending private messages to people and being told that this is where we drink tea and eat cod.
Of course I'm not forcing you to do anything if you don't want to, but seriously, what have you got to lose? Five seconds of your life?
An idea: Generate a link to the corresponding Veekun page and place it on the page so people registering can easily visit the link. I had no idea Veekun.com existed.and it's entirely possible for people to check Veekun to figure out what the Pokemon is.
You're exaggerating; if a good CAPTCHA is used, it's not nearly so bad as that.Regular CAPTCHA is even worse. These days you're lucky if you can decipher one in three.
That was my first instinct, but the number is provided in title text (not very obvious, though—a visible link to Veekun would be a better choice).It doesn't provide the number, does it? Just a sprite. Yeah, I can just see that happening. "WHAT IS A RABBIT POKEMON THAT IS BROWN AND KINDA SMALL" on Google. Hmm... I'd sooner just find another forum.
You're exaggerating; if a good CAPTCHA is used, it's not nearly so bad as that.