The moderation staff has noticed a number of unsolicited posts requesting custom players without contributing to the site. To eliminate the "hit-and-run" tactics, we've invoked a "rookie" restriction on accessing and requesting custom passwords.

As we have just implemented the feature, we are still negotiating a minimum post count / registration time that would make those that have made large contributions to this site happy while still gaining more contributors as this game continues to grow outside of Japan.

The basic restriction to simply view passwords may be as lowered to a few posts, or even simply registering with the site, it may change as we monitor these forums. However, to make a request for a Success Mode expert to create you a custom made player should require you to make a significant contribution to the site as a "fee". It seems only fair to those who take the time to give you what you want.

Remember that the contributers of this site run it out of their own pockets. We get nothing for this, only the satisfaction we've inspired the growth of a baseball community around this game series. We want to continue to watch it grow, and cultivate it the way we see fit.

Here's a thought...

Instead of going by post counts, why not take advantage of the Credits system already in place? Assign a value to a created player, maybe even a tiered cost system based on how good the player is, and then make people "buy" the player from whoever chooses to work the request.

The end result is largely the same in that you earn credits through posting, but this way the bottom line is you can't request a player if you don't have the credits to pay for it, with the upside that you don't have to block viewing/posting to a particular forum based on post counts.

WHat exactly do I have to do to get special access