[Ibonic]

I didn't read all of the posts, so sorry if mine seems similar to someone elses.

I believe that classic members that have upgraded their account previously should be able to post on classic sections of the forums. Having some restrictions / requirements would probably be needed.

restriction examples:
-X amount of posts per thread per hour
-no new threads
-no sending private messages

requirement examples:
-XXX amount of hours on XXX's server to access XXX's forums
-an overall good rating from gold members (so basically, gold members could vote out classic users if they're doing things that aren't appreciated etc.)

not that they have to be exactly this, but similar ones may still make them want to upgrade


[added]I'll help unix with the PHP etc. for this if he ever accepts the ideas[/added]