Quote from: denverb on July 08, 2016, 04:19:57 PM

this is the exact error I get

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That's the message you get when your account gets locked for using the security question, not banned because of breaking any rule (which means that you should be able to post outside this thread if you want). All you can do is send an email there and wait until the admin unlocks your account.