A Hero and yet with just one post, must be a bug. i wonder why he deleted all his posts. I don't think a campaign manager would accept him if he applies as a participant but yes its cool.
There had been a bug in the past too where a member can already have an avatar, it would be great to have such account.
I think in the beginning, avatars were allowed for all users. I just saw a few (old) newbie accounts with them in an old thread last night, but I can't recall where.
Not only in the beginning but also recently ( I think this year ) there was a bug on the forum where any rank could have an avatar and theymos confirmed and fixed it.