This is getting realy, realy annoying.
I must have read this 'restriction' a bit too fast, but the "NEWBIE README" isn't helpfull either:
You can only post in the Newbie and Local sub-forums till you have made one post and waited 4 hours. This post must be substantial: at least several sentences. The other two restrictions are you need 1 post to be able to send a PM and 10 posts to put a link in your sig. You can only post once every 360 to start and there are a few other things that trigger this timer such as logging in and searching.
So euhm ... what is it that newbie's have to do to get rid of this super annoying limitation (as it's not mentioned anywhere in the readme) ?
Btw: does the system make a difference between a new topic and a reply or do both count as "post".