I didn't go for the VIP membership, I assumed that like many of these boards I have seen, it was a grade you earned by making 500+ posts or somesuch (I joined a CCS board once which wouldn't let you download episodes until you had made 350 posts - needless to say, I found another way to get them, lol), but now I know it is a way to support the board, I will definiately do that when I get paid next week. I signed up as amythestice, I haven't spent much time there yet, though, I spend most of my time on lj, it's one of the few sites the works netnanny doesn't seem to mind.