Can't say I disagree Chop.
Some sites won't allow you to view anything at all unless logged in.
A guest still shows up number-wise though...
I am against logging in just to view the forum as a whole but in this case I think anyone who wants to view the service play section should have to log in.
This brings potential new posters one step closer to being an active poster.
Its a shame.
You guys found something very valuable that the rest of forum land has not been able to pull off but you are not taking advantage of it.
You guyhave 10's of thousands of people hooked on that section.
This is the perfect time to require these people people to spend 5 mins registering for the site.
You may lose 10% of your traffic but new signups would go thru the roof.
And if just 1 out of 20 of these people start posting in other sections the traffic would pick up noticeably.
That is the most valuable section of the entire forum and the only reason you can truthfully make the claim of having the most vistors in forum history.