As for spam..
aaront, since you brought this up, I'll say it clear:
We don't like it if there's spam on the forums, and several of your topics were on the verge of getting you a warn level. Since you tried to apologize now and this topic does make some sense, this one is fine..but the majority of your topics aren't, especially as you put them into the wrong category, not offtopic, but instead general stuff for example.
So, the next offtopic posts/topics will get a warn level, and according to how many of these you get there will be mod preview.
S