Tere is so much ally slot on DMM. I'm glad if I can help a beginner like some people helped me whn I started myself.

About links, I think it's a way to avoid advertising bots on the forum. It's a hard way but it seems effective. You just need a certain number of posts (I don't remember how but ot's not that much I guess) and you will be able to post (almost) what you want.