I subscribed earlier today to get VIP access and can now access all the forums....... except for the basement.

Does this still need to be done manually, or need I do something else to re-activate my access?

p.s Hi everyone, i'm back

You might contact Magister Ventrue, or one of the Moderators to go into the settings to again allow you access to the Basement.
I'm not sure if it is something the Moderators have access to, or if the good Magister has to do it himself.

The good Magister has to do it himself.

Generally speaking, moderators on forums don't have access to user permissions - otherwise they could do a privilege escalation and make themselves administrators.

So, yes - Magister Ventrue must do this himself - and I believe he's a busy man.

Magistra Nadramia also has administrative access, but she is quite busy herself. Those two are the only board administrators.

It's not that we can't. It's that we don't, because we're asked not to. Moderators on this forum have quite a lot more tools available than on any other forum I've had moderator access to, because having them enables us to track down nutjobs and repeat registrations a hell of a lot easier.

In this case, Magister Ventrue takes care of paid memberships because he's the one getting paid.

This has now been dealt with by Magister Ventrue