I think originally Roy set it at 5
sensible, posts before entry into the arcade was allowed to discourage people from joining just to use the arcade, after all the first few posts that you do to break the ice are the most difficult!
However if he was to set the figure any higher than that instead of the moderators chasing around deleting five threads of,
and sometimes quite abusive threads, when some people think they can beat the system, (unfortunately for them their threads are not only deleted but it usually means an immediate ban!).
I don't think it helps when long standing members come to newbies assistance with such advice as this:-
