Vinyl Engine Registration Problem.....Is there a trick?

   Recently I have interest in Vinyl Engine because there are topics there I would like to explore. But, when I attempt to get to the Registration section.....nothing. Just a default Internet message about VPN's and proxy servers. I use no such tools. Upon searching the Net for others having this same type of problem there are scores of issues others have encountered other than initial registration. With the registration issue VE explains that "aggressive spam filtering settings" is the problem. BS.   I am very computer savvy and have an immaculate machine. Have tried registration using multiple browsers and anti spam settings. From the flood of user complaints of the VE website, is it probably a good idea to avoid it? If so, that's sad. Seems like it has some good info and resources. Any tips??