> currently don't even have
And won't have with the current login method.
I'm not trying to convince you to follow my path here, I've just been trying to explain why I do what I do, in an effort that the guy advertising a forum I'm interested in might improve things enough to let me (and those like me) in. I understand that there are ways to do this, and that my way is an active choice.
If it comes to it, I'd rather go without.
You care way too much for an account that you currently don't even have... is is really necessary? Worse case, you lose it and you are back a your current state, doesn't seems so bad to me.