After experimenting if the hook for that plugin is moved from forumhome_start to forumhome_complete almost all the queries can be eliminated... however the original author (maybe because it was made for VB 3.5) overwrites valid fields of userinfo with his data so it's not just a simple edit of the plugin- but edits of the template that will be needed as well. Virtually rewriting all the PHP portion of the mod.
I will contact the original author and see if he will give permission for a release, like you suspect.
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