Best method of identifying users from the db?

[Sykoi]

Good point... Guess userid is kind of hard for some people to get, although my concern was the people (Like myself) who click "Remember me"... I haven't logged in for almost a year :P

Anyways, on a related note - whats the best way to create a new forum blindly?:

Also, while I have asked this before I'll ask again - is there any way to create a forum "blindly", as in outside the architecture? I looked at the forums table and its incredibly complex and requires some vB-only generated things.