If you want the newbie board to work you will need to implement a daily post count limit otherwise coachella and the other spammers will just post to 50 in the blink of an eye, I have seen it done in minutes and it it no real deterrent. If it is going to take him a day or two to break out there we could seriously disrupt his trolling but it would not be a popular decision with those who was to legitimately join the forums. Synergy