Without going into much detail, I've been able to access Ex-hentai for as long as I knew it existed.
I just happened to find a link that went to it, clicked it, and I was there. I didn't know you had to have certain criteria until reading this thread.
Yes, I did play the mini-RPG game (HentaiVerse) there for quite a few hours. Even did some leveling and access of spells and potions, but I also had a ton of favorites. But otherwise, I don't talk to people when I'm digging up porn anywhere, so I didn't go on the forum, comment, or anything else. Just favorites and HentaiVerse for maybe a few weeks while browsing.
I guess at some point (long after I had stopped playing,) I was able to access ExHentai once I saw a link.
So if you're going to legit route or just want to know what should/could get you there, I can tell you what I have. I may have just eclipsed the criteria. I may be well-over it:
- I'm at Level 19 in HentaiVerse.
- Playing on Novice/Normal.
- 36,000 credits (Via the "Dawn of a New Day" thing from years of visiting the site.)
- I have 80 galleries favorited.
- I've had a forum account for at least 3 1/2 years. It may be closer to 5.
- I'm pretty sure I had another forum account prior to that, but I lost the credentials beyond finding them. And I believe I've had the galleries account for a long time before that.
- My "Moderation Power" is "6".
- +5 comes from "Account Age".
I have no other activity whatsoever. No comments. No forum posts. No uploads. No tagging. Nothing.
So if you get unbanned or you make another account, then I think the main thing was my HentaiVerse participation. It may have to do with account age though too. I doubt it's my number of favorited galleries.
As for what's the difference between E-Hentai and ExHentai,
- Probably most notably, some tags that don't yield "results" on E-Hentai will net you plenty on ExHentai. I'm not going to reveal any power levels, but you can guess which tags aren't available on other erotic sites that are available on others.
- The motif is black instead of beige?
Mostly, you can look up different tags of porn that you can't on E-Hentai.