To my own astonishment, I have fixed the user registration process. Anyone can now register as normal.
I have removed the troublesome Anti-Bot question. Initially, I assumed, indeed I think we all assumed, that the captcha was to blame. It wasn't. The Anti-Bot question simply does not render on our forum. Perhaps this is due to our theme, or perhaps we lack a certain module required for this feature, I don't know.
In response to the need for spam protection, I have implemented a more potent visual captcha than the one before. With more GD background noise on both the x- and y-axis, as well as a new wave distortion, even human beings will have trouble deciphering it. It is manageable, however - you just need to stare at it for a few seconds.
I confirmed this latest fix by registering a test user with the enhanced captcha, which has now been deleted.
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