It's a bit strange IMO that he isn't allowed to apply a custom username color on his name only inside of his posts. And duh, of course the roots can choose whatever color they want, but I don't think that should mean that normal users aren't allowed to..
...do something else than the 3 gender colors. He chooses his color consciously and makes sure that it isn't interfering with the staff colors. I think this is more a situation like the angry neighbour who reports their neighbours for smoking weed in...
The other users haven't been denied to do the same as far as I know. They could just do the same HTML+CSS as he did. I just don't get why it must be such a problem if he wants a small color change, separately from any color a staff user has, displayed...
80 level slots, but if you're conservative you could take advantage of the Worldmap editor and the overglow bug to create more level slots. They'd just be organized weirdly in the editor.