I directed someone from another website to this site, but when he attempted to create an account he got a message that this site isn't accepting new members. Is that the case - swmgamers isn't accepting new members?

Interesting.....

We've been having some problems with the back-end/administrative section of the website (for instance, I can't access it right now for some reason). So we've been working to sort that out. It's possible that it could be related. Will look into it.