so most people are aware that larian forums don't work correct because their servers are such a mess that other email servers [Gmail, Hotmail etc] refuse to talk to them

the good news [assuming you actually want a forum account with them] is that larian was finally woke up to this fact... yes it took a few years but they got there in the end

step 1 = make a forum account with Larian
step 2 = ignore their verify bullshit step
step 3 open your email [the one you used to join the Larian forum] and send their support team an email with the username and email address for Larian forum clearly listed, asking them to verify the account from their end