http://i.imgur.com/gSBGCsj.png
Probably not the best test but basically I opened Chrome, completely cleared my cache/history/everything (I don't really use Chrome besides when sites don't work in Firefox, but I know Chrome is completely updated)
http://i.imgur.com/sAraoUX.png (this happens as I'm typing this message literally lol)
Then after clearing the cache on Chrome etc, I went logged into Kavaforums, clicked "new posts" and opened into new tabs about 10 tabs with no problem, all loaded very quickly.
I thought "hmm" and went back to Firefox, did the same thing, went to new posts, opened about 10 tabs and they loaded quickly but not as quick (probably just how Firefox renders considering it's not sandboxed) but with no issues or errors.
I switched back to Chrome and then immediately went to a random post in one of the threads I opened and hit "quote" and was immediately hit the error I posted at the top of this. You can see in that screenshot Firefox is open behind Chrome.
http://i.imgur.com/sAraoUX.png happened several times as I was typing this message, it feels so much like throttling lol. I mean it literally pops up, I stop typing, X it off, it pops back up, I X it off, start typing .. repeat. It just happened again as I was typing these very words and ironically I'm able to keep typing even though the error message is there. Seems like I don't actually have to X it off because I've typed all of this with it on the screen ... (useless info and I'm just rambling at this point)
Thanks for your time. I will try to browse the site in Chrome from now on as a test but the first test didn't seem good considering I got the error message the very first time I tried to quote someone in Chrome.
PS. It took me several minutes to even get the "Post Reply" button to work because it kept giving me the forbidden error and wouldn't let me make this post. This seems like the worst it's been yet because even if I tried to reply to a post in Chrome or load any page I was denied. Almost like opening those 20+ tabs and making a ton of requests marked me ... I believe you when you say I am not being throttled, but it just very much feels like it lol.