All forum accounts are manually activated by the administration team.

Ok...But then whenever I go into a trading forum thing, I get this:
butchthedemon02, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your account may not be activated. Please check that you have verified your email address.
Trading forums: Access to the trading forums requires that you link your Steam account to your Forum account. To link your accounts, click HERE. (I already linked my account)
Are you posting in Off Topic? You must have 10 or more posts to participate in Off Topic.
Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

Originally posted by kaisan2424:

If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

There's your problem.

I haven't even gotten a chance to post, so must be waiting for activation? And how long does that ustally take?

Originally posted by kaisan2424:

I haven't even gotten a chance to post, so must be waiting for activation? And how long does that ustally take?

Who knows, could take days.

How long did it take for you?

less than 2 days.

You need to link your Forum account to your Steam account as well.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2647547
Read the topic.

It shouldn't take that long to get your account activated either.

whenever i get into a forum this pops up:

vBulletin Message
butchthedemon02, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your account may not be activated. Please check that you have verified your email address.
Trading forums: Access to the trading forums requires that you link your Steam account to your Forum account. To link your accounts, click HERE.
Are you posting in Off Topic? You must have 10 or more posts to participate in Off Topic.
Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

I linked up my account too. But didnt do anything.

Oky so you just need to wait for activation, thanks for the info.

@OP lol

I have been sending emails to steam support about my account special access code and how they keep sending to a Hotmail account i cannot access please help

I've been waiting for 3 days now, it is getting a bit ridiculous.

It's been weeks and I'm still waiting.

Same here even after linking my account still waiting almost a week. I guess will never have a chance to trade.

naja