I believe you start with 100 XP.
At the moment, I believe Tom is some what busy. And other GMs are somewhat less active. So things are going slowly. But that doesn't mean you cannot enjoy the game 
Just don't expect those spells you have submitted will be approved for awhile.
Generally speaking I'm still here, I just haven't been modding spells too often. I did 10 or so the other night.
