1. No.

2. Not to my knowledge, though you can win against it.

3. It’s fairly uncommon, so I’d stay away from Gamblebot unless you want Anti-Freeze scoops.

4. You don’t do it in the forums, you do it BEFORE you go in, through your character page. I pretty much went through the game with nothing but Princess Shoes and Geek-Chic, but the strategy they refer to is to equip something like those two items when you log in, go through your forum visits, then replace them at the end of the day with Charisma boosting items.