I ran into pretty much the same problem as you, except that the timing was a little worse – the cop came right after Shallow Esophagus took all my Flezz. I obviously didn’t have any choice but to pwn the easier forums until I could apply code to the next easiest forum, which paid better than anything else I was doing. Then I’d buy more consumables and code something bigger.

In hindsight, I’d say that Blackjack would be the way to go. Log in to see images!