not sure if this would work so feel free to give me feedback (yes I know I'm asking for it...)
I usually want to pop on and bump a couple threads then go play and check later.
since we have a button specifically for bumping, and we have a 3 topics on the front page rule, couldn't we work them together and avoid having to wait 30 seconds for each bump?
something like this:
bump button ignores the 30 second spam rule (you can bump 3 as fast as you want)but can only be used 3 times before it is deactivated for "X" minutes (long enough for those threads to get off the front page??)
just a thought, insert sarcastic comments below