I don't think there's anything majorly wrong with reviving approved resource threads (it's much better than doing it in WE Help section at any rate), especially if a user is having a problem with the spell (even though I haven't seen hell_knight around the forum lately, so you mightn't be able to get help from him on this)
Do you need to import the lightning effects (check the Import Manager for the demo map, there might be a SplatData.txt or something, since those particular lightning effects are custom, I think)
Ghan has said he has fixed this. Monovertex please confirm this fix. This was only a problem with people that had signatures in the upper levels like not the special members but the respected members.