What he said.
Passwords cannot be imported as the two forum systems use different types of hashing. This hashing is one way which means you and only you would know your password and thus needs to be reset when we move over.
Save yourself and us the headache of not being able to access iSTORYA on day one after the move by making sure your e-mail address is correct in your
profile. Your profile can be accessed by clicking on "Profile" at the top menu, then clicking on "Account Related Settings" on the smaller menu after the page loads.