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Russ
09-13-2008, 11:38 PM
A thread to thank our tireless moderators in their neverending effort to excise all the wow gold/runescape spammers. I almost started this thread earlier to post our latest spammer's name because it was pretty evident what he was (he had wow gold something-or-other in his sig).

So, if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck: it's a duck. Add suspicious new posters here so hopefully our mods can ban them before they flood the forum.

Just an idea.
Sven
09-14-2008, 03:12 PM
Qra2y, I believe, who's been a long time coming. io505, too. Those guys are always disturbing the tranquility of the board with noxious, fruitless dialogues and basically just bugging everybody.
MadMan
09-15-2008, 05:56 AM
Watch out for MadMan_731 and the other 729 MadMan's. They're nothing but trouble. I'm the original and far superior model.
Malickfan
09-19-2008, 04:51 AM
It's weird...080907k is trying to get on this board as well. He's been trying to get on the Velvet for over a month now.
Scar
09-26-2008, 11:55 AM
How appropriate....
Ezee E
09-26-2008, 12:14 PM
How dare these mods for slumbering in this onslaught.
Russ
09-28-2008, 12:57 AM
Ban me now, quick!! I have one of those funny links in my sig. DO IT!!

Your wish is our command.
Spinal
09-28-2008, 01:12 AM
Done.
Russ
09-28-2008, 01:32 AM
Hello sfffeeo9.

And how are you this evening?


EDIT: Hmmm, so this my 666th post. So that's why I feel so evil.
transmogrifier
10-01-2008, 09:23 AM
We're in the midst of a spamming.
Winston*
10-01-2008, 09:46 AM
The thread "breastfeeding adult porn - free porn" is NSFW. Just fyi.
transmogrifier
10-01-2008, 10:23 AM
I think either W* or I need mod powers so we can control this plague while the rest of you guys sleep.
Scar
10-01-2008, 11:12 AM
Certainly is an interesting site this morning....
Kurosawa Fan
10-01-2008, 12:22 PM
*sigh*

Always a great way to start the morning. Did I miss anything?

Also, that Niechititty guy never registered, but was allowed to post. Any idea how that happened, or how to stop it Raiders? I couldn't click on the member name in any of his posts, and I couldn't ban him because he didn't show up as a registered user. That could be a big problem down the road.
Raiders
10-01-2008, 12:40 PM
*sigh*

Always a great way to start the morning. Did I miss anything?

Also, that Niechititty guy never registered, but was allowed to post. Any idea how that happened, or how to stop it Raiders? I couldn't click on the member name in any of his posts, and I couldn't ban him because he didn't show up as a registered user. That could be a big problem down the road.

They were all registered. I deleted their accounts. I thought I had gotten all of his posts. Sorry.

I have set up manual moderation of new users. This means all people who register will need to be approved by a moderator (maybe just by me... not sure of the vBulletin delegation of power here) before being able to post.

If that doesn't work or becomes too much, I will likely have to simply stop allowing new registration. I don't want to since obviously I am hoping that we will continue to get new users who contribute to the forum in a uh, positive manner. But, I may not have much choice.
Kurosawa Fan
10-01-2008, 12:43 PM
They were all registered. I deleted their accounts. I thought I had gotten all of his posts. Sorry.

I have set up manual moderation of new users. This means all people who register will need to be approved by a moderator (maybe just by me... not sure of the vBulletin delegation of power here) before being able to post.

If that doesn't work or becomes too much, I will likely have to simply stop allowing new registration. I don't want to since obviously I am hoping that we will continue to get new users who contribute to the forum in a uh, positive manner. But, I may not have much choice.

Ah. That makes more sense.

As for mod or admin approval for new users, I'm all for it. It'll certainly be less work than cleaning up the forum twice a week. Great idea. I hope it works.

EDIT: I think it's just you and not the mods who can authorize new users. I tried clicking on the spammer that just registered at the bottom of the page, and it's telling me I don't have authority to do that.
Ezee E
10-01-2008, 01:10 PM
Match Cut gets new users that don't try to get us to play World of Warcraft?
Kurosawa Fan
10-01-2008, 06:29 PM
Whoa. Attack of the spammers! I've seen at least ten sign up since Raiders changed things to admin approval for new users. This is craziness.
MadMan
10-01-2008, 07:14 PM
Does this site get spammers because they attack sites randomly at will, or is it due to the amount of traffic we get? Cause its not like this is, say, Rotten Tomatoes.
Raiders
10-01-2008, 07:26 PM
Whoa. Attack of the spammers! I've seen at least ten sign up since Raiders changed things to admin approval for new users. This is craziness.

Yeah, I'm glad I made the change. We have had over 20 registrations today. All clearly spammers.

I don't know why we suddenly got them.
Kurosawa Fan
10-01-2008, 07:35 PM
Yeah, I'm glad I made the change. We have had over 20 registrations today. All clearly spammers.

I don't know why we suddenly got them.

I had my wife PM astor over at Icine and see if there's another way to combat them. I know Icine was racked with them for awhile, and they seemed to find a way to put a halt to it. Maybe she did the same thing you did. Not sure what else you could do, but I figured I'd have her inquire in case there's a patch or something that could make things settle down.
transmogrifier
10-01-2008, 07:40 PM
It all started when iosos changed his name.

*shifty eyes*
B-side
06-26-2011, 01:07 AM
Why is soitgoes... still allowed here? Guy does nothing but troll.
Mysterious Dude
06-26-2011, 03:57 AM
Why is soitgoes... still allowed here? Guy does nothing but troll.
:confused: I haven't noticed.
eternity
06-26-2011, 04:43 AM
Why is soitgoes... still allowed here? Guy does nothing but troll.
Or are you trolling him by posting this?
B-side
06-26-2011, 05:16 AM
:confused: I haven't noticed.

Oh, come on.


I like Mars Attacks okay.

Obvious troll is obvious.
Scar
06-26-2011, 05:41 AM
Mars Attacks was entertaining when I saw it in the theater.
B-side
06-26-2011, 05:55 AM
Mars Attacks was entertaining when I saw it in the theater.

Since I know you weren't under the age of 11 when you saw it, you are not forgiven.
Scar
06-26-2011, 05:59 AM
Since I know you weren't under the age of 11 when you saw it, you are not forgiven.

I was dating a rather big titted girl at the time, and her laughter had me, how shall we say, rather mesmerized...
B-side
06-26-2011, 06:20 AM
I was dating a rather big titted girl at the time, and her laughter had me, how shall we say, rather mesmerized...

:D
soitgoes...
06-26-2011, 07:54 AM
Why is soitgoes... still allowed here? Guy does nothing but troll.Totally. But I think it's all forgiven because I only troll you.
B-side
06-26-2011, 09:36 AM
Totally. But I think it's all forgiven because I only troll you.

I knew Raiders had it out for me ever since I told him I was attracted to him.
MadMan
06-27-2011, 07:33 PM
Mars Attacks is, in fact, a good movie, damnit :P
Thirdmango
06-28-2011, 07:15 AM
For a while there I hadn't really realized that soitgoes and Brightside were two different people.
soitgoes...
06-28-2011, 08:26 AM
For a while there I hadn't really realized that soitgoes and Brightside were two different people.
Ouch. I'm hardly ever sick, have good taste and I don't live in Grand Rapids. Brightside is always fearing some mystery ailment, likes Tony Scott, and does live in Grand Rapids. In general I suck less.
B-side
06-28-2011, 08:51 AM
Ouch. I'm hardly ever sick, have good taste and I don't live in Grand Rapids. Brightside is always fearing some mystery ailment, likes Tony Scott, and does live in Grand Rapids. In general I suck less.

I don't live in Grand Rapids. I live in a far smaller town 45 minutes from Grand Rapids.:P