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Subject: Mods MUST Have A Temp Ban
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You can narrow each paragraph into word blogs of 5 words or less; maybe it might make more sense to him then :)

  • 06.22.2004 12:13 AM PDT

bah

Posted by: SilentHunter
I saw the best was to combat a spammer last night. This one -blam!- made a thread, when you opened it, it said PEN1S 15 million times. Everyone just started talking about Halo 2. Hehe, I even saw a post, asking the spammer to shorten their post, beause they didn't like scrolling down every time they refreshed :D After 3 more PEN1S posts, he gave up, and left.
Hehe. That was me. I call it "actively ignoring" someone. It's one tihng to ignore their post. It's another thing to post in it and pretent you didn't even read it. I tell you, it drive people nuts when you ignore them. This way, they know I'm on, they know I read their crap, but I refuse to comment on it.

  • 06.22.2004 12:15 AM PDT
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Rip, that was good man. If he ever bothers to read the whole thing, maybe he'll start to realize what he's doing wrong. Doubt it, but I believe in miracles.

  • 06.22.2004 3:23 AM PDT
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Posted by: The Rip Saw
Posted by: SilentHunter
I saw the best was to combat a spammer last night. This one -blam!- made a thread, when you opened it, it said PEN1S 15 million times. Everyone just started talking about Halo 2. Hehe, I even saw a post, asking the spammer to shorten their post, beause they didn't like scrolling down every time they refreshed :D After 3 more PEN1S posts, he gave up, and left.
Hehe. That was me. I call it "actively ignoring" someone. It's one tihng to ignore their post. It's another thing to post in it and pretent you didn't even read it. I tell you, it drive people nuts when you ignore them. This way, they know I'm on, they know I read their crap, but I refuse to comment on it.


that's why ignoring spammers is great. Most of them act like a mean annoying person because of the reaction people make. it gives them a kick to piss people off and they love to get all the responses, even if it's negative. And the more we respond, flame them, the happier they get. Why they like it so much? Msot likely because they want to get attention. Perhpas their parents didn't raise them correctly. They probably miss love. And they'll do anything to get it, spamming here for instance. We all have seen how much attention they got. the fact is, that these people are actually quite sad and lonely. Still, they won't get my sympathy. If you want attention, i suggest you start living a normal life. Go out, get away from that computer. meet people in real life, make friends, or read a book, yes reading is good, it can really be relaxing.

Anyway Rip Saw, you said something about friends down here. Am i your friend?

  • 06.22.2004 5:00 AM PDT
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  • 06.22.2004 7:48 AM PDT

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He'll read it but he won't answer. Everytime you ask him for an intelligent response he clams up. I'll bet he still doesn't know I was bluffing in the Windows XP post in the flood.

  • 06.22.2004 8:24 AM PDT
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YES! There needs to be a temp ban!


Achilles, are you the certain Achilles who plays in CGA on Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries?

  • 06.22.2004 10:36 AM PDT

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Posted by: The Rip Saw
The mods were sitting on the toilet. Doing Bungie knows what.

As for the IP problem, there is a solution, but it's a bad one. I believe that they can deny access to this site for an entire area. Your computer connects to a local ISP. They can ban an entire ISP I believe, but then no one in that area would be able to visit.


IP bans aren't a very good idea. It easy to to spoof IPs, among other reasons.

But there are three very specific things that are going to change Soon(tm) dealing with Blacklisting and account creation. One of them is temp bans by mods, but two of the changes are much more... devious. :) Let's just say that we have some smart people here who like spam less than you do.

  • 06.22.2004 12:18 PM PDT

Let's just say that we have some smart people here who like spam less than you do.
The ninjas, right?

  • 06.22.2004 12:21 PM PDT

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Posted by: goweb
The ninjas, right?


I do have a wooden sword at my desk. Comes in handy to slay testers occassionally. j/k

  • 06.22.2004 5:46 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
I do have a wooden sword at my desk. Comes in handy to slay testers occassionally. j/k

[color=crimson]One of those sparring swords, eh? ;][/color]

  • 06.22.2004 5:47 PM PDT

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Posted by: Achronos
I do have a wooden sword at my desk. Comes in handy to slay testers occassionally. j/k

[color=crimson]One of those sparring swords, eh? ;][/color]
You should upgrade to metal,that hurts more with less strength. Less spammers means more on-topicness. And yes, mods do need that temp ban.
P.S. Hey Rip Saw, has your chapter been approved yet?

  • 06.22.2004 6:05 PM PDT
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Sadly, I've seen spam barraging like this before, just not here. But, with new, popular games you'll get those. It's a good thing they're adding moderators. I'd volunteer but my new forum name hasn't been on long :-p..... And I didn't post too often on the REALLY old one.

  • 06.22.2004 6:09 PM PDT

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Posted by: Achronos
I do have a wooden sword at my desk. Comes in handy to slay testers occassionally. j/k

[color=crimson]One of those sparring swords, eh? ;][/color]


More like a ban hammer...

  • 06.22.2004 6:20 PM PDT

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Posted by: Achronos

IP bans aren't a very good idea. It easy to to spoof IPs, among other reasons.

That line confused me for a bit, but I think I understand... I could be just fooling myself though.

two of the changes are much more... devious. :) Let's just say that we have some smart people here who like spam less than you do.
[tents fingers together]Eeeeexcelent.

In all seriousness, it'll be interesting to see what you've come up with. This has been a problem endemic in forums since the early Usenet days, and possibly the 300baud-cuneiform-BBS days.

-- Steve is happy to leave such problems to people who don't have to sacrifice chickens and rum to reinstall their OSs. Oh, and incense, can't forget the incense...

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Yes there were spammers on the BBS's I don't remember what we really called them, well, other than -blam!-s.
That cuneiform crack really made me feel old though.

  • 06.22.2004 7:20 PM PDT

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Me, too. Though I was just dipping my toe in the water with my Commodore 64 at the time.

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  • 06.22.2004 8:01 PM PDT

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  • 06.22.2004 8:17 PM PDT
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commodore 64

gotta love those older systems. I wish I still had mine...

Rip Saw I've got to hand it to you. You're rebutle post was not only logically founded and seemingly uncontaminated due to emotion, but was in addition humorous enough to nearly make me crap my pants.

[Edited on 6/23/2004 1:01:06 PM]

  • 06.23.2004 12:45 PM PDT
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Well you gotta love when something is funny enough to cause you to use your pants as a bathroom.

  • 06.23.2004 1:35 PM PDT
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lol that rebut to my post? lol you guys must be really retarded to think thats a good comeback.

  • 06.23.2004 2:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: TheLastMithrandr
lol that rebut to my post? lol you guys must be really retarded to think thats a good comeback.


No, the rebuttle to that other retard's. Unless you are that retard, in which case, you must be banned, because the Bungie rules clearly state, no person shall create more than one account. But you already, have had several accounts already. But why? Because you have degraded yourself to the point, where you're only pleasure is to piss off people in an online forum, that you dont know, have never met, and more than likely, will never meet. I dont see what is so funny about making yourself look like your intelligence is that of a brain-damged monkey.

Your coming back after being banned several times, proves that you are so starved for attention, that you are willing to go through all the trouble of creating multiple e-mail addresses, creating multiple .Net passports, and creating multiple Bungie Accounts. I quote Rip Saw when I say that the only objective you can accomplish by doing this is annoy people. You are no more than a mosquito that you cant kill. Again, I see no form of entertainment in making an entire forum hate you. But, as Shishka said, "simple mind, simple pleasures." What do you get out of this? Is someone paying you? I doubt it. It'd have to be a hefty sum of money for me to go through all the trouble you are.

The way I've seen it, you have spent a week, at least, of your life, dedicated to making people hate you. Do something constructive with your life. Build a model, plant a garden, volunteer your time. Hell, people have built Houses in a week. People have climbed Mt. Everest in a week. Do anything that's constructive. Join a sports team. I play highschool football. You dont even need to get out of your house. Read a book. Bungie has been kind enough to give us three. But no. You have to waste your life, posting "PEN1S" a million times on a game forum.

I hope I at least made you think about what you're doing. If you're willing to make mends, and choose to be a productive member of this forum, then we welcome you. If not, then -blam!- off.

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Rip, you have insired me!

[Edited on 6/23/2004 4:49:46 PM]

  • 06.23.2004 4:23 PM PDT

Unless you are that retard, in which case, you must be banned, because the Bungie rules clearly state, no person shall create more than one account.
Actually...
If you accidentally screw up during your Bungie.net account creation or decide you want to switch to a different account, there's not much you can do. In some cases, it may be easier to just create a new .NET Passport and start fresh
Oh, and ignore him.

[Edited on 6/23/2004 4:32:38 PM]

  • 06.23.2004 4:32 PM PDT
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Yeah, but he made a new account, because he got banned

  • 06.23.2004 4:45 PM PDT

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Don't bother wasting your breath (fingers?) SilentHunter. It's better spent on people who matter. He will eventually (I hope) realize that he is being more of a waste to himself than an annoyance to us. I know I certainly don't have the free time to make multiple accounts (Although I do have one that's just to make my computer shut up- but I don't use it. I'm babbling again...) It's his youth he's wasting. It's truly reflective of how pathetic he is, he lacks the social life that takes up his free time like we do....

So while I'm sure it would be wonderful to have someone with his energy on [color=white]The Light Side[/color] in his current state it's [color=red]not going to happen[/color]. Sad really.

  • 06.23.2004 5:06 PM PDT