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  • 02.19.2006 4:57 PM PDT
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You do realize that by saying this you make yourself a worthy "target". There is nothing that can be done. All they want is attention. So basically you're giving them what they want.

Ignore them, and they will go away.

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  • 02.19.2006 5:09 PM PDT
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"Whatever exists, whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent. These anonymous creatures may seem little or nothing in the world. Yet the smallest crumb can devour us. Any smallest thing beneath yon rock out of men's knowing. Only nature can enslave man and only when the existence of each last entity is routed out and made to stand naked before him will he be properly suzerain of the earth."

Well, some people impersonate others to either feel recognized (not very likely, but I could believe it), or to ruin the reputation of the person they are impersonating.

Yes, it's low. And it seems somewhat stupid to impersonate people who are well-known, since other members should know how the impersonated person acts on the forums. I'd hope that I would be well-known enough that if people tried to impersonate me others would know it isn't me...

  • 02.19.2006 5:14 PM PDT

Posted by: WolfmanMaverick
You people have just sent my sides into orbit. A bunch of MLG try hards sucking the dick of some supposed pro half the thread hasn't even heard of. Classic.

Posted by: Mabian
I'd hope that I would be well-known enough that if people tried to impersonate me others would know it isn't me...


All it would take is for them to use the slightest bit of bad grammar.

  • 02.19.2006 5:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

Posted by: Biff Justice
I myself don't really care. The "impersonators" can knock themselves out. Like someone really cares a lot about their "rep" on Bungie.net. It's an online forum, get over it, live into now!


Amen!

  • 02.19.2006 5:56 PM PDT

Posted by: gnome13
dude, you pulled a jesus!

IP banning is a very stupid idea. Nowadays most computers change IPs regularly, making the bans usless for the intended person. It also leaves a risk of an innocent member (maybe even a moderator *gasp*) getting the banned IP.

But yes, impersonating is a pretty stupid thing to do, but there really isn't much you can do about it. Just deal with ir and contact a moderator about it.

  • 02.19.2006 6:04 PM PDT

Why do people in ship mutinies always ask for "better treatment"? I'd ask for a pinball machine, because with all that rocking back and forth, you'd get a lot of free games.

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

I can Impersonate myself...

  • 02.19.2006 6:36 PM PDT
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"Whatever exists, whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent. These anonymous creatures may seem little or nothing in the world. Yet the smallest crumb can devour us. Any smallest thing beneath yon rock out of men's knowing. Only nature can enslave man and only when the existence of each last entity is routed out and made to stand naked before him will he be properly suzerain of the earth."

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I'd hope that I would be well-known enough that if people tried to impersonate me others would know it isn't me...


All it would take is for them to use the slightest bit of bad grammar.


And that is why it is such a challenge to impersonate me. I am "unimpersonatable."

But I digress.

There are many other people who impersonate others to ruin the reputation of the member they are impersonating. There is a little war going on now between two members you don't even know. It's occuring on the forums, and the antagonist of the war is impersonating the other member.

  • 02.19.2006 6:50 PM PDT
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heh, there are over 4 and a half billion possible ip addresses, the chance of accidentally banning one of our moderators by banning someone else's ip is miniscule, and even then, if ip addresses change as often as you say they do (which they don't, some people's ips are static, others aren't), they could always just reconnect and the problem would be solved.

The biggest problem with IP banning is that any fool with a trained monkey for a brain can learn to use proxy servers, a free and easy way to fake your ip address, or they could be on a dial-up connection, meaning their isp assigns them a new ip every time they sign in, so they can just disconnect and reconnect and have a totally new ip and be able to access the website again. The only way to ip ban someone on dial up is to totally ban their isp by banning the first 6 digits of their ip, but that bans everyone who uses that isp, even those not on dial up.

Essentially, banning ips as standard practice is a bad idea, you're better off sticking to banning their account and email and if they persist, then by banning their ip.

  • 02.19.2006 6:57 PM PDT
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So what have we concluded for the 10395587320573089th time? That there is no effective way of banning people. Sorry, but it's just how it is.

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Is this all the doing of one impersonator or several? How widespread is this. I have seen the lilshorty impersonators. Who else is getting impersonated.

  • 02.19.2006 7:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

I haven't seen any of them.
If someone can point me to a link with them posting I would like to see it.

  • 02.19.2006 7:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: Kilroy
So what have we concluded for the 10395587320573089th time? That there is no effective way of banning people. Sorry, but it's just how it is.


Well in the UK you can always find out who their ISP is, phone them up say "Hello Mr. ISP, this person, who was on IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx at 12 o'clock yesterday has been performing constant unwanted malicious attacks on my webspace. Please remove their internet access or i will be forced to file a complaint with the police about your actions which are aiding vandalism and public nusaince."

I've personally seen that done 4 times, every time the ISP had them banned within an hour of the Admin involved producing proof. I'm not even sure if doing such a thing is aiding vandalism and public nuisance, but since they're causing damage to property (you are paying for your webspace, they're damaging it) and causing constant annoyance which is viewable to everyone (public nuisance) it may hold up in court, but quite frankly, not an ISP on this planet could be arsed to take it that far, especially when the Admin requesting the ban is the linux and network admin for a prominent university and could have the whole Law department on it.

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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

thanks.
I don't really care about them ruining the reps because being banned ruins your rep in my opinion.
I do think that impersonating them is pretty stupid. I just don't care about the effect on the bannee's reps.

  • 02.19.2006 7:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: Biff Justice
I myself don't really care. The "impersonators" can knock themselves out. Like someone really cares a lot about their "rep" on Bungie.net. It's an online forum, get over it, live into now!


Amen!


WTH? Where did my reply go? No reason for it to be erased, or is there? I guess I must of brought up a really valid point for my post to be erased by Bungie. Since other than spam, only good posts that show how it is are locked.

  • 02.20.2006 7:26 AM PDT
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or to ruin the reputation of the person they are impersonating.

that is excatly what this idiot is doing, hes going around spamming other people under the lilshorty account.


I didn't think it was possible to damage the reputation of someone who was blacklisted for planning a spam attack on the forums, but whatever you say. It is impossible to impersonate someone anyway. The join date throws that off.

  • 02.20.2006 7:32 AM PDT

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They're dumb and pointless, ok? If the Disembodied Soul gets loose, they're first and also if they break rules in any way, i highly doubt Achronos is going to be lenient with punishment.

Best thing is to leave them alone. Don't post about them if you help it and don't draw attention to them. It's just like ignoring the kid in the class who's making rude noises and standing on the table shouting "LOAL! LOOK @ ME!!" If i didn't know better, i' d say the impersonators also have A.D.D.

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  • 02.20.2006 8:00 AM PDT
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They're dumb and pointless, ok? If the Disembodied Soul gets loose, they're first and also if they break rules in any way, i highly doubt Achronos is going to be lenient with punishment.

Best thing is to leave them alone. Don't post about them if you help it and don't draw attention to them. It's just like ignoring the kid in the class who's making rude noises and standing on the table shouting "LOAL! LOOK @ ME!!" If i didn't know better, i' d say the impersonators also have A.D.D.


In another case of a trouble-maker on the forums, like spammers, I'd agree with you. However, like I said before, I don't think these guys are in it for the attention (maybe a couple). They are mostly trying to ruin whoever they are impersonating. So while ignoring them helps, the important thing to do is simply remember that they are fakes. Once we know that, it's like spammers being ignored: They lose.

  • 02.20.2006 11:59 AM PDT

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They could IP ban 'em *methinks* but it would probably not be worth it in the meanwhile...for the idiot would figure out how to get around it somehow.

  • 02.20.2006 5:03 PM PDT
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There has been a spree of Impersonators recently. I've had to report a fair few myself who have been impersonating people I know.

  • 02.20.2006 5:04 PM PDT

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