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Subject: An idea for forums.
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God forbid you send me one of those I was checking for cool gamers and saw you messages too, I will scream to the top of my lungs and smash this damn screen/BlackBerry to pieces! You've been warned -_-

I hear that some spammers, flammers, whatever you call them use more than 1 username. Which means if a Forum Ninja was to blacklist that person, he comes back as a totally different member.

ex: If Ninja blacklist a member named A for spamming so damn much, A has made a new member name called B. So Ninja blacklisting A really means nothing if A can come back as B and spam again.

A little idea that I have is to have a record holder strictly for the Overlord and the Webmaster. Also to have one of those verify membership queue thing that after a member puts all of the personal information in, the Webmaster and the Overlord can scroll and look through the personal records just to see if the member was a past member but, the person is currently not a member. If he was a past member that caused trouble, then bungie can send an email to that person rejecting the queue and leaving the email address of the Webmaster so if a hacker signed in as that person (or something like that), that member can complain. If he is not a past troublemaker or a newcomer, then he becomes a member.

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  • 08.26.2006 4:28 PM PDT
Subject: An idea for restoring bungie.

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Posted by: Deus_Ex_Machina
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The Joyeuse IP Formula

Well, we have our bot; Disembodied Soul.
And while you're in a blacklisting, and you make another account, you usually get caught by the Soul.

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Actually if some one is blacklisted and tries to get back on usually they get blacklisted again my the disembodied soul so it's not like you can keep coming back after trying it a while the blacklist will probably be permanent too.

  • 08.26.2006 4:41 PM PDT
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You think it got what it takes to be..?.


God forbid you send me one of those I was checking for cool gamers and saw you messages too, I will scream to the top of my lungs and smash this damn screen/BlackBerry to pieces! You've been warned -_-

That what needs to be avoided. I hear there is a spammer that made a total of 15 usernames out of his name.

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Or they could use their heads and just ban the IP address. DUH.

  • 08.26.2006 4:57 PM PDT
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Or they could use their heads and just ban the IP address. DUH.


Dyamic IP's > IP bans.

It is all to easy to bypass an IP ban, I am afraid.

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Hahah.. not really.

check out AVPVM.com, we've had only 2 people who were extremely desperate and using pass forcers to get back onto the forums. They were promptly rebanned and walled out.

Talk to the admin there, and he can tell you how to effectively remove someone. Permanently. And considering it's mainly young teens on here, I doubt they can find any way back in.

  • 08.26.2006 5:03 PM PDT
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You think it got what it takes to be..?.


God forbid you send me one of those I was checking for cool gamers and saw you messages too, I will scream to the top of my lungs and smash this damn screen/BlackBerry to pieces! You've been warned -_-

I hope not. You know how some people just don't have a life to live.

  • 08.26.2006 5:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: LtIronwolf
Hahah.. not really.

check out AVPVM.com, we've had only 2 people who were extremely desperate and using pass forcers to get back onto the forums. They were promptly rebanned and walled out.

Talk to the admin there, and he can tell you how to effectively remove someone. Permanently. And considering it's mainly young teens on here, I doubt they can find any way back in.


Talk to our admin, Achronos. I am not going to make a decission or justify this site any further. The fact is - we do fine with a regular ban system.

  • 08.26.2006 5:08 PM PDT
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You think it got what it takes to be..?.


God forbid you send me one of those I was checking for cool gamers and saw you messages too, I will scream to the top of my lungs and smash this damn screen/BlackBerry to pieces! You've been warned -_-

I have a weird feeling that I shouldn't bother him at this time. This is just a little idea. It's not like I'm requesting or demanding this to happen.

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They currently use cookies to ban, and with the Passport system, it takes forever just to make one account.

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Posted by: LtIronwolf
Or they could use their heads and just ban the IP address. DUH.


Dyamic IP's > IP bans.

It is all to easy to bypass an IP ban, I am afraid.


very easy. =(

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Posted by: cortana 5
Well, we have our bot; Disembodied Soul.
And while you're in a blacklisting, and you make another account, you usually get caught by the Soul.


The soul is not a bot.....

  • 08.26.2006 7:29 PM PDT
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Might I ask what happens when you put in different names? Just change your information, and you're a different person. And there are probably several accounts made per day. All they would need to do is wait a day.

And of course, there is the possibility that an innocent member could be denied membership to Bungie.net because they are suspected of being a spammer.

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Or, they could do IP bans...

  • 08.26.2006 9:23 PM PDT
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Or, they could do IP bans...


I could get past an ip ban in my sleep.


Glad to know, of course, IP bans are much more effective than just banning the name. IP bans only dont work if the person has access to a cyber cafe or several computers. And even if they do, eventually they would run out of options. IP bans would be a great addition to the site.

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What exactly are we restoring?

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  • 08.27.2006 4:19 AM PDT

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Or, they could do IP bans...

Or they could do PI bans...

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[Edited on 8/27/2006]

  • 08.27.2006 5:37 AM PDT
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You think it got what it takes to be..?.


God forbid you send me one of those I was checking for cool gamers and saw you messages too, I will scream to the top of my lungs and smash this damn screen/BlackBerry to pieces! You've been warned -_-

Posted by: Great_Pretender
What exactly are we restoring?

-TGP-


It was an idea. An idea to restore the forums from to much spammers and flammers (and bumpers). There are literal bumpers that bump their thread. If their thread is dieing out, they post in it putting the word bump on it.

  • 08.27.2006 7:22 AM PDT