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Orgaloth
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:09 pm    Post subject: Spam Reply with quote

I remember a few years ago we had spam bot problems, hence our new registration proceedure, but now we got more spam.

http://www.rancorpit.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3762

It was posted, new thread and all, in an archieved game thread. There isn't a report option, so I thought I would throw it in here for Loc, Scrawpin or Gry.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Huh... Why would anyone spam this board? Our population is low and our median I.Q. is through the roof...
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fallon Kell wrote:
Huh... Why would anyone spam this board? Our population is low and our median I.Q. is through the roof...


Not quite so. My I.Q. brings the median to just below average. In fact, I spent a half an hour trying to type this message at a Speak and Spell before my wife pointed me toward the keyboard. Sorry guys.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fallon Kell wrote:
Huh... Why would anyone spam this board? Our population is low and our median I.Q. is through the roof...


The answer is "it's a board"; user base is immaterial.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wonder if it is a problem with the computer of one of the game thread participants.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bren wrote:
I wonder if it is a problem with the computer of one of the game thread participants.


I don't think so. It was their only post, so they would have had to go through all the loopholes to sign up.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cheshire wrote:

Not quite so. My I.Q. brings the median to just below average. In fact, I spent a half an hour trying to type this message at a Speak and Spell before my wife pointed me toward the keyboard. Sorry guys.
Laughing I'm impressed that you got your speak and spell to handle the quote coding!
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Loc Taal
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the heads-up, Orgaloth! The thread has been deleted and the user has been locked. Hopefully this doesn't become a trend... Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It certainly seems to have been an isolated incident. I think it just means that we're part of the real internet, now.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh, great.... Confused
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 6:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks like more spam in the gaming groups section. They revived a 2008 post...
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 5:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

more spam here http://www.rancorpit.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3775 unless we condone selling runescape gold Smile
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is the third post here reverse spam?
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Loc Taal
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, I've cleaned up those few other posts. Thanks for keeping an eye out for this stuff!
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