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PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good point. But one of the existing questions asks what they like about the game, which already excludes people who have never played the game. Of course, there is nothing stopping them from explaining that they haven't played yet but are interested. I just haven't see that yet. Maybe I will edit that question to include interest.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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username: emmamark328

Why do you like the Star Wars D6 RPG? : yes

How did you find The Rancor Pit? : My Friend Said

Too bad your friend didn't say that "yes" is not a valid answer to the a why question.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 10:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Username: dkimlaw

How did you find The Rancor Pit?: Google

What attracts you to Star Wars D6?/Why do you like it? : Because their are asome

Rolling Eyes

And of course, this registrant's email address was reported to multiple spam reporting websites.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2022 5:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Username: bitheerani22

How did you find The Rancor Pit?: hshshd

What attracts you to Star Wars D6?/Why do you like it? : ahfhlahsjkfhjkhas

Ackackackackackackackack
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Username: braulatwo

What attracts you to Star Wars D6?/Why do you like it? : it amazing

How did you find The Rancor Pit? : friend

Email address hit spammer reporting sites.

Quote:
Username: mdarifulislam

What attracts you to Star Wars D6?/Why do you like it? : For gamming skill

How did you find The Rancor Pit? : search

Their language roll just barely missed the difficulty number.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 11:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Username: buyemaillist2022

What attracts you to Star Wars D6?/Why do you like it? : gg

How did you find The Rancor Pit? : ghggf

gg ghggf indeed. Look at this guy's requested username! He doesn't even try to hide that he is scammer scum. And of course, his email address hit multiple spam reporting sites. Clearly these people think/hope that the registration process is automated and that any text will be accepted by the system as answers to the questions.

This is why I laboriously enter each and every legit registration manually, to filter these guys out. It would probably be less work to just have automated registration and then blast the spammers after they spam the forum. But Loc Taal long ago made it manual registration. Seeing spam on these forums is rare. I hope you all appreciate the work that goes into the prevention.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

MrNexx wrote:
Whill wrote:
MrNexx wrote:
Whill wrote:
Does anyone think I should add another question to the registration request? Any suggestions?

"Who was Leia Organa's father" is a pretty simple one that would manage the bots, at least.

The bots are pretty easy to detect. It's some of the humans spammers that I can't always immediately dismiss so I have to spend time doing research to be sure. I'm sure a lot of human spammers have seen Star Wars so could answer that. So I'm thinking maybe a question about the game. "Which edition is your favorite?" Maybe? Or a factual questions about game mechanics?

I'd go simple; imagine the theoretical person who wanders in here and loves the series, but is looking to learn about the system? Or wants to talk Star Wars and d20 revised (in the appropriate section), but doesn't really know d6 all that much?

So I edited the registration question about what you like about the game to include people who haven't played it but are attracted to it for some reason.

And I added another question asking you to "Describe your Star Wars fandom." In my 34 years playing this game, I have never encountered anyone that had interest in the game who was not a Star Wars fan to some extent. And even if there is some mythical person who has never seen or doesn't like any Star Wars but still wants to play this game, then they can still describe that.

It ought to be a little easier for me to distinguish spammers from legitimate registrants, and I'm sure I'll get some funnier responses from spammers trying to get in.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 12:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You may not realize it, but the actual purpose of this thread is for you to report spammers to me. For you to be able to do that, the spammers have to get through my registration process. Since this thread is hardly ever used for that purpose, I post the ones that don't get through.

Quote:
Requested Username: abrar1920

Describe your Star Wars fandom. : yes

What attracts you to Star Wars D6?/Why do you like it? : Yes

How did you find The Rancor Pit? : yes

No, no, no. You're going to have to try harder than that. And of course, the registrant's email address brought up some major red alerts.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 1:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's been over three weeks since I got one of these. Wow.

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Requested username: Ruthxva

Describe your Star Wars fandom. : Star Wars

What attracts you to Star Wars D6?/Why do you like it? : Star Wars

How did you find The Rancor Pit? : google

The power of Star Wars compels you. The power of Star Wars compels you.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2022 1:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Requested username: agentpoker2022

Describe your Star Wars fandom. : Pemuda Pancasial

What attracts you to Star Wars D6?/Why do you like it? : abdul

How did you find The Rancor Pit? : uciha

Ugh.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 2:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Requested username: assortlist

Describe your Star Wars fandom. : assortlist

What attracts you to Star Wars D6?/Why do you like it? : assortlist

How did you find The Rancor Pit? : assortlist

assortthis
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2022 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Requested username: angelitaic18

Describe your Star Wars fandom. : katherineki11

What attracts you to Star Wars D6?/Why do you like it? : sheenaao16

How did you find The Rancor Pit? : davidep11



She's gonna blow!
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 7:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

After going a few weeks without a definite spam registration request, this week the Pit's registration form is under attack by a spammer who is taking spamming to a whole new level by spamming registration requests. The below were all received in the past few days, and are likely the same bot or non-English-speaking spammer as the one from Monday in the above post. They all have come through after midnight my time, within the first few hours of the AM.

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username: celinalb11

fandom: lanceuz16

why_like: melbail18

how_found: diannse1
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username: olgaze1

fandom: rosemariemy16

why_like: sybilnn11

how_found: maryloubc11
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username: marthadt60

fandom: robbieht3

why_like: jamiers69

how_found: barbramb60
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username: francineat69

fandom: araceliho2

why_like: lorriehq18

how_found: tanyaop3
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username: alissazx3

fandom: estherym3

why_like: evaqd60

how_found: oraom16
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username: emiliarf69

fandom: franklinie11

why_like: gregco1

how_found: keriac69

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 12:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The email filters seems to have worked in blocking the above registration requests (knocks on wood).

Lately I've registered a couple iffy people who indicated they found the Rancor Pit through defunct websites that no longer exist. It's not impossible if they are searching through saved URLs at the Wayback Machine archive. D6 Online only went offline recently, but the West End Games website hasn't existed for a very long time, and even then, the Rancor Pit would probably only appear on their old forums, which are not well archived (forums rarely are). It's also possible there may some language barriers in play for the registration requests, so I gave them the benefit of the doubt.

Please report any suspected spammer activity here or by PM. Thank you.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, after a few weeks respite from spam registrants, these came through. Both of their email addresses got hits on spam reporting sites, no surprise. The first one's email address was outlook to boot.

Quote:
username: Luorok

fandom: Luokkn

why_like: Luorph

how_found: Luoyhl

Luonot.

Quote:
username: TheodoreMiller1

fandom: LT@@23lt23

why_like: LT@@23lt23

how_found: LT@@23lt23

Rolling Eyes
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