Spamming arrivals/departures ticker?
Tactical Grace
13-09-2003, 11:45
My region Mercia is in the process of being invaded by griefers, but that's not the issue. My question is, how does the nation below provide them with such excellent cover once they have entered?
Regional Happenings
2 minutes ago: The Republic of NEVERMIND THE BUZZCOCK arrived from Mercia.
2 minutes ago: The Republic of NEVERMIND THE BUZZCOCK arrived from Mercia.
2 minutes ago: The Republic of NEVERMIND THE BUZZCOCK arrived from Mercia.
3 minutes ago: The Republic of NEVERMIND THE BUZZCOCK arrived from Mercia.
3 minutes ago: The Republic of NEVERMIND THE BUZZCOCK arrived from Mercia.
3 minutes ago: The Republic of NEVERMIND THE BUZZCOCK arrived from Mercia.
3 minutes ago: The Republic of NEVERMIND THE BUZZCOCK arrived from Mercia.
4 minutes ago: The Republic of NEVERMIND THE BUZZCOCK arrived from Mercia.
4 minutes ago: The Republic of NEVERMIND THE BUZZCOCK arrived from Mercia.
4 minutes ago: The Republic of NEVERMIND THE BUZZCOCK arrived from Mercia.
Ideas?
HC Eredivisie
13-09-2003, 11:47
WTF, he never left :shock:
Ballotonia
13-09-2003, 11:52
My region Mercia is in the process of being invaded by griefers, but that's not the issue. My question is, how does the nation below provide them with such excellent cover once they have entered?
Move to new region. Hit back button. Move there 'again'. Back button... etc.
It's a method of spamming the regional happenings, and illegal.
Ballotonia
Tactical Grace
13-09-2003, 13:03
If it is indeed illegal, I would appreciate some action on the part of the Moderators. This is the third time in a week Mercia has had the arrivals/departures ticker spammed. We let it go before, but now that a well-known griefer region (Blue Moon, punished by Moderators in the past) is using this loophole as an aid to an attempt to grief, we have lost patience. And maybe a check for multis while they're at it? In my experience, in a griefer invasion, even if the other players are all legitimate, there is usually a multi.
In any case, hopefully once this matter has been investigated, there will be a lot of ejections. But we may have to act first and destroy the evidence.
Tactical Grace
13-09-2003, 14:30
I have reported this incident to the Moderators through the Getting Help page. Hopefully the spammer will be warned or deleted. Thanks for the help.
Tactical Grace
13-09-2003, 20:48
Maybe this should be moved to Moderation now. More nations have joined the attack on us and the spammer nation named above has attampted to cover their tracks again by another round of spamming.
Neutered Sputniks
14-09-2003, 00:36
Uh, yeah, that nation doesnt exist my friend ;)
Tactical Grace
14-09-2003, 00:45
Uh, yeah, that nation doesnt exist my friend ;)
Thank you! :grin: The people of Mercia will be eternally grateful, assuming they won't wake up in the Rejected Realms.
Feynland
14-09-2003, 00:54
It's a method of spamming the regional happenings, and illegal.
Is it illegal, or was this Buzzcocks character deleted for another region?
Tactical Grace
14-09-2003, 01:06
No, it really is illegal. It counts the same as message board spamming.
Cogitation
14-09-2003, 01:12
No, it really is illegal. It counts the same as message board spamming.
Ballotonia and Tactical Grace are correct.
--The Modified Democratic States of Cogitation
Neutered Sputniks
14-09-2003, 01:17
The nation in question was deleted as it was obviously created simply for use as a spamming puppet.
Feynland
14-09-2003, 07:15
Ballotonia and Tactical Grace are correct.
Cool. I just wanted confirmation from someone who can speak with authority. Thanks.
Evil Hellspawn
14-09-2003, 11:37
MODALERT
This nation The Republic of Spam me just did what this topic discussed in the pacific.
Just going by the name alone I think its a deliberate tatic.
Tactical Grace
14-09-2003, 11:46
He did Mercia again as well, Spam me, NEVERMIND THE BUZZCOCK, and MERCIA SUCKS are obviously the same player, using the same methods to p*ss off the same people. I reported him to the Moderators, and would like an IP ban this time.
I would also like to know what status a region-crashing invasion enjoys if one of their number spams the target region several times a day. I know they have not actually griefed yet, but surely they are crossing a line in acting like this? Would the Moderators be willing to intervene and eject them? I could log in as the native delegate and provide a list.