Spammers, spammers everywhere

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  1. SilvRav

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    This happened today and the first 5 pages was full of it (but to add its the second time this week)

    maybe time to up the security on the server? better 2 step verification?
     

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    the forum systems must be doing ok as i have never seen this myself!
     
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    If you go to the Multiplayer meeting room, I see a few threads over there that are spammy
     
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  5. 1979danb

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    first ive seen the admins must be quick at deleting spam!
     
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    I've seen this now about a dozend times lately, sadly...
     
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    Yes it's becoming an issue lately
     
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    funny how my thread about exactly the same thing that was posted before this one got deleted and this one is fine
     
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    The Spammers strikes back!

    Only here, and now, come and see!
    http://empyriononline.com/forums/experimental-features-discussion.35/
    We're filling pages!

    and you even get the DOUBLE feature this time!
    http://empyriononline.com/forums/german.42/
    only this weekend!

    edit: wow... triple feature!
    http://empyriononline.com/forums/clans.14/
    I can't keep up...

    edit2: funny, that's even MULTIPLE spam bots!!

    and yes, I keep on posting this as new spammings occur, you don't need to ask ;-)
    sometimes you have to be the bad guy to make the whole world better...
     
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    back in time...



    as of writing this post there are 4 pages full of... you can think of what I mean... in the German forum...
     
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    Yeah, Kane and the others are well-aware of the spam. So far they've been treating it as 'business as usual,' but I'm hoping if it continues like this, they'll realize they need to step up their game a bit. I'd like to put my faith in the mods to handle this sort of issue, but frankly I've seen exactly this kind of thing before on another forum and I'm not entirely convinced they realize how bad it's getting.
     
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  12. rucky

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    that's exactly why I'm spamming here too. pm's sadly aren't enough ;-) as it seems...
    nah, this must stop, it's a bad sign for the community (and interested) when this forum gets over-spammed now for multiple weeks (if not months).
     
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    Well at least profile pics are improving....


    22426.jpg
     
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    World War Z was yesterday.

    Now it's time for WORLD WAR S

    http://empyriononline.com/forums/german.42/page-8 - now at page 8
    http://empyriononline.com/forums/french.43/ - this is new... and only at page 1
    http://empyriononline.com/forums/experimental-features-discussion.35/ - about to go page 2
    http://empyriononline.com/forums/introductions.12/ - this is new too
    http://empyriononline.com/forums/off-topic.11/ - the classic one

    they have a good directory name scanner

    http://empyriononline.com/forums/clans.14/

    aaaaannnnnnd:

    http://empyriononline.com/forums/suggestions.9/

    let's make a bet, how long does it take to spam ALL sub forums (besides general discussion)?

    and another one:

    http://empyriononline.com/forums/russian.45/
     
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  15. Jᴧgᴧ

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    Why not just ban all new signups from that country's IP for a period of time? Forces them to try and use VPNs to sign up, and sign-ups can be moderator-approved, yes? They'll get tired of trying in a few days, go back to normal.
     
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    Now it's getting serious... really....
    we have 35 pages (of a total of 37!! pages) full of spam only in german!!!
    and it's still increasing!!!
     
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  17. Xenophon

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    thought german forum was classic, didnt notice off topic
     
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    offtopic and german were both multiple times already ;-)
    with german having yesterday at least 3 different spammers posting...
     
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    I don't get it ?
    Who cares ?

    Spam is a thing of todays world, its everywhere, letting it stress you is pretty much what they want !

    Stressing
    Peoples
    Arrses
    Mentally !

    or is it

    Simple
    People
    Always
    Meltdown !

    Some
    Posts
    Are
    Magic !

    Shutup
    Piddlefluff
    Anul
    Madman !
     
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  20. rucky

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    No @piddlefoot , a forum full of spam is an absolute negative sign to outside marketing view.
    If someone tries to get information about this game, and looks up on this forum, then seeing lots of spam everywhere, what do you think he thinks about the forum AND the game? (-> public perception, public image)
     
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