At 9/13/05 11:23 AM, Bahamut7 wrote: Or use another computer. That's what I've done in the past when I couldn't find a single way around a ban.

I assume someone else who has the same IP address as you (because of the shitness of AOL) had been IP banned, and you were getting round it by changing your IP. I take it you are not doing it to get round a ban imposed on yourself personally (I can't imagine you getting IP banned, or trying to get round a ban given to you).

I had to start using a proxy server, as the NTL IP address I'm on is used by others, and I was finding it difficult to vote on movies before they did. Also it adds an extra layer of security between me and the internet.

At 9/12/05 06:56 PM, Andersson wrote: What you are saying is true, but if 50 drunks at a office party started to spam the forum sections for only a couple of hours with 10 alts each, they would give horrible effects actually.

Yeah, they'd all get FIRED! Not for spamming but for being drunk, that is.

The only thing I could say would be bad enough to give someone a system ban is if they post real uncensored pictures of rapes, child pornography and murder.

I've never faced such pictures in my life as a BBS poster. Have you? They may happen more often than we think, but i think mods are pretty fast with deleting such posts/topics.

At 9/13/05 12:45 PM, gumOnShoe wrote: Luckily I never had any ban problems

Good for you. Bans can easily get avoided, if you just use your head just alittle tiny bit. I've been banned twice myself, and i'm not proud of it. The stupidity in my posts we're hard to match, at least in my oppinion

At 9/13/05 02:04 PM, Frostbreath wrote: I've never faced such pictures in my life as a BBS poster. Have you? They may happen more often than we think, but I think mods are pretty fast with deleting such posts/topics.

I've seen bestalian pictures, submissions there you see genitals being cutted off and other sick images.

Not childpornography though.

At 9/13/05 02:34 PM, Andersson wrote:

At 9/13/05 02:04 PM, Frostbreath wrote: I've never faced such pictures in my life as a BBS poster. Have you? They may happen more often than we think, but I think mods are pretty fast with deleting such posts/topics.

I've seen bestalian pictures, submissions there you see genitals being cutted off and other sick images.

Not childpornography though.

That's bad... never seen those before - I'm sure the mods took care of them quickly though.

At 9/13/05 03:03 PM, Nomader wrote: That's bad... never seen those before

I've seen them quite many times actually. Heh.

I'm sure the mods took care of them quickly though.

Well, the whistle system worked fine against the portal submissions, but the bestalian pictures was viewable in the thread for many many hours. =/

At 9/13/05 04:24 PM, Andersson wrote:

At 9/13/05 03:03 PM, Nomader wrote: That's bad... never seen those before

I've seen them quite many times actually. Heh.

lol... I think the only thing I've seen was a messed up crotch... won't go in detail - but I noticed how quickly it was deleted...

I'm sure the mods took care of them quickly though.

Well, the whistle system worked fine against the portal submissions, but the bestalian pictures was viewable in the thread for many many hours. =/

That's never good...

By the way - you said you'd "test me out" for a bit when I joined this club - have I held up to standards?

Well, I'm way far behind on post count... 1 - I didn't do anything on NG for 3 months and 2 - I didn't discover it for a long time, and even then, I witheld to Politics... with bad grammar...

I discovered it because I was just simply bored, and curious, and clicked on the "Forums" button - and because I was a News freak at the time, I immeadiatly went to Politics - it's where it all started...

At 9/13/05 05:28 PM, gumOnShoe wrote: I originally found the forums because I was review banned. How about the rest of you?

I'd been a registered member of NG for a year before I really started to post in the forums. When I first set up my account I was only visiting now and again. Then I noticed the EXP system and learnt how it worked. I then started depositing every day, and specifically watching the submissions that had 3.5 or over.

Then about 3 - 4 months ago I started getting interested in the BBS (I'm not sure why, possibly boredom as it was summer hols and I didn't have much else to do). I don't post as many as 50 posts per day (I think my max. was about 35). I try to stick to posting in mature and interesting topics (not all the time though). Recently I have started to avoid the general forum, as the topics are shit and I got sick of it. I now mainly post in the Clubs and Crews, Wi/Ht? and Programming forums.

At 9/13/05 05:39 PM, DelboyDylan wrote:

At 9/13/05 05:28 PM, gumOnShoe wrote: I originally found the forums because I was review banned. How about the rest of you?

Recently I have started to avoid the general forum, as the topics are shit and I got sick of it. I now mainly post in the Clubs and Crews, Wi/Ht? and Programming forums.

My main areas are C&C, Wi/Ht? and Politics - your right - as you look into General, you begin to notice the horribly immature topics, like "How to work the Vagina"...

Another good example is someone posted "Hentai" and got over 300 views and 2 replys... pathetic...

I found out about the bbs after reading a news post on the front page, which brought me to the fourms. I wouldn't have even joined though if it wasn't for getting dsl and a new computer, which made browsing the site possible.

It seems I posted in wi/ht, and flash mostly when I first joined. Wi/ht is easy because you get to help people with simple stuff most of the time, and flash was cool too, I was a beginner at flash, and I could still help some people with questions.

At 9/13/05 05:43 PM, Nomader wrote: My main areas are C&C, Wi/Ht? and Politics - your right - as you look into General, you begin to notice the horribly immature topics, like "How to work the Vagina"...

General is cool :) Even if I don't post in there a lot, I like it.

Another good example is someone posted "Hentai" and got over 300 views and 2 replys... pathetic...

what?

At 9/13/05 05:15 PM, Nomader wrote: By the way - you said you'd "test me out" for a bit when I joined this club - have I held up to standards?

Yes, you have. You're active and you're engaging into the topics.

However, that's the best way to see who's who if you know what I mean.

No, I'm talking about a different one - I think it was deleted by mods - but in a matter of minutes, that appeared... but I think you just bested my example - lol...

And, yes I do know what you mean - I think only now am I posting completly regularly - I think I'm posting up in the 10s and 20s a day, and in only a month, my 3 months of no posts is completly gone =)

At 9/13/05 11:50 AM, DelboyDylan wrote: I had to start using a proxy server, as the NTL IP address I'm on is used by others, and I was finding it difficult to vote on movies before they did. Also it adds an extra layer of security between me and the internet.

My parents are thinking about switching over to NTL ISP quite soon. Not definate, but if I ever change, the voting problem will be something for me to worry about a lot. :S I guess I should try to use a proxy server incase I ever get voting problems.

At 9/13/05 05:39 PM, DelboyDylan wrote: Recently I have started to avoid the general forum, as the topics are shit and I got sick of it. I now mainly post in the Clubs and Crews, Wi/Ht? and Programming forums.

True, I have seen a lot of shit threads in the General. I see too much crap there like bashing things (mainly consoles thanks to the fucking fanboys), sex crap and emo bashing. I'm not an emo, but seriously, I see too many emo bashing threads and I find it really old. Sometime, I'll probably give up the General forum, but I'll check it occasionally. Anyway, other than the General forum, I visit the Wi/Ht and C&C forums.

At 9/13/05 06:05 PM, -absentminded- wrote: I found out about the bbs after reading a news post on the front page, which brought me to the fourms. I wouldn't have even joined though if it wasn't for getting dsl and a new computer, which made browsing the site possible.

I came to the BBS all of sudden. One day, I thought, "Why not go to the BBS and post there?", so I went there, read the rules and started to post, although I didn't post much when I first came to the BBS. My activity back then was very inactive compared to my activity now.

At 9/14/05 12:06 PM, gumOnShoe wrote: The sad thing is that that closed around three thousand and just by people searching it jumped up past five thousand...

The response rate relatively to the number of posts was low while the thread wasn't locked too.

That means that at that day, not too many people responded to spam threads. =)

At 9/14/05 02:28 PM, Andersson wrote:

At 9/14/05 12:06 PM, gumOnShoe wrote: The sad thing is that that closed around three thousand and just by people searching it jumped up past five thousand...

The response rate relatively to the number of posts was low while the thread wasn't locked too.

That means that at that day, not too many people responded to spam threads. =)

They do now, but I have a feeling Wade and the Mod's new secret weapon will put an end to that... "destroy" - seems like a highly effective tool.

At 9/13/05 02:34 PM, Andersson wrote: I've seen bestalian pictures, submissions there you see genitals being cutted off and other sick images.

Some people.... The worst thing i've seen was a guy who posted a pic of a naked grandma, but such event have occured only once for me.

Not childpornography though.

That would be quite sad rather than hateful, really.

At 9/14/05 02:59 PM, Frostbreath wrote:

At 9/13/05 02:34 PM, Andersson wrote: I've seen bestalian pictures, submissions there you see genitals being cutted off and other sick images.

Some people.... The worst thing i've seen was a guy who posted a pic of a naked grandma, but such event have occured only once for me.

That's bad - the worst I've seen is messed up crotch... that was bad too - I noticed how quickly it dissapeared...

Not childpornography though.

That would be quite sad rather than hateful, really.

Although it would be sad, I'm sure the FBI would be knocking on a door somewhere....

At 9/14/05 02:59 PM, Frostbreath wrote: The worst thing I've seen was a guy who posted a pic of a naked grandma, but such event have occured only once for me.

I did also that naked grandma. I've seen that stuff a whole lot of times.

That would be quite sad rather than hateful, really.

I think it's more hateful than sad. To expose indefensible children. Gah! >=(

At 9/14/05 03:22 PM, Andersson wrote:

At 9/14/05 02:59 PM, Frostbreath wrote: The worst thing I've seen was a guy who posted a pic of a naked grandma, but such event have occured only once for me.

I did also that naked grandma. I've seen that stuff a whole lot of times.

That would be quite sad rather than hateful, really.

I think it's more hateful than sad. To expose indefensible children. Gah! >=(

Well now, remember - I have a feeling spam numbers will decreace with the Mods' new secret weapon - titled by Wade - and announced on the BBS I believe today, it is titled "Destroy"

If one posts in a spam topic, with the click of a button, mods can ban the topic starter and anyone who posts in the topic, making it much easier for them.

I have a feeling the Mods are fighting back in the General - hopefully, no more of that Grandma stuff will appear...

At 9/14/05 11:49 AM, Bahamut7 wrote: My parents are thinking about switching over to NTL ISP quite soon. Not definate, but if I ever change, the voting problem will be something for me to worry about a lot. :S I guess I should try to use a proxy server incase I ever get voting problems.

If you do decide to go with NTL and start to get voting problems this is how to set up a proxy quickly and easily.

Here is a good list of proxy servers, just pick one that is near you. You may need to try a few before you find one that works for you.

If you are using Firefox:

Tools > Options > General > Connection settings > Manual proxy configuration > Enter the proxy data into the top row > Tick the box to use the proxy for all protocals

If you are using Internet Explorer:

Tools > Internet Options > Connections Tab > Lan Settings > Untick automatically detect settings (This may not do anything to help you, it is just how I have it) > Tick "Use proxy for your LAN" > Click advanced > Enter the proxy data into the top row > Tick the box to use proxy server for all protocals

I know you may already know how to do this, but just in case you didn't I wanted to make it easier for you. Aren't I nice.

At 9/14/05 07:38 PM, gumOnShoe wrote:

At 9/14/05 03:33 PM, Nomader wrote:

At 9/14/05 03:22 PM, Andersson wrote:

At 9/14/05 02:59 PM, Frostbreath wrote: The worst thing I've seen was a guy who posted a pic of a naked grandma, but such event have occured only once for me.

I did also that naked grandma. I've seen that stuff a whole lot of times.

That would be quite sad rather than hateful, really.

I think it's more hateful than sad. To expose indefensible children. Gah! >=(

Well now, remember - I have a feeling spam numbers will decreace with the Mods' new secret weapon - titled by Wade - and announced on the BBS I believe today, it is titled "Destroy"

If one posts in a spam topic, with the click of a button, mods can ban the topic starter and anyone who posts in the topic, making it much easier for them.

I have a feeling the Mods are fighting back in the General - hopefully, no more of that Grandma stuff will appear...

The only thing the new thing will do is harm regulars who are used to getting off with nothing. It also makes it easier for mods. But practices aren't changing. Its more a scare topic to try and get users who don't know much about the system to be more careful

Well... you see you know that message that Newgrundling posted in the post...? I've already had that happen to me for a day... a week before Wade posted about it... yeah that was bad - but I think the ban only lasted a few hours... yet again one of my more dumb posts...

Also, Newgrundling said that the mods will still look over every post, meaning regulars might possibly be excluded - but as I am well aware, I do not consider myself a true regular at this moment in time.

At 9/14/05 09:49 PM, Nomader wrote: Also, Newgrundling said that the mods will still look over every post, meaning regulars might possibly be excluded - but as I am well aware, I do not consider myself a true regular at this moment in time.

Regulars excluded? You mean if they have a high post count they won't get banned? No. If the people responed to the spam topic, they'll all be banned. Simple as that. Maybe if someone flamed the person in the thread they'll get a longer ban, but whatever.

Plus, I don't think the destroy option is such a great idea anyway. All it does is save a little time, considering most mods ban people when they post in spam topics anyway. Now they'll just do it more often. Wow.

At 9/14/05 10:20 PM, gumOnShoe wrote: I'm personally surprised that the I'm a Tiger! thread wasn't a victum of Destroy.

But then it had regulars posting all over it. You can find it in the general forum as of right now...

If you notice however, I would bet that sometimes, mods let regulars (like the man formerly known as X-Naut... who knows what his name is now) sometimes get away with things - but very subtle small things.... but that's just my guess...

And that's just pathetic... you'd think they'd put it to good use... but as I said - lots of regulars, and they have no reason to ban it, why should they?

At 9/14/05 10:39 PM, Nomader wrote: If you notice however, I would bet that sometimes, mods let regulars (like the man formerly known as X-Naut... who knows what his name is now) sometimes get away with things - but very subtle small things.... but that's just my guess...

If you think regulars get away with these small things, then you should seesome of the mods do, when they're bored. It's obvious that it's a joke, but it's still considered spam by the rules. But, since mods can't ban mods, what can we do?

And that's just pathetic... you'd think they'd put it to good use... but as I said - lots of regulars, and they have no reason to ban it, why should they?

Precisly. If it's a good joke, that makes people laugh, and n00bs think they're serious, then there's very little motivation for a lock and/or ban,

At 9/15/05 02:36 AM, Frostbreath wrote: If you think regulars get away with these small things, then you should seesome of the mods do, when they're bored. It's obvious that it's a joke, but it's still considered spam by the rules. But, since mods can't ban mods, what can we do?

Well, read my thread about it, and that is the only way of making a difference:

http://www.newground..id=339388&page=2

Or you can also check this thread about favorised members:

http://www.newground../topic.php?id=336058

At 9/15/05 04:05 AM, Andersson wrote: Well, read my thread about it, and that is the only way of making a difference:

Hehe, yeah. TheJoe324 and pox weren't to happy about that topic. Swedish people club being a spma topic :D

At 9/15/05 07:24 AM, gumOnShoe wrote: I was just a victum of a fury picture >:(

Fury? What kind of fury? Or did you mean furry?

Don't open kthxhi in the general forum!

Won't, shan't and can't. Just my kind of luck :(

At 9/14/05 06:03 PM, DelboyDylan wrote: If you do decide to go with NTL and start to get voting problems this is how to set up a proxy quickly and easily.

Info about proxies

Ah, that's useful information. Thanks! :D

I know you may already know how to do this, but just in case you didn't I wanted to make it easier for you. Aren't I nice.

I didn't know any of that since I've never bothered to try and use proxies or even look at them.

At 9/15/05 07:24 AM, gumOnShoe wrote: I was just a victum of a fury picture >:(

Damn, that must've been nasty. I have been a victim of a link that gives you hundreds of pop ups.

Don't open kthxhi in the general forum!

I bet the thread's deleted. Besides, I probably wouldn't open that thread anyway.

At 9/15/05 07:41 AM, Zendra wrote: Haha, hey. It's nice to see you how use the same system as my club. :)

Haha, it's nice to see that you don't remember that I invented the system you use. =P

Is it okay if I lend it alittle? =)

I also would like to join.

Ofcourse, you are welcome. =)

Your member information is:

Member-ID: 0013 - 613458 - Zendra
Member Specifications: Programming Specialist and Effortful Reviewer.

At 9/15/05 10:27 AM, Frostbreath wrote: Hehe, yeah. TheJoe324 and pox weren't to happy about that topic.

Yeah, I didn't expect any great answers. I don't really care, I show my opinion.

Many people believe I kiss ass. I don't. If even Tom Fulp did something that I didn't like, then I would tell.

It's my opinion that everyone irrespective of their title must obey the same rules as everyone else.

Swedish people club being a spma topic :D

Yup, they should just know how much control I have over that topic.

At 9/15/05 11:28 AM, gumOnShoe wrote:

At 9/15/05 10:54 AM, Bahamut7 wrote:

At 9/14/05 06:03 PM, DelboyDylan wrote: If you do decide to go with NTL and start to get voting problems this is how to set up a proxy quickly and easily.

Info about proxies

Ah, that's useful information. Thanks! :D

I know you may already know how to do this, but just in case you didn't I wanted to make it easier for you. Aren't I nice.

I didn't know any of that since I've never bothered to try and use proxies or even look at them.

At 9/15/05 07:24 AM, gumOnShoe wrote: I was just a victum of a fury picture >:(

Damn, that must've been nasty. I have been a victim of a link that gives you hundreds of pop ups.

Don't open kthxhi in the general forum!

I bet the thread's deleted. Besides, I probably wouldn't open that thread anyway.

I posted that this morning and the Joobie alt that made it was taken care of. He posted a bunch of obscene pictures in many threads, very disturbing. The problem was that the mods weren't around. And when they aren't around these things tend to happen. Mary took care of it though... but not after a bunch of noobs fell victum

I notice that when I come home, the mods seem to be gone - a bad sign.

I also notice the heavy amounts of spam that pop up - including those previously mentioned. It's too bad that all those newbs fell victim to it... poor newbs...

At 9/15/05 05:18 PM, Nomader wrote: Stuff...

I would like to make it clear that do only quote the text you need to quote.

I see it pretty useless when you quote that much text and write so little as you did.
I'd like to see the "N.E.R." without any annoyances.

And that's not only to you.