Help me fight Forum Spam

[Locke]

I'll give my Sven account to whoever needs it. If you'll list the legitimate people who are trying to join right now though, we can just get Sev to okay them since he's going to be on the forum dealing with the bot anyway.

[End Master]

Yeah Dreamshell is legit, I exchanged a couple of PMs with him not long ago.

[Locke]

Is anyone else getting redirected to some "web ring" site when they go to the home page on the main? I can get around it if I link into my stories really quickly, but it could potentially become a pain in the ass.

Had that happen once; no success trying to duplicate it. The site you mentioned is the webring IS belongs to; you can see it at the bottom of the main IS page, and it loads along with the rest of the content as part of the regular layout. It's not malware or anything, just some kind of glitch, I guess.

Yeah Dreamshell is legit, I exchanged a couple of PMs with him not long ago.

Dreamshell and King Malice - anyone else?

[Ryan_DuBois]

People have said NCPolice was trying to get on here in the past; I'm sure he gave up long ago, but it might be a good idea to get his account accepted just in case he shows up again. He was a pretty prolific member in his day.

[End Master]

I thought King Malice was still currently using "The Writer" account?

I got the web ring redirect a couple times, but yeah like Locke said it's probably some sort of glitch.

[Ryan_DuBois]

I thought King Malice was still currently using "The Writer" account?

He is. I thought his actual account had gotten accepted since I saw it logged on a couple times, but now I can see that it's still not on the members list.

It's kind of odd that it didn't get verified, though, since Crunchy and Smeester were both trying to get on at the same time he was and they can both post now.

[donteatpoop]

Ladyx is a kinky spam bitch.

[donteatpoop]

SO how many more days do we have left on the writing tournament?

[End Master]

Deadline is January 16th.

[Megamantn]

Ladyx is a kinky spam bitch.

Don't worry about it, I just reported her spammer ass. No doubt that when Sev comes back that she'll be banned.

[donteatpoop]

Wow thanks megaman. You have saved the site.

[Locke]

Don't worry about it, I just reported her spammer ass. No doubt that when Sev comes back that she'll be banned.

You know you've probably just cost yourself 2/3 of the GTT Alumni group membership?

[Megamantn]

I think that spammer's never been to the GTT so I won't care.

[End Master]

Are you sure? Think carefully about this, for it could be your only opportunity to have a real friend. You're both spambots so you should have a lot in common.

Hell, play your cards right and she might even link you to several new tranny websites that you haven't explored yet!

[Ryan_DuBois]

God dammit, Megaman! Why do you always have to play the hero?! Blindly sacrificing yourself for the benefit of others! What good is it? What good is it, really?!

I worry about you out there, always solving peoples' problems by critical thinking to come up with solutions they wouldn't have thought of otherwise! Jesus Christ. Messaging Sev. Never would have even crossed our primitive minds. It's a dangerous job, helping everyone like you do, but I suppose someone has to do it.

So just go! Go help the rest of the people on this planet who so desperately need your aid. But we won't forget you, Mega! We won't forget you!

That said, I'm kinda hoping the site is back up by the 16th so that we can have a nice traditional IWT finale. Seems kinda lonely setting up shop in this thread, especially considering all of the entries we have this time around -- probably around eight? I think that's the most contestants we've had so far.

Well, either way I'm excited. LOVED what I read of EndMaster and DEPs' stories thus far (which isn't very much at all, but still). I know Crunchy and Smeester are good writers, so I won't be dissapointed there. Usoki's probably been cranking something out, too. And if not, well that's one less opponent to worry about!

Actually it'd be nice if a bunch of of the people from the main site joined so that my story has something to look good next to by comparison. Always love those shitty entries that make everyone feel good about themselves (good thing Mizal entered).

I only kid, Mizal! I only kid!

(But seriously, it's on.)

Since the video games thread is buried, I might as well tell you that I beat the Red Dead expansion, End. It was good, and I can see what you mean about it being an example of how a zombie game "should" be done. I like the fact that they only had strength in large numbers and that you had to be precise with your shooting. I used the torch a shitload when I could, though. I'd just hit two of them, run till they died or got out of range, and repeat.

On the downside, the missions were scarce and it got somewhat repetative. Given that it was just an expansion, though, I still have to give it like an

8.5

I haven't even really played the actual Red Dead Redemption game yet. I've been playing "Uncharted 2" and "LittleBigPlanet", which are both pretty good, but they're PS3 exclusive. I usually don't get into platformers, but these are are both unique and "Uncharted 2" is a pretty cool action/cinematic experience. Well, it's corny, but it's exciting when you're actually in the action. "Metal Gear Solid 4" and really the whole series, remains at the top of my list in terms of action games with a good, interesting storyline, though.

Next games on my list, to be played over 2011:

- "Mortal Kombat" (the gore in this remake is so awful that I simply have to play it. Plus "Mortal Kombat 2" was the first game I ever played, so the two-dimensional games in the series have a place in my heart.)

- "Twisted Metal" (Of course I have to play this one; I used to have Sweet Tooth as my avatar for crying out loud! Looks like it focuses on multiplayer, though, which is disappointing since I'm only really competitive in "StarCraft 2".)

- "Metal Gear Solid Rising" (The physics look sweet, and I'm a big fan of the series.)

Oh, and for the XBox owners I tried out one of those Kinect things today, and it's way better than I expected. The technology is pretty impressive, since it can pick up even subtle movements. The only downsides are that there really aren't any good games for it yet, and you need a pretty big space to use it.

(I spent most of the day dancing in a small room with like eight people.)