Bots

Post by **badinsults** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:57 pm

Yes, bots are infiltrating this board with almost non-spamish messages. I believe that some of these bots may actually be low paid people who sign up to the boards manually to implement their spam, as I can't see this many getting through our registration tricks. At any rate, if you see a spam bot post, please do not respond to it, especially if it bumps an ancient thread. Instead, send me a PM or post in this thread, and I will deal with it. Do this for any new user with a seemingly off-topic post, even if it sounds like a legit post. I will delete the post, and assign the special rank of "Defeated Bot" to any banned bot. It is safe to assume any new poster is a bot, unless their post has actual substance.

To the other admins, I suggest using that rank for any bot banning.

Post by **grinvader** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:33 pm

badinsults wrote:To the other admins, I suggest using that rank for any bot banning.

That rank is awesome. I can only wallow in self-defeat at not creating it myself.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:22 am

grinvader wrote:
badinsults wrote:To the other admins, I suggest using that rank for any bot banning.
That rank is awesome. I can only wallow in self-defeat at not creating it myself.

Yes, I tend to agree.

I.S.T. · Post by **I.S.T.** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:23 am

http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic ... 477#198477

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:15 pm

"kourtney"

Johan_H · Post by **Johan_H** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:11 am

http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13326

Someone somewhere (bsnes boards?) had an idea along the lines of making a forum where only spambots are allowed.

I.S.T. · Post by **I.S.T.** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:51 am

http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic ... 520#198520

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:35 pm

http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/profile.p ... e&u=110458

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:19 pm

http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic ... 526#198526 -- I'm only putting this here because I don't know what to make of this.

Squall_Leonhart · Post by **Squall_Leonhart** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:01 pm

Bots speaking spanish are on the rise.

Johan_H · Post by **Johan_H** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:12 pm

Looks like some guy spamming to promote his blog?
Kind of like the guy who trolled here and at RHDN about how he hated china or whatever?

Post by **grinvader** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:13 pm

it's a fucking zombot apocalypse

man the lifeboats

Johan_H · Post by **Johan_H** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:18 pm

It's the same all over the internets it seems. Either they've gotten smarter, or it's actual people, as badinsults says.

I.S.T. · Post by **I.S.T.** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:00 am

adventure_of_link wrote:http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic ... 526#198526 -- I'm only putting this here because I don't know what to make of this.

Look at his blog. It's a real post.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:15 am

I.S.T. wrote:
adventure_of_link wrote:http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic ... 526#198526 -- I'm only putting this here because I don't know what to make of this.
Look at his blog. It's a real post.

Yeah, that's what I was kind of figuring. but still, getting ZSNES to work on 15kHz? whaaat?

Post by **odditude** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:04 am

adventure_of_link wrote:getting ZSNES to work on 15kHz? whaaat?

he's talking about an arcade monitor.

kode54 · Post by **kode54** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:56 am

Horizontal sync rate, to be precise.

Post by **grinvader** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:57 am

15khz being pretty low for an snes horizontal sync rate... 640x480@60Hz is around 29kHz min.

creaothceann · Post by **creaothceann** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:57 pm

15000 Hz / 60 Hz = 250 lines
15000 Hz / 30 Hz = 500 lines

So it'd be ok for SNES resolutions.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:10 pm

Odditude, kode, grin, creaoth: OH.... Now I feel like a dumb-ass

thanks.

I.S.T. · Post by **I.S.T.** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:47 am

http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic ... 635#198635

Killa B · Post by **Killa B** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:52 am

http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic ... 820#198820

I.S.T. · Post by **I.S.T.** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:47 am

http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic ... 827#198827 and http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic ... 828#198828

Same bot.

Post by **badinsults** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:40 pm

I just went through all the new users that have joined this month and banned any suspected bots.

Fun fact: most bots don't even bother to make a post!

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:42 pm

badinsults wrote:Fun fact: most bots don't even bother to make a post!

Guess that's one thing about bots that don't change...

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