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CrazyGamer2017 on 22 May 2018
TalonMan said:

Thanks to the jackass who wasted a crapload of my time by spamming everybody's walls and PMs (while proving how sexually deprived he or she obviously is), I've had to build counter-measures into the website in order to put an end to the nonsense. As is always this case with this kind of stuff, there's always the potential for unintended consequences (in this case, valid users being unable to login or new users who are unable to register). 

If you are having any problems connecting to the website or creating an account, please email: contact@vgchartz.com

 

Thanks for your patience and understanding... 

Look at the bright side, the measures you spent time on will help against any future spamming issues so don't see it as a waste of your time



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CrazyGamer2017 on 22 May 2018
CGI-Quality said:
spurgeonryan said:

You sir,  are unbearable sometimes. Using your power over everyone here to treat them like garbage. First Rol and then down the line. Yes,  you can say you just do not put up with crap and say it how it is,  but many see it the other way around. Thanks for rejuvenating the site and all but you don't have to always be so strict and mean to people. 

 

I have been here like a handful of t I'll message in two months. I guess I got a life. Anyways,  forgot I even made that thread. Just remembered I asked the question and this was the first blue message I noticed. 

 

Good luck. Sorry,  a comment on a forum destroyed your day. 

This isn't a simple "yes, thank you for your efforts". Someone came along and made many of our jobs much harder than they needed to be. And trust me, we will get to the bottom of it.

Now, I won't speak on the "mean" you say has happened towards some users here, and this isn't meant as an attack on you, but if this issue was resolved in another topic, why bring it up in here?

I have now this theory that the spammer is some previously permabanned disgruntled user of the site as it seems logical. But if it turns out the spammer is still on the site, he/she must be laughing his/her ass off at seeing people here getting paranoid and turning on each other. (I'm looking at you TalonMan and VGPolyglot but it's not only you guys)

Website attacks (for example DDOS, Spam etc) are standard bullshit that you hear about all over the internet, but turning against each other may very well be some kind of ultimate victory for the spammer. I suggest you guys don't give him/her the satisfaction.



numberwang on 22 May 2018
TalonMan said:
VGPolyglot said:

But his enjoyment is from trying to fuck things up here, as you can see he was clearly more interested in causing a shitstorm rather than having things improved here And he was only here every day because he circumvneted the rules by making alts, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to do that.

You know what? I'm going to go out on a limb here, and suggest that there is incredibly real possibility that you're the guy responsible for this. And with every post you make in this thread, I'm getting closer and closer to hitting the nuke button on your account. Your consistent defense of, "Hey, this wasn't really a waste of time - it's great that you did all this work" is simply not resonating with me. Sorry.

So - I'm just going to say this, and I'm going to leave it: ALL of this was a complete WASTE of f*cking time - take my word on this! And once I firmly and fully identify exactly who it was in this community, I promise, they are GONE from this website for good!

I have enough clues to work with, so it's only a matter of time...   :)

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VAMatt on 22 May 2018

Thanks for taking care of it, Talon.



VGPolyglot on 23 May 2018

TalonMan said: 

-snip-

If you're wondering how I already knew that he was the spammer, it's because I had seen Bandorr's post in the Moderator Thread that outed that account as one of them:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8805405



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VGPolyglot on 23 May 2018
TalonMan said:
Ka-pi96 said:

hmm, so it's not guaranteed that it will be blocked it just depends on the IP address? Still annoying, but good to know it's not always going to be an issue.

I might have to come up with a way to "wbite list" certain users - but you can see now why this is a GIGANTIC PAIN IN THE ASS!!!

I may end up studying in Beijing for one term next year, so I'll probably have to end up using a VPN to access the sites I want in the first place



doesnotwork on 23 May 2018
TalonMan said:
Ka-pi96 said:

hmm, so it's not guaranteed that it will be blocked it just depends on the IP address? Still annoying, but good to know it's not always going to be an issue.

a GIGANTIC PAIN IN THE ASS!!!

talonwoman I tought you like a Gigantic penis in your small ass HAHAHAHAHAH



VGPolyglot on 23 May 2018
doesnotwork said:
TalonMan said:

a GIGANTIC PAIN IN THE ASS!!!

talonwoman I tought you like a Gigantic penis in your small ass HAHAHAHAHAH

Oh fuck, is it you SuperBott?



Zkuq on 23 May 2018
TalonMan said:
Ka-pi96 said:

hmm, so it's not guaranteed that it will be blocked it just depends on the IP address? Still annoying, but good to know it's not always going to be an issue.

I might have to come up with a way to "wbite list" certain users - but you can see now why this is a GIGANTIC PAIN IN THE ASS!!!

Would there be any issue with whitelisting every registered user with, say, a hundred posts? Even less is probably good enough, as I imagine you'll get banned quite quickly if you start messing around.



CrazyGamer2017 on 23 May 2018
VGPolyglot said:
TalonMan said:

I might have to come up with a way to "wbite list" certain users - but you can see now why this is a GIGANTIC PAIN IN THE ASS!!!

I may end up studying in Beijing for one term next year, so I'll probably have to end up using a VPN to access the sites I want in the first place

I'm no legal expert but I think I have heard that in China VPN's are forbidden which makes sense. China is a dictatorship plain and simple. I don't know how that works IRL but don't expect to be able to use a VPN over there or what would be worse is you managing somehow to get a VPN over there and if you get caught by the authorities it could quickly become very serious for you, just saying.