Trifletraxor Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 As we've had a recent spam-wave, there's been added a security question at the registration: What is the three letter acronym for Basic Role Playing? It should stop spambots pretty well, but is it too difficult for those who have no experience with BRP before? SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjbowser Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 As we've had a recent spam-wave, there's been added a security question at the registration: What is the three letter acronym for Basic Role Playing? It should stop spambots pretty well, but is it too difficult for those who have no experience with BRP before? SGL. Well, you've capitalized the first letter of each word and explicitly asked for an acronym. Hopefully they'll pick up on that. Quote Various RPGs I've worked on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 (edited) Well, you've capitalized the first letter of each word and explicitly asked for an acronym. Hopefully they'll pick up on that. Hmm... That's true. What about this? A beetle has X number of legs. What is X? Please answer using lowercase letters only. Answer should be "six". SGL. Edited March 21, 2009 by Trifletraxor Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarulf Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Sounds easy enough to me, maybe a slight clarification in case someone doesn't know what a beetle is. A beetle, like all insects, has x number of legs. What is x? Please answer using lower case letters only. Is this a competition? :party: Whoever comes up wit the bestest and mostest questions gets a bowl of beetle soup? Which American company produces the games Call of Cthulhu and Basic Roleplaying? One word only. Answer: Chaosium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Sounds easy enough to me, maybe a slight clarification in case someone doesn't know what a beetle is. A beetle, like all insects, has x number of legs. What is x? Please answer using lower case letters only. Thanks, good idea! Is this a competition? :party: Whoever comes up wit the bestest and mostest questions gets a bowl of beetle soup? Maybe a hambeetle burger? Which American company produces the games Call of Cthulhu and Basic Roleplaying? One word only. Answer: Chaosium This wouldn't only stop bots, but ignorant fools too! SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 There are several more addons that I can use to fight spam, but I think we'll wait a bit now, and see if the added question at registration will be enough to hold them off. SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarulf Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Maybe a hambeetle burger? As long as it's raw. Only those crazy ZZs eat burned food. This wouldn't only stop bots, but ignorant fools too! SGL. Yeah, I wouldn't want to come up with something that kept myself out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Added Akismet spam scanning too now. Let's hope this will be enough. SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Can't you set it so you have to approve membership? I do that with the Alternate Earth RQ group and haven't had any spam yet, although we don't have as many members as BRP Central. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Can't you set it so you have to approve membership? Yes, I could do that. But then new members would have to wait some time before being able to post, maybe days if I was away from the PC. It's certainly an option though, if the spam-problem got too big to handle otherwise. SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chogokin Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Hello. I registered here a while ago, after a suggestion made on rpg.net. I have, however, been entirely a lurker. I received a Private Message from another board member named Jessie, who appears to have as little real presence here as I do. The message was as follows: Hi, I'm new here, how's it going? "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Lao Tzu --- Jessie Wisdom I don't know if 'Jessie' is a legitimate member, but this struck me as being a bit suspicious. This seemed like the appropriate subforum to mention it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted May 16, 2009 Author Share Posted May 16, 2009 Thank you. "Jessie" has now been banned. SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Ah, the Banned Beetle becomes the Banning Beetle! Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorax Transtellaris Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 (...)I received a Private Message from another board member named Jessie, who appears to have as little real presence here as I do.(...) I don't know if 'Jessie' is a legitimate member, but this struck me as being a bit suspicious.(...)I received the same message. I wonder what this 'Jessie' was trying to achieve... :confused: Quote RPGbericht (Dutch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Alexander Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 I received the same message. I wonder what this 'Jessie' was trying to achieve... :confused: I suspect it is an attempt to spread the website address in their sig. I, for one, also recieved that message and decided to avoid clicking on it just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Spreading website addresses in one's sig! Who would do such a dastardly deed?! :eek: That message from 'Jessie' is a standard spambot tactic, I'd be very surprised if there was a human behind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalaba Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Spreading website addresses in one's sig! Who would do such a dastardly deed?! :eek: Speaking of which, the Spica link in your sig seems to be broken.:ohwell: Quote "Tell me what you found, not what you lost" Mesopotamian proverb __________________________________ Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Speaking of which, the Spica link in your sig seems to be broken.:ohwell: Yeah, hosting problems ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 Ah, the Banned Beetle becomes the Banning Beetle! What a twist! :eek: SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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