Attack of the Spammers

tysonrss · 2013-02-28 20:19:08

I havent been on here as much as i have cause im taking a break from rom hacking. But ive noticed a lot of spam here in this area and in the rom hacks section. One guy released a game with poor mapping and trainers everywhere and it was like 4 days after asking for help on how to get started. I laughed f good 10 mins cause it was not only horrid, but purposely done as well and people fell for it.

Then i saw some other threads full of bs and reposted several times. Then a recent spamfest of someone with cancer. People fell for that as well.

Why are we under attack? I don't understand whats going on. After the last big debate it seems the gates to hell were opened here.

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Munchulax · 2013-02-28 23:36:09

tysonrss wrote:

I havent been on here as much as i have cause im taking a break from rom hacking.

I'm on break right now as well.

tysonrss wrote:

Then i saw some other threads full of bs and reposted several times. Then a recent spamfest of someone with cancer. People fell for that as well.

Well that was because of a delay in the server or whatever. Basically something would delay the server from sending you the page that says your post/thread was posted successfully even though your post has been processed and posted already (which you could see if you opened Skeetendo in another tab), and that caused many people to press submit many times, resulting in (hopefully accidental for the most part) multiple threads and posts. If you actually went to look at your post before the "posted successfully" message came up, your post counter would actually be something like "Post 298/287". IIMarckus can correct me if I'm wrong or if wants to say something I didn't say.

On the cancer thread topic, I can't believe I fell for that now. I had no idea he was sending IIMarckus death threats. If I had known I wouldn't have believed the post.

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Luna · 2013-02-28 23:58:29

Munchulax wrote:

tysonrss wrote:
Then i saw some other threads full of bs and reposted several times. Then a recent spamfest of someone with cancer. People fell for that as well.
Well that was because of a delay in the server or whatever. Basically something would delay the server from sending you the page that says your post/thread was posted successfully even though your post has been processed and posted already (which you could see if you opened Skeetendo in another tab), and that caused many people to press submit many times, resulting in (hopefully accidental for the most part) multiple threads and posts. If you actually went to look at your post before the "posted successfully" message came up, your post counter would actually be something like "Post 298/287". IIMarckus can correct me if I'm wrong or if wants to say something I didn't say.
On the cancer thread topic, I can't believe I fell for that now. I had no idea he was sending IIMarckus death threats. If I had known I wouldn't have believed the post.

Same here. I felt like a fool afterwards, but I was inclined to believe it at first because I have a friend in real life who is being treated for breast cancer that they found out of nowhere (so the idea of a young person suddenly finding out they had cancer was all too real for me already). I'm really annoyed that someone would joke around like that just for attention. I'm glad he/she/it was banned.

Aicy · 2013-03-01 00:08:04

tysonrss wrote:

I havent been on here as much as i have cause im taking a break from rom hacking. But ive noticed a lot of spam here in this area and in the rom hacks section. One guy released a game with poor mapping and trainers everywhere and it was like 4 days after asking for help on how to get started. I laughed f good 10 mins cause it was not only horrid, but purposely done as well and people fell for it.
Then i saw some other threads full of bs and reposted several times. Then a recent spamfest of someone with cancer. People fell for that as well.
Why are we under attack? I don't understand whats going on. After the last big debate it seems the gates to hell were opened here.

I think it's quite rude to mock the guy who released a "pre-mature game".. And how did you know that it's purposely done?
I'm sorry if I'm offending anyone, but I'm not defending him, I'm just quite upset reading a thread like this.. Just sayin' :]

Munchulax · 2013-03-01 00:18:46

Mateo wrote:

Same here. I felt like a fool afterwards, but I was inclined to believe it at first because I have a friend in real life who is being treated for breast cancer that they found out of nowhere (so the idea of a young person suddenly finding out they had cancer was all too real for me already). I'm really annoyed that someone would joke around like that just for attention.

That's pretty much the same reason I believed it. I had an aunt that passed away after a long battle with liver cancer, so that's why I was quick to believe the post, though the thought did cross my mind that it could be fake. I hate that there are people out there that have no problem messing with the emotions of others.

Mateo wrote:

I'm glad he/she/it was banned.

I love the "it" part here. :P

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FroggestSpirit · 2013-03-01 00:23:06

I guess it's time for a break too!
If you guys find any glitches, or have questions about the stuff i've made, please post it in the respective thread rather than emailing me about it. I'll hunt them down sometime, and work on bugfixes if needed

koolboyman · 2013-03-01 02:31:05

That cancer thing pisses me off, especially since somebody I was close to in real life really did die of cancer.

I didn't really believe him at first though, but then I thought, what if he had cancer and I was giving him crap for it? So I gave him the benefit of the doubt.

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RED · 2013-03-01 02:46:50

I hope he is not cooking up new frank.

tysonrss · 2013-03-01 02:48:28

Aicy wrote:

tysonrss wrote:
I havent been on here as much as i have cause im taking a break from rom hacking. But ive noticed a lot of spam here in this area and in the rom hacks section. One guy released a game with poor mapping and trainers everywhere and it was like 4 days after asking for help on how to get started. I laughed f good 10 mins cause it was not only horrid, but purposely done as well and people fell for it.
Then i saw some other threads full of bs and reposted several times. Then a recent spamfest of someone with cancer. People fell for that as well.
Why are we under attack? I don't understand whats going on. After the last big debate it seems the gates to hell were opened here.

I think it's quite rude to mock the guy who released a "pre-mature game".. And how did you know that it's purposely done?
I'm sorry if I'm offending anyone, but I'm not defending him, I'm just quite upset reading a thread like this.. Just sayin' :]

I have to assume it was done purposely for laughs, look at this picture.

Tell me does this look like soemthing someone would have done seriously?

Look at the next one.

This was obviously done for kicks. No one in their right mind would release a game with maps looking like this.

That said, the one about cancer, yeah that one wasn't really funny, I always believed that if you kid around saying you have something you'll eventually get it.

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stag019 · 2013-03-01 04:26:37

Munchulax wrote:

Well that was because of a delay in the server or whatever. Basically something would delay the server from sending you the page that says your post/thread was posted successfully even though your post has been processed and posted already (which you could see if you opened Skeetendo in another tab), and that caused many people to press submit many times, resulting in (hopefully accidental for the most part) multiple threads and posts. If you actually went to look at your post before the "posted successfully" message came up, your post counter would actually be something like "Post 298/287". IIMarckus can correct me if I'm wrong or if wants to say something I didn't say.

This is completely 100% true. And it's all my fault. It's the post reporting bot for the IRC. Rather than writing out good code, I simply wrote a one-liner that tries to connect to the robot to report posts, but if it can't find my computer (my IP address changed, or my computer is shut down for any reason), then I have no idea how long the code is supposed to run before it times out (could be infinity for all I know o_O).

I'm going to change this soon to add code that'll actually use a timeout (maybe 5 seconds?). But I've been so busy with work, usually working 6 days a week, that I haven't really found the time. Tomorrow maybe (I have off work for now)...

The reason the post does in fact get posted is because I made sure to add the one liner after the line that adds the post to the database. I did that on purpose in case if something went wrong, the board would still work. I can see that a lot of Lipun people didn't realize that though. Oh well...

emaj30 · 2013-03-01 06:29:16

The cancer thing was really stupid. Though I really doubted the fact that he/she/it had a 2nd stage cancer and counted it as a joke. Then spamming it like hell, he/she/it will learn a lesson someday.

Miksy91 · 2013-03-01 06:39:36

koolboyman wrote:

That cancer thing pisses me off, especially since somebody I was close to in real life really did die of cancer.
I didn't really believe him at first though, but then I thought, what if he had cancer and I was giving him crap for it? So I gave him the benefit of the doubt.

I could underwrite all of this. Same story, expect for the fact I thought it would be the best to leave everything said.

Jokes can be pulled off, and should be too. But they musn't do with anything serious, like we had a good example of.

virus95x · 2013-03-01 09:46:41

I wouldn't really care if he had a cancer, I don't know him and I don't care.

In other hand the spamming story is true but can be avoidable. There is always a period of time when the spammers wake up. This is mostly from new members. What we can do is give a warning/ban from forum, thats not hard at all.

Also this site connection were quite slow and maybe still is for some people around here. This is understandable but of course the patienty is a key here. Wait till it fully loads and click only once. I don't find anything helerious or stupid, kid only wanted attention. He also was trying to get attention on other forums too which makes him look one of the most retarded people on the internet. We should get over it.

People hackers don't bother helping the basics and explainning clearly what to do. I understand that when you help very clearly step by step the oposit person doesn't learn anything but actually its not true. He does learn a lot and starts to do it by trying other things that related with the help you gave. Why we are so paffetic in helping others to begin their hack? Are we so called ''professional hackers''? We were noobs too and maybe we still are but to help others is a key in humanity. I think communication and teamwork can do the best on this forum. Why not help? Why not bother just because hes a noob and doesn't know a qlue about hacking...I find it amuzed really sometimes. I like the idea of tools that people make. Its a lot easier than Hex editors. Can we not be selfish people and help each other where is the spirit? I know I might get shouted or argued but its true. We just lazy to help noobs...

Anyways I have finished talking and please don't take offense to any case. I thought my opinion must be said like:)

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IIMarckus · 2013-03-05 05:26:45

stag019 fixed the slowdown when his bot is off, so we should get fewer duplicate posts from now on.

emaj30 · 2013-03-05 13:40:48

virus95x wrote:

People hackers don't bother helping the basics and explainning clearly what to do. I understand that when you help very clearly step by step the oposit person doesn't learn anything but actually its not true. He does learn a lot and starts to do it by trying other things that related with the help you gave. Why we are so paffetic in helping others to begin their hack? Are we so called ''professional hackers''? We were noobs too and maybe we still are but to help others is a key in humanity. I think communication and teamwork can do the best on this forum. Why not help? Why not bother just because hes a noob and doesn't know a qlue about hacking...I find it amuzed really sometimes. I like the idea of tools that people make. Its a lot easier than Hex editors. Can we not be selfish people and help each other where is the spirit? I know I might get shouted or argued but its true. We just lazy to help noobs...
...

That's true but we can't blame others not to give some help, we all have our own business to mind and maybe some got tired of repeating what they've said before that was ignored several times by others and especially by new members. Right?

IIMarckus wrote:

stag019 fixed the slowdown when his bot is off, so we should get fewer duplicate posts from now on.

That's good to hear sir!

Lugia · 2013-03-06 16:22:33

I am yes with all of you guys but we should know that someday we are also new like i i mean i am jonathon guys nice to meet you all

FroggestSpirit · 2013-03-06 16:26:17

Just registered, and your first post is here. One would think your first order of business would be to go to a Rom hacking section, since it's the main purpose of the forum. It seems fishy... but anyways, Welcome!

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Lugia · 2013-03-06 16:28:20

Will anyone tell where is it guys please

Lugia · 2013-03-06 16:31:39

I got it anyway thanks

FroggestSpirit · 2013-03-06 18:28:20

I know you're lipun

Lugia · 2013-03-06 19:00:09

What?who is lipun i don't understand what you are saying

virus95x · 2013-03-06 19:10:49

Of course he is lipun:) You can't run away:)

Lugia · 2013-03-06 19:15:20

I don't get it say clearly who is lipun please

Vitharix · 2013-03-07 00:32:21

Lugia wrote:

I am yes

Pokemaniac · 2013-03-07 04:49:33

Could anyone tell me what is spam

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