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Post by Wicked_End on Mar 21, 2009 18:45:54 GMT -5
Well I was thinking... Instead of banning people who spam .map/.list, just make it so they cant use the commands. Like how only certain people can use Leo, make it like... reverse of that to people who abuse the bots.
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Chukie1188
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Post by Chukie1188 on Mar 21, 2009 20:26:29 GMT -5
In my mind that just sort of punishes people who only pop in the channel occasionally to find a game.
They shouldn't have to suffer because of a few idiots.
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Post by Wicked_End on Mar 22, 2009 0:39:05 GMT -5
Maybe I wasn't clear... I was talking about taking it away from the abusers in question, not everyone.
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Post by h4x0rz88 on Mar 22, 2009 5:37:10 GMT -5
Well spammers are very inventive - they will find a new way until you ban them...
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Post by steveman0 on Mar 22, 2009 11:55:30 GMT -5
Very inventive? I don't know how they could possibly get around a general restriction on their commands.
The problem I see is that even if the bots don't accept their commands they will have to parse what the abuser is saying and cross reference with a list of people on the list to verify if that person is allowed to use the commands or not. All of this extra coding may bog down the bot even more and the spam may still end up bringing down the bot anyway.
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Post by powerisevil on Mar 22, 2009 11:56:59 GMT -5
The reason chukie said it was a punishment is the way that would work is you would have to give access to people. Like the .host program where you would have to be on the AHL to use.
So people that come in occasionally wouldn't have access and not be able to use it. Plus it doesn't prevent the ones that do gain the access to spam the .map/.list commands anyways and they would get banned anyways.
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Post by h4x0rz88 on Mar 22, 2009 17:21:57 GMT -5
Very inventive? I don't know how they could possibly get around a general restriction on their commands. The problem I see is that even if the bots don't accept their commands they will have to parse what the abuser is saying and cross reference with a list of people on the list to verify if that person is allowed to use the commands or not. All of this extra coding may bog down the bot even more and the spam may still end up bringing down the bot anyway. Yes, they are. I don't want to make this a discussion of that kind. And no, just check in the database if the User is in it - if it is his command are ignored - but the message will still be checked for any other thing you use chat processing (swears, anit-flood protection etc.). |
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