n00bstories announces Amnesty Day [message #164182] |
Mon, 25 July 2005 11:53 |
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Crimson
Messages: 7429 Registered: February 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ
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The n00bstories AOW Server will have its ban list backed up and wiped out. Banned for the wrong reasons? Realized the error of your ways? Your past mistakes will be forgotten tonight (Pacific Time US) and everyone will be allowed to play. Since the server has been running for about two years, the list is getting a bit outdated, so we will be lifting the over 600 bans in the system. Come join us!
I'm the bawss.
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Re: n00bstories announces Amnesty Day [message #164251 is a reply to message #164182] |
Mon, 25 July 2005 20:47 |
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Crimson
Messages: 7429 Registered: February 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ
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OK, I have wiped the list.
Yes, you're right. I do need players. You want to know why? Some moron decided that he'd scan my server every few minutes, and whenever I hit 10 players, he'd use a WOL exploit against the server and down it went. That sort of thing is exactly what killed the Pits, and I didn't want to follow the same fate. I have fixed the exploit from working on my server, and this little gimmick is an attempt to get people back on my server.
Furthermore, many of the bans in there were the result of moderator abuse and various garbage that has piled up over the 2+ years of existence of the server. Hence, people need to be given a second chance.
Please, kill me now.
I'm the bawss.
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Re: n00bstories announces Amnesty Day [message #164253 is a reply to message #164182] |
Mon, 25 July 2005 23:56 |
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Goztow
Messages: 9737 Registered: March 2005 Location: Belgium
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You could have went through the names and leave some of the more-known cheaters?
I believe in once a cheater, always a cheater... Therefor you probably shouldn't just blanket you list. You could have looked at the reasons. Every reason that is not "final renegade" could have been considered of being blanket...
But it's your server. I guess your mods will just have much more work during the coming days/weeks.
You can find me in The KOSs2 (TK2) discord while I'm playing. Feel free to come and say hi! TK2 discord
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Re: n00bstories announces Amnesty Day [message #164282 is a reply to message #164182] |
Tue, 26 July 2005 09:43 |
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NukeIt15
Messages: 987 Registered: February 2003 Location: Out to lunch
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Small little suggestion: lift all the bans, but put the server in Full RG mode. Half-RG doesn't always stop the asshats before they manage to ruin a game.
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. Horrid mischief would ensue were (the law-abiding) deprived of the use of them." - Thomas Paine
Remember, kids: illiteracy is cool. If you took the time to read this, you are clearly a loser who will never get laid. You've been warned.
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Re: n00bstories announces Amnesty Day [message #164297 is a reply to message #164182] |
Tue, 26 July 2005 13:15 |
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Crimson
Messages: 7429 Registered: February 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Planning? Yes. I have a few things I want to add and refine before I release it. Plus, it's based off v00d00's code, so I don't want to just release it without his permission.
I'm also pondering a move to PHP for it which would give me significantly more power and less overhead than mIRC. (since my skills are not quite expert level)
I'm the bawss.
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Re: n00bstories announces Amnesty Day [message #164308 is a reply to message #164251] |
Tue, 26 July 2005 14:42 |
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Lijitsu
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Crimson wrote on Mon, 25 July 2005 23:47 |
Please, kill me now.
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Nah, why would we do that?
Actually, i agree with Goztow, you should look through 50-100 at a time, find the people that needed a ban, and keep them banned. More than likely, your gonna come up with about 90. This is a way to keep out the hackers, while allowing the people that were unjustly banned to continue to play.
Aircraftkiller wrote on Wed, 31 May 2006 22:30 | I've been Nodbuggered. =( =( =(
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