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jason1977 ( 210 )
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Woke up early today to the sound of A-10s departing the local AFB. Love that sound. Back to topic.

I had some computer work to do and popped in here to see the early happenings. I find 3 spam posts from the same person who joind today and 0200 give or take. I have already reported all of them. If I remember right (grey matter isnt what it used to be) I had to copy a randomly generated alpha numeric code to get into Bartertown. What are the odds that BT steps up the registering process and adds a gaming question to the process?
In an act of kindness and respect, please respond to PMs one way or the other with in a timely manner.
Im sorry but I do not ship outside the US.
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Re: Spammers

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jason1977 wrote:Woke up early today to the sound of A-10s departing the local AFB. Love that sound. Back to topic.

I had some computer work to do and popped in here to see the early happenings. I find 3 spam posts from the same person who joind today and 0200 give or take. I have already reported all of them. If I remember right (grey matter isnt what it used to be) I had to copy a randomly generated alpha numeric code to get into Bartertown. What are the odds that BT steps up the registering process and adds a gaming question to the process?
Minimal. Not a bad idea, but it wouldn't help. The way our processes are set up now, it HAS to be a person that creates accounts, rather than having them done by a program. We have certain things defaulted that automatically invalidate the account, if they aren't changed. That's why we get so few.

A person could probably research any question we created that was generic enough that your average gamer could get it.

Eric
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I think what this situation needs is some imagination.

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