Shane Warne/BingLeeElectric etc.

[Neil Pickup]

Don't they tend to come up with the same IP every time though? Couldn't you just ban each proxy server?

That's what's happening at the moment. The problem is that there are a hell of a lot of proxy servers.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Although I was first to notice that post, I looked over his other posts and I'm pretty sure he isn't Alex, unless he is deliberately posting significantly differently (in which case he doesn't seem to be a problem at the moment anyway).

Clean at the moment.

 

[PhoenixFire]

I got the feeling that his ip code changed everytime due to him having a dial-up connection.

 

[Prince EWS]

Seriously - have you ever seen anyone else make the utterly ridiculous assertion that beef-eating will invariably make you stronger?

Yes, yes I have actually. I know someone personally who has said it on occassions - and he's certainly not Alex Kumar.

 

[Richard]

OK. I actually know a guy (the guy I go to the gym with, amazingly enough) who says something similar to me quite often, but never in the Indians<Pakistanis context.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Rich Twyman also has the ability to ban. Neil had it for a little while.

Camps had it too.

I don't think it's a particularly poor system as it is though. So what if it takes James a few days to get the ban button pressed? We all know who the trolls are, so why not just ignore him/her/them? Two hands to clap.

 

[Richard]

Because we all know that that's not how it happens. Nor is that entirely something which can be blamed on posters - all sorts of new posters aren't going to know that the thread-starter is a new SW\BLE.

Added to the fact that some are better than others at spotting SW\BLEs.

IMO it'd be better if the latest identity could be banned as soon as some responsible person with the power (and not neccessarily all the GMs - I'd guess nibbs would be banned on the spot if you gave it to Simon, for instance) spotted it. I'm not criticising the current system, if that's the way it has to be that's the way it has to be, but I don't think "ignore him" is going to work.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Because

So that's how you get your post count so high - posting your sentences word-by-word.

 

[Scaly piscine]

So that's how you get your post count so high - posting your sentences word-by-word.

Hinton posts letter by letter, guess he's smarter than people think after all.

 

[Richard]

So that's how you get your post count so high - posting your sentences word-by-word.

Whoops, didn't notice that one...

 

[barmyarmy]

We could ban the IP range but then anyone else who has that ISP provider would also get banned as a result, and we don't want that

An alternative to this is simply to send any member who registers with an IP in a certain range to the COPPA group where the account has to be admin-approved before being allowed to post. We had this for 59.95.*.* and it did the job brilliantly Obviously won't work too well for a wide range of proxies. All that's needed is a simple php modification to the register.php file.
The trouble with the cookie option mentioned is that it can be easily overcome simply by clearing cookies. Anyone who knows how to use proxies will know how to do that.

 

[Richard]

Well... without wanting to speak too soon we seem to be relieved of a certain recurring member for the time being...

 

[Richard]

And he's back!

 

[Perm]

Seriously Richard, why do you care so much?

 

[Richard]

?

 

[GIMH]

Because he ruins the forum atmosphere. I thought he might show his head during the WC. Worst poster.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Because he ruins the forum atmosphere. I thought he might show his head during the WC. Worst poster.

Harsh, IMHO. Richo's far from perfect, but we've grown, if not fond exactly, then certainly tolerant of his eccentricities.

 

[Richard]

Everyone's far from perfect. There's a reason SW\BLE's been banned (and banned repeatedly). He seems to care about little other than championing Afridi and throwing crap at English players. That's far more than an "eccentricity". I probably post about a wider subject range than most on this place, not just 2 subjects. I can't believe you could even remotely consider comparing the two of us.

 

[Richard]

I thought he might show his head during the WC. Worst poster.

TBH, I think it was more showing his head because of that irresistible "why do you like England losing?" thread. That "Clown Roy" account was created last month - presumably just before or after his Ross D one was banned. I seriously think he just can't stomach the idea of the mods getting one over on him, and has to have an active account, whether he's posting or not. And eventually there's something he can't stop himself responding to.

 

[Prince EWS]

Everyone's far from perfect. There's a reason SW\BLE's been banned (and banned repeatedly). He seems to care about little other than championing Afridi and throwing crap at English players. That's far more than an "eccentricity". I probably post about a wider subject range than most on this place, not just 2 subjects. I can't believe you could even remotely consider comparing the two of us.

It was clearly a joke Richard. He implied that GIMH meant you when he said "he" and then defended you - as a joke.