Because people like Who Am I are probably just someone's stupid aliases that they screw around with.. make it to where they can't even use their main name

12/18/2006 10:36:27 AM

Banning IP's will never happen b/c it will cut back on money earned.

12/18/2006 10:57:41 AM

why dont you go to ncaawiki sometime when im in a bad mood and see how much good banning IP's really does

12/18/2006 10:58:08 AM

Most people don't have static IP addresses.

12/18/2006 11:05:43 AM

only cause they dont know how to make it work

if TWW starts banning IP's, im going to post a tutorial

12/18/2006 11:13:14 AM

Quote :

"Most people don't have static IP addresses."

Um, I'd wager that approximately 95%+ of TWW users have static IP's.

12/18/2006 12:12:03 PM

they arent

RR and Resnet give you 90 day lease times

12/18/2006 12:36:34 PM

Actually I'd wager that (bullshit statistic) users of TWW have dynamic IPs assigned by some combination of ResNet, RoadRunner, wired or wireless Nomad, and unless they use the same computer every single time, Unity labs as well. Given that scenario, IP bans would be so ineffective that banned users probably wouldn't even notice that they were banned.

Also, ResNet and RoadRunner both will give you a new IP address if you spoof a different MAC address though you have to power cycle the modem in the case of RoadRunner. In Windows, changing the MAC address is in the driver options for most cards. In most *NIX environments, it's part of the networking subsystem. (ifconfig hw ether ab:cd:ef:gh:ij:kl)

Banning the offending users' providers would be pretty effective, but that would also ban every single other user of TWW simultaneously.

All in all I would have to say that this is one of the dumbest ideas ever proposed in FF.

[Edited on December 18, 2006 at 12:48 PM. Reason : ^ beat me to it ]

12/18/2006 12:48:20 PM

I saw we hunt them down and give them a good beating.

12/18/2006 1:15:22 PM

Quote :

"Um, I'd wager that approximately 95%+ of TWW users have static IP's."

Bakunin already set you straight. But if you don't have the first clue what you're talking about (as you clearly don't if you make a statement like that) why would you bother making it in the first place?

12/18/2006 1:21:26 PM

Way back when when I was mod of a Carolina Panthers website, it was hard to ban IPs without banning the innocent....342.23.12* we would do alot, but still a innocent person would be banned even doing it that way. Of course the trouble makers know how to get around it.

12/18/2006 2:32:44 PM

they should modify the session list to show what IPs correspond to what usernames at what times and suspend usernames based on that - it's a more manual process but much more likely to get the job done

fuck, the session list might already do that, i've never really seen it

[Edited on December 18, 2006 at 3:44 PM. Reason : most people are too lazy to use proxies]

12/18/2006 3:42:44 PM

Quote :

"Actually I'd wager that (bullshit statistic) users of TWW have dynamic IPs assigned by some combination of ResNet, RoadRunner, wired or wireless Nomad, and unless they use the same computer every single time, Unity labs as well. Given that scenario, IP bans would be so ineffective that banned users probably wouldn't even notice that they were banned. Also, ResNet and RoadRunner both will give you a new IP address if you spoof a different MAC address though you have to power cycle the modem in the case of RoadRunner. In Windows, changing the MAC address is in the driver options for most cards. In most *NIX environments, it's part of the networking subsystem. (ifconfig hw ether ab:cd:ef:gh:ij:kl) Banning the offending users' providers would be pretty effective, but that would also ban every single other user of TWW simultaneously. All in all I would have to say that this is one of the dumbest ideas ever proposed in FF. "

well keep in mind most users would be too lazy or not nerdy enough to know how to do that

I got ip banned on another site while at Wolf Village and it worked all the time I was staying there, at least in my bedroom

and yes people would have to go to the library to take vengence but if they really have nothing better to do there, then it's their loss not ours

[Edited on December 18, 2006 at 5:18 PM. Reason : k]

12/18/2006 5:18:02 PM

if you are on resnet, all you have to do is change your mac address and bam...new ip address

12/18/2006 8:34:13 PM

yeah Joe "crybaby" Akinc tried to ban my IP from PIC a long time ago

that worked for like 5 min.

but that was when i learned how to change it, in 5 min

thanks Joe

12/18/2006 10:11:01 PM

Bakunin doesn't realize that everyone here is not a huge nerd like he is.

Here comes his reply with how I and every other TWW user that doesn't know how to do that is an idiot...

12/19/2006 8:21:43 AM

Quote :

"not nerdy enough"

Are you using the same wolfweb as the rest of us? I mean the nerdery rate around here is upwards of 99%

12/19/2006 9:10:33 AM

... he says while unable to complete a ghost edit.

12/19/2006 9:33:37 AM

its called a ninja edit

12/19/2006 12:06:39 PM

does he even have premie

if not self pwnt up there (↑↑)

[Edited on December 19, 2006 at 12:19 PM. Reason : .]

12/19/2006 12:19:29 PM

if you dont have a generic status name then yes, the user is premie

12/19/2006 3:39:33 PM

Point being he's a nerd!

12/19/2006 3:51:08 PM

wtf, WHO HACKED MY SHIT?


[Edited on December 19, 2006 at 3:54 PM. Reason : .]

12/19/2006 3:53:58 PM