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Discussion in 'Announcements' started by DarkStarr, May 25, 2015.

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  1. tphilipp

    tphilipp SotA Dev Moderator SOTA Developer

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    True :)
    We will update it soon - the reason why it is outdated are modifications and historic things, but we are aware of this for a while and can't justify kicking it further down the road, indeed.
     
    tphilipp, Jun 4, 2015
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    tphilipp SotA Dev Moderator SOTA Developer

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    Short answer: yes, there are quite a few modifications.

    Long answer: the same is the case with wordpress, however, with wordpress I maintain a patch set which is applied on deploy, so I can upgrade the version, then fix up the patches that don't apply anymore (which is always a few, but at least I keep track of the changes and can apply the logic). Thing is, with XenForo we never did that, so this will be the time to finally integrate this into that patchset also. It's a little bit of a hassle, basically running a diff against a mint version, etc.. but probably less of a hassle than forward porting those to the newest version. Then a few extra hours of testing, etc.. At least from then on, every future update will be way easier, as our modifications are kept and maintained independently.
    Basically, we neglected this for too long :-/
     
    tphilipp, Jun 4, 2015
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    Erm, sorry, but the Developer Depot forum is accessible to everybody, ain't it? Did you confuse this with the Dev+ forum by any chance, or am I horribly mistaken here?
     
    Logain, Jun 5, 2015
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    Yeah well....i hate captcha but after today....
    +111
     
    Earl Atogrim von Draken, Jun 5, 2015
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    So this week on Spam Of the Avatar....
     
    Deliverence, Jun 5, 2015
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    One wonders how pathetic you have to be to spend your time spamming a gaming forum just to be a nuissance to someone. For what? To feel good about yourself? Sometimes I don't know whether to be annoyed or just pity the poor sods. And at the end of the day what's the result? People do their jobs like they're supposed to do anyway and all the work they've done to be annoying is gone.. *POOF*..
     
    Bowen Bloodgood, Jun 5, 2015
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    oops yes I thought the Dev Depot was restricted. Sorry for the confusion!
     
    Kara Brae, Jun 5, 2015
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    We used captcha on our old forum and it actually doesn't help since xrumer spam bots get right past it on auto-spam anyway. Since the posts have the botmaster canned ads from ad spinner that will probably happen here.
     
    Themo Lock, Jun 5, 2015
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    Hacking Shroud of the Avatar.

    Jup. Spamming a Gaming Forum probably does not generate many "Fame Points" among Hackers also.



    But to be honest. I think it has one good side effect that he is doing it. Getting the Security Improved is never a bad thing. So better now then later.
     
    Myrcello, Jun 5, 2015
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    spamming the captcha thread isn't so random eh
     
    Themo Lock, Jun 7, 2015
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    Is this irony? :rolleyes:
     
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    yes it is very suspicious
     
    majoria70, Jun 8, 2015
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    I think it's pretty obvious that's why they're doing this, so I'd say that's exactly what the devs should not do. There are many other ways to combat forum spam than something as draconian as cutting off all unpaid accounts completely.
     
    smack, Jun 8, 2015
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    Ok yes I posted in reaction. I will leave the decisions to our team.:)
     
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    I think cutting out Potential new customers who have not paid as a solution more damaging then the little amount of spams that are still coming through.

    If i would be new to the game i might want to ask some questions to forum members before i do my purchase decision.






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    Myrcello, Jun 8, 2015
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    Only th eforum parts that need an paid account should be limited for posting like the release subforum. For the general forum we need to be open to allow questions.
     
    Sindariya, Jun 8, 2015
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    As I stated I was reacting I am deleting my post. carry on.
     
    majoria70, Jun 8, 2015
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    The spammers have found a way around the captchas today ... Solid spam walls when I checked new posts today. Boo.
     
    Sianna Thorne, Jun 13, 2015
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    There has been spam every morning European time. After a few hours it gets deleted. Maybe there was more today because it is a weekend and it hasn't been as diligently monitored. Just a supposition on my part, but fact is, the captcha isn't effective.
     
    Kara Brae, Jun 13, 2015
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    Was it Indian sex hotline advertisements again?
     
    snow0815, Jun 13, 2015
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