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Recent bot attack 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
Some among you may have noticed the vast array of ads popping up every other minute for the last couple of hours, but fear not!
The foe is vanquished! 
We remind you again to always report such posts using the "Report to Moderator" button and to refrain from clicking any links they might include.  |
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Re:Recent bot attack 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
Thanks for zapping them.
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Re:Recent bot attack 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
Hear hear! A gallant victory by our noble moderators!
(Seriously, there was about forty of those blasted things.  ) |
"Now for wrath, now for ruin, and a red dawn!"
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Re:Recent bot attack 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
Gallant Uther led the charge on this one, leaving us less heroic sheriffs to finish off the odd mortally wounded thread as it lay dying in the wake of his advance  |
The price of rank is duty.
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Re:Recent bot attack 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
Well done Uther - a true champion of the Lady!
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Re:Recent bot attack 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
Could not post or edit a few minutes ago. Related to bot attack?
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Last Edit: 2016/03/21 14:09 By Tertius.
Reason: Fixed autocorrect error
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Re:Recent bot attack 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
Probably not, probably related to the site objecting to some random combination of characters within your post, I've seen several members (alongside myself) encounter it sporadically.
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The price of rank is duty.
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Re:Recent bot attack 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
And lo, the bots were vanquished beneath the lances of the valiant and the blades of the virtuous.
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Muse, to muse
1. To say (something) with due consideration or thought.
2. To wander about, usually aimlessly
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Re:Recent bot attack 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
Old bold knight wrote:
Gallant Uther led the charge on this one, leaving us less heroic sheriffs to finish off the odd mortally wounded thread as it lay dying in the wake of his advance
Robert de Giselles wrote:
Well done Uther - a true champion of the Lady!
Hear Hear 
Tertius wrote:
Could not post or edit a few minutes ago. Related to bot attack?
The word "LCD" has now been added to the blacklist, if your post contains words from that list then you'll be automatically blocked for a few minutes.
It's unfortunate  but since we are usually targeted by the same handful of bot groups with similar keywords it's the best we have.
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Last Edit: 2016/03/21 17:10 By Uther Di Asturien.
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Re:Recent bot attack 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
I shall continue my duties of spotting the foe for our knightly leaders to vanquish!
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"For the Lady, for Glory, For Bretonnia!"
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Re:Recent bot attack 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
Old bold knight wrote:
Probably not, probably related to the site objecting to some random combination of characters within your post, I've seen several members (alongside myself) encounter it sporadically.
I was trying to post this in the "Brother Hood" fluff thread:
...an army of deadly archers, resplendent knights, and sturdy men-at-arms. They wander the realms in search of a new home ...
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Re:Recent bot attack 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
Thanks Uther! You really fought of the vermin tide valiantly!
Meanwhile, I talked to our gatekeepers and they will be more vigilant. That is, the blacklist of spam-related keywords grew once more.
Tertius, is there a specific error like "406 Not Acceptable" or similar that you encountered? I can then look up the reason in the logs. The blacklist is systematic though, if you were now able to post that sentence then it's not these specific characters that were offensive.
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Re:Recent bot attack 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
Guillaume, this was the error message:
Not Acceptable
An appropriate representation of the requested resource /index.php could not be found on this server.
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Last Edit: 2016/03/21 23:48 By Tertius.
Reason: Fixed autocorrect error
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Re:Recent bot attack 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
Guillaume le Courageux wrote:
Thanks Uther! You really fought of the vermin tide valiantly!
Meanwhile, I talked to our gatekeepers and they will be more vigilant. That is, the blacklist of spam-related keywords grew once more.
Tertius, is there a specific error like "406 Not Acceptable" or similar that you encountered? I can then look up the reason in the logs. The blacklist is systematic though, if you were now able to post that sentence then it's not these specific characters that were offensive.
Is this word: ( dictionary link ) on the blacklist?
That was apparently the troublesome word...
Almost as bad as:
Ni!
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Ecky-ecky-ecky-ecky-pikang-zoop-boing-goodem-zoo-owli-zhiv
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It. 
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Re:Recent bot attack 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
Tertius wrote:
Almost as bad as:
Ni!
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Ecky-ecky-ecky-ecky-pikang-zoop-boing-goodem-zoo-owli-zhiv
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It.
A shrubbery for you!
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