Attack of the Spam Bots!

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

*takes the Renarin doll and cuddles it*

I... actually usually don't take requests for fics, but that's just because I've got too many of my own stories that I'm already not writing. You should go for it, BreathTaker! We need more fic writers around here and I...

*looks at stack of unfinished fanfics*

*sobs*

I write fanfics too. I have never written any Brandob Sanderson ones yet though but I'm willing to give it a go

[Delightful]

*looks at stack of unfinished original novels*

*does the same*

 

Dang those plotbunnies.

What exactly IS a plot bunny? I've never quite worked that one out.

[Gabriele she/her]

Delightful, they are cute, fluffy little critters, but they have teeth and when you pet one, it will stick to you and make you bring it home. Where it then breeds like bunnies, and somehow manages to invite its extended family. After a few days, the sweet little story will have turned into an epic trilogy.

 

In short, it's writers's slang for 'story idea', esp. when you already have enough of them and really don't need any new ones.

 

I keep finding mine in historical sites and history books.

[Quiver he/him]

OH MY GOD.

 

THE BOTS ARE OFFERING ONLINE SUPER POWERS.

 

MODS, DON'T DELETE THEM UNTIL I COPY DOWN THE NUMBER.

[Delightful]

OH MY GOD.

 

THE BOTS ARE OFFERING ONLINE SUPER POWERS.

 

MODS, DON'T DELETE THEM UNTIL I COPY DOWN THE NUMBER.

Who needs superpowers when we have the Cosmere? Just be terribly emotionally abused, protect people anyway and......magic!

[Quiver he/him]

Mental and Emotional Abuse is Magic?

 

Eh...

 

Think I'll stick with Friendship.

[Delightful]

Hey, I didn't come up with it! Blame Brandon!

 

 

It is the nature of the magic. A broken soul has cracks into which something else can be fit.  Surgebindings, the powers of creation themselves.  They can brace a broken soul; but they can also widen its fissures.

Edited June 30, 2014 by Delightful

[Left he/him]

"Hehehe, Come on Miss Contrary, come find me in the war zone outside of the war zone!"

 

*Looks around and decides to hang out while he waits*

 

Are the internet powers like the ones in Kaze No Stigma? Because that would be pretty cool.

[+Quitecontrary she/her]

Scholar, your behavior is akin to the behavior of spam bots and viruses.

Please stick to the correct thread in the forum.

I want your blood on my hands, but I'm choosy where this happens.

[Left he/him]

"Hahahahah!!! You will not get to wait at your leisure M'nemesis. The time is NOW."

 

*Makes a small cut on my cheek producing blood*

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

OH MY GOD.

THE BOTS ARE OFFERING ONLINE SUPER POWERS.

MODS, DON'T DELETE THEM UNTIL I COPY DOWN THE NUMBER.

Hahhahhahahahahaha. Isn't magic better than those powers? Guess the spambots got tired of the weird black magic stuff.

[Gabriele she/her]

Next they will offer cheap deals on atium. Probably some impure, mixed-up stuff that'll only make you ill.

[Left he/him]

Probably with a bunch of Aluminum mixed in.

[Lightsworn Panda he/him]

"Lerasium" beads are soon to follow, no doubt. "Genuine Honorblades and Shardblades" are expected.

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

And the spam bots are back again....

[Quiver he/him]

For the love of sunbutt...

 

Okay, as fun as it is to make fun of them, I can't be the only one getting fed up with these bots, can I? It's moving from being mildly annoying to actively frustrating.

 

Is there any kind of more permanent way to stop these harmony-damned things getting through? I realise the mods aren't to blame; they can't be expected to police the forum 24/7, and the only one responsible is whatever-the-source of these bots is.

 

Which doesn't really change the fact that I'm getting damnation tired of logging in, then feeling like I need to scrap and replace all my passwords because of these things.

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

For the love of sunbutt...

Okay, as fun as it is to make fun of them, I can't be the only one getting fed up with these bots, can I? It's moving from being mildly annoying to actively frustrating.

Is there any kind of more permanent way to stop these harmony-damned things getting through? I realise the mods aren't to blame; they can't be expected to police the forum 24/7, and the only one responsible is whatever-the-source of these bots is.

Which doesn't really change the fact that I'm getting damnation tired of logging in, then feeling like I need to scrap and replace all my passwords because of these things.

The bots are getting very annoying. Is there any way to completely get rid of them for good?

[Gabriele she/her]

Which doesn't really change the fact that I'm getting damnation tired of logging in, then feeling like I need to scrap and replace all my passwords because of these things.

I don't think you need to change the passwords. The bots/trojans/evil imps that spy on you are the ones you don't see. The ones here are more like telephone marketing.

[+Quitecontrary she/her]

I don't think you need to change the passwords. The bots/trojans/evil imps that spy on you are the ones you don't see. The ones here are more like telephone marketing.

I agree. And as Chaos said, there were already some safeguards placed to prevent a deluge of the bots from flooding the forums. I can only imagine what it will look like without those safeguards. It can probably turn us off from 17thS completely.

[Windrunner he/him]

If I recall correctly, we were late in renewing our protection against the spambots once. It was basically just like a Desolation.

[Kobold King he/him]

If I recall correctly, we were late in renewing our protection against the spambots once. It was basically just like a Desolation.

 

We are grateful to our moderators for all the suffering they go through between Desolations.

[Swimmingly he/him]

Remember, for every spambot you see, a war-paint slathered moderator somewhere is crushing its family with the banhammer of righteous justice, screaming in unadulterated rage.

Man, I hope they really MEAN casual Fridays where you work.

[FeatherWriter she/her]

When the forgotten admins return to walk the earth again, you shall know that the Desolation has truly begun. Oh Almighty forgive us for abandoning them to their fate...

[Rubix he/him]

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[Quiver he/him]

Oh babaji. Was this your plan all along? Let all those other brands offer super powers and stuff, then bring back the classic black magic Vashikaran inter caste love marriage specialist and make a killing in sales?

Edited July 3, 2014 by Quiver