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[Wolverabid]

The Hive Workshop

User Account Rules

Hive Workshop users are encouraged to maintain only one user account to access the site and take part in its activities. Under certain unusual circumstances users may create an additional user account.

If another account exists or is created users must report their new (or secondary) account in THW's Admin Contact forum. The report must indicate:

1. The primary username and e-mail address.
2. The secondary username and e-mail address.
3. The reason(s) for which the additional account exists or is being created.

Users detected to be using I.P. hiding software or maintaining multiple user accounts without permission from the administration may be banned.

 

[DoOs_101]

Odd signs of danger in Hiveworkshop

I'm maybe not the most brilliant person on earth, but I'm smart enough to figure out whats going on right now.

If you take a look at the Map Development sub forum, or maybe other forums which I have not looked into, there has been a series of noob postings that are encountered by mods, either moved or deleted.

Now all of this happened in three - six days and that tells me there is something wrong. Either a phenomenal increase in noob posters occured or someone is trying to screw hiveworkshop.

Technically by posting up various noob posts, first of all it will distract the focus of the forum. Secondly it will kick out some of the threads from page 1. Thirdly to newcomers or maybe to users, gives a bad image of hiveworkshop ("forum full of noobs" Captain Griffen said in a conversation with me).

All of this also happened after the news about forum improvement was released. So think guys, is there someone out there looking for trouble?

Evidence of noob posters at map development forum:
Join Date:

05-05-2007 - Istari.Radagast
05-04-2007 - Evel Muffen
05-04-2007 - Roosterkin123
05-07-2007 - Doron
05-06-2007 - Ancient_Mystic
05-06-2007 - No_one87

Average posts: 2 (Ranges from 1-5 only)

 

[Ralle]

I can't say if it is people messing with us But I can say that:
Doron = nightkaster
Evel Muffen = TheFrostPlauge

 

[Deleted member 126647]

It's a conspiracy!1!1!11!!!oneone!!

 

[HappyTauren]

lets do this. Whenever someone tries to make other account, it automatically ip-bans him, and in account creation dialog, POINT OUT that if you try to make 2 accounts you will get an ip ban. sounds fair?

 

[Captain Griffen]

...how about 2 people on 1 IP...? Think ideas through first.

 

[Jacek]

yeah...

DooS you seem to flame ANY warcraft forums other than the one you are most active on... this thread for example: http://war3.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41088

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

hmmm... well that thread makes you look like a smartass, but lets get back on topic.

Seriously, I think if anyone creates a second, or third or whatever account on the same IP (use some sort of code magic to figure that out when someone registers), then SOMEONE, either admins or mods should get notified, and then THEY can decide whether they should just IP ban the guy or leave him/her alone.

 

[Kimbo]

lets do this. Whenever someone tries to make other account, it automatically ip-bans him, and in account creation dialog, POINT OUT that if you try to make 2 accounts you will get an ip ban. sounds fair?

Some people have siblings you know?

 

[SuPa-]

off-topic

lets do this. Whenever someone tries to make other account, it automatically ip-bans him, and in account creation dialog, POINT OUT that if you try to make 2 accounts you will get an ip ban. sounds fair?

Amazing how we IP-ban... and yet some1 said that using IP's to see if people vote for themselves on different accounts in contest polls is wrong. So that's just a slap to his face

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

It's a conspiracy!1!1!11!!!oneone!!

y y y we r d00m333333d

 

[Wolverabid]

Multiple User Accounts

1. Informal policies that relate to this issue have long been in place.
2. This policy has now been published in THW's FAQ.
3. A copy of these rules has been appended at the top of this thread.
4. This thread has been renamed.

 

[Ralle]

Automatic IP ban is a very bad idea. Brother's might want to have an account here.. Some schools have only one IP. It's better to just look up users when it comes to them being weird.

 

[DoOs_101]

yeah...

DooS you seem to flame ANY warcraft forums other than the one you are most active on... this thread for example: http://war3.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41088

Ofcourse those other websites are poor and this one is a given star! (5/5).

Edit*:
Bah see that latest post on map development, about Sound Help.
Poster:
anonimuz
Join Date:
05-05-2007

 

[Ralle]

I don't understand why you are so much against noobs. We were all noobs once.

 

[DoOs_101]

I know, I'm not against them, I was a noob once also, but what if these noobs are intentionally made since they have the same date of registration and maybe same IP. The sudden increase over noob postings is something odd to me. I'm just being suspicous.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

You are really paranoid.

 

[Wolverabid]

I consider this issue to have been fully addressed.

DoOs_101: if you have suspicions that other users might be breaking the rules, please post them in the Admin Contact forum.

Other administrators may reopen this thread if they feel that further discussion or clarification is needed.

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