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coletanm · **Joined:** Sat Apr 24, 2010 4:38 am **Posts:** 401

2-J wrote:

^ can we keep ontopic please, thanks. Consider that a warning sheepcannon.

Villa_55 wrote:

You know when people get banned, on what basis do they get another chance? And what would they have to do to be perma-banned? I'm just curious, 'cause a lot of bans seem to have an ON/OFF switch.

I'm not criticising in any way, I just want to know how it works. Cheers.

Bans for pretty much everything are on a sliding scale, 7 days, 28 days, permanent. But they can reset after a while down to a lower level, also I may well give two 7 day bans in a row rather than a 7 then a 28.

I would permanently ban someone outright for (and I'm not necessarily limiting myself here, but off the top of my head) trying to hack the site or use exploits on it, or otherwise attempting to damage the site in any way.

If they succeeded in hacking or damaging the site then I'm sure they could find a way around the ban.
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Mig · **Posted:** Sat Jul 24, 2010 6:33 am

2-J is site owner, he could just remove the hacker's admin privileges. Or as a last resort, simply revert to a previous back-up.

2-J · **Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:32 pm

Pearl's ban expired.

SheepCannon · **Joined:** Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:04 pm **Posts:** 198

He left the boards.

2-J · **Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:03 pm

The 'Pearl' account has been compromised and was almost certainly being used by Masked Mouse to make the last post.

Which raises a couple of issues, first of all Masked Mouse being banned shouldn't be using it to post, also, Pearl shouldn't have allowed others to access it to post in any case.

The Pearl account will remain deactivated until further notice in consequence. However, Pearl himself (the dude behind the account) is no longer banned and if he wishes we can discuss getting the account back to him, provided he doesn't allow its misuse. He can contact me on gorillaz-unofficial@hotmail.com to do this . Anyone who knows him, pass on the message if you could, thanks.

Commander Corn · **Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:22 pm

Are you sure that wasn't just Logan saying it was Mouse?

2-J · **Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:26 pm

Commander Corn wrote:

Are you sure that wasn't just Logan saying it was Mouse?

Obviously, given how easy it is to use a proxy, it's clear he wanted to be detected.

SheepCannon · **Joined:** Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:04 pm **Posts:** 198

Will Mouse get perma-banned for that?

2-J · **Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:40 pm

SheepCannon wrote:

Will Mouse get perma-banned for that?

On this occasion, no. I think it must have been pretty obvious that ban evasion was unacceptable before, but now I've added another notice that clears it up, and I'll be strictly sticking to that in future.

Sean-AOC · **Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:40 pm

Have a question.

Theres not alot anyone can do if a user has multiple accounts on multiple computers. right?

Angel M · **Joined:** Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:38 am **Posts:** 533

Yeah. Ban the IP. They track who's who by their IP address.

2-J · **Posted:** Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:59 pm

Well, I don't really believe in IP bans. Anyone can use a proxy. Disabling accounts works, if someone who gets banned re-registers and doesn't act like they did before and never gives away their true/previous identity, well, the ban has served its purpose.

Commander Corn · **Posted:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:19 pm

Er.... Doesn't Mouse get un-banned today?

Mig · **Posted:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:22 pm

As if you've been keeping count.

LOLacey · **Joined:** Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:36 pm **Posts:** 1261

Lets not unban for another few days...just in case.

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