Massive Spambot invasion 4/16/2016

[SilverRain]

*crawls out from bunker*

A call to arms!

So uh, I was asleep previously (I do night shifts). What's our strategy now? Are we bumping down the K-threads, reporting the threads themselves or just the users?

[Krinos Solstice]

@SilverRain Welcome back Soldier! I've instructed everyone to just report the users, the threads are generated at too fast a rate to bother with.

[Lmpkio]

The mods now have to face over a thousand new threads... I fear over 2 - 3,000 by the time they arrive.

[Zetsuko]

This seems like a lot of trouble to go through just to spam...

[Krinos Solstice]

@Lmpkio I fear even more than that by the time this is over...

[Chat Noir]

@Lmpkio I fear even more than that by the time this is over...

@Krinos Solstice

I really hope nothing happens to the site.

[Lmpkio]

@Krinos Solstice Yeah... it's scary.

[Lmpkio]

@Chat Noir Nah, it'll be fine. We've faced stuff like this in the past so no biggy.

Also I take it you watch Miraculous Ladybug, which is indeed a very cool show *thumbs up*

[FantasyChic]

I was like...do I report this in the spam thread? I don't have enough time to >.< Jeesus this was horrible.

[Krinos Solstice]

I was like...do I report this in the spam thread? I don't have enough time to >.< Jeesus this was horrible.

@FantasyChic

Was? Nononono, it still is. And you can report the accounts here or down in the bot reporting thread like I have been doing.

Here it is, just for those who need it.

[SilverRain]

They seem to be using more random names now. They have upped the game.

Also, I for some other threads, I think they're somehow changing timestamps so that the creation date don't appear as most recent.

*heads over to the linked thread*

[Chat Noir]

@Chat Noir Nah, it'll be fine. We've faced stuff like this in the past so no biggy.

Also I take it you watch Miraculous Ladybug, which is indeed a very cool show *thumbs up*

@Lmpkio

Oh, I never heard about that but I'm very relieved to know that because I really want to stay here.

Thank you so much! :D

I love the GIF you posted! Yeah, Miraculous LadyBug is one of those shows I watch when I need a crutch for those bad days, haha. It's super great but I think I should've gone under LadyBug instead of Chat Noir because people think I'm a guy. ;-;

[Lmpkio]

@Chat Noir Yeah lol and np.

It's fine lol, Ik a friend who really likes him lol and it's a girl so

[ClocktowerEchos]

*crawls out from bunker*

A call to arms!

So uh, I was asleep previously (I do night shifts). What's our strategy now? Are we bumping down the K-threads, reporting the threads themselves or just the users?

@SilverRain

We're also using the power of faith in this holy crusade against the heretic spambots!

[Jurassic Weeb]

Alright, new RP recruits! Please view this instructional video, and replace "Johnson" with "Otaku95". And when talking about the enemy, keep the sidebar in mind!

[Jurassic Weeb]

On another note, methinks we need a new plan of attack. Or defense, in this case.

[Nevix]

This, this means war. We will break their spirits, their minds, their bodies. And when they've lost all hope. When they've been defeated. Only then, will we mercifully grind them to dust under heel.

FOR THE EMPRAH MAHZ THE GUILD!

[Fantasy Shadows]

FOR THE GUILD!!!!!

[Ellri]

Indeed. forging a few extra banhammers may not be unwise in the face of this conflict.
Alternatively, restricting new player to a single section till they're approved by someone. These someones could also be picked from guild members to remove burden from the regular mods.

[Tyler Night]

last week I made a suggestion based on the spammers. Suggesting bringing back newbie protection where you have to post twice or more in an introduction thread and you are barred from posting links in it.

Looks like my suggestion would definitely do well at this point.