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MUTE PLAYERS WHO KEEP ON SPAMMING

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Feb 18, 2017 beyond black link
Recently there have been players (or a player) that has been spamming "u cant stop trump XD
U can't stop trump XD" or "trump 2020 Trump 2020" can people plz mute these players because it is hard to chat with people with the spam.
Feb 19, 2017 Luxen link
Us subscribed pilots hand out /vote mutes, and often thats all we can do. take a looksie at some of the recent topics in the suggestions and general thread (excepting that spam in general (0x5, A-Dawg!)) - we have been discussing it. Its just not an easy thing to fix right away.

Also, if things really are out of hand with a spammer, there is a nifty support ticket system somewhere to the left on this website. It may not bring a banhammer of doom down on the offenders the moment the ticket is sent, but things get handled.
Feb 19, 2017 Ichitomi link
For an individual the quick, easy remedy could be /ignore "player name". You won't see anything that player writes in chat anymore. You can specify ignore length through the pda/com interface to hours/current play session/forever if so inclined.

Also, posts such as these do not belong in the roleplay forum. Next time, consider Suggestions?
Feb 19, 2017 joylessjoker link
Fight fire with fire. Just spam them back "IMPEACH TRUMP IMPEACH TRUMP"
Feb 19, 2017 scared star link
i have 21 of his alts in my ignore list lol
Feb 20, 2017 Death Fluffy link
Are we sure it's not just someone trying to make a statement in regarding the recent debate about restricting 100 in order to emphasize the 'need'?
Feb 20, 2017 bojansplash link
Devoting time to do the /ignore when trump spammer is performing his show on ch 1 & 100 seriously affects my ability to play the game as I want to since he usually switches spam alts at 2-3 mins intervals.
Doing /vote mute is equally pointless since the spammer already has several VPN connections ready to circumvent account mute and can instantly continue with his spam.

The person who does that is well versed in VO mechanics of creating new chars and the game itself and is probably a bat shit crazy Trump supporter who does not really care about disrupting the normal gameplay for anyone else.

Do we know someone like that?
VO is a small community after all....
Feb 20, 2017 greenwall link
the spammer already has several VPN connections ready to circumvent account mute and can instantly continue with his spam.

^ Citation needed
Feb 20, 2017 Pizzasgood link
"Do we know someone like that?"

Yeah, I can think of somebody like that, but if I wanted to frame him, pretending to be him while spamming from alts is exactly what I'd do. Merely saying that the spammer resembles him is not sufficient to convince me that he is the one responsible.

Also: What Greenwall said.
Feb 20, 2017 bojansplash link
If they start banning spam IPs, eventually, creating new VPNs will become a tedious job not worth taking.

As for citation...

Last night (devs can check chat logs, chars and IPs involved) trump spammer created 4 new accounts in the time span of 30 mins.
At least 2 of those were muted - and as we know mute on char affects mute on account so... for creating additional spam chars to circumvent account mute he had to use different emails and probably different VPNs (IPs) for new accounts.
If he, in fact, did not use different VPNs, then there would be no problem identifying his real IP he used for spamming.
Feb 20, 2017 Sieger link
Good idea. And in case it is not the player you accuse of being the secret spammer, you should publicy apologize to him with a thread dedicated for this.

Which of course you will not do, should it turn out you were wrong. Because you are who you are.
Feb 20, 2017 joylessjoker link
I demand an apology from Sieger if he is in fact wrong about innocence of the not-to-be-named-person. I demand that greenwall be removed and banned for being an enabler of the Trump spammer, thus complicit in it. I demand that the guild be permanently disbanded for allowing its members to spam 100 and ruin the game for everyone else.
Feb 20, 2017 greenwall link
I demand that greenwall be removed and banned for being an enabler of the Trump spammer

^citation needed
Feb 20, 2017 bojansplash link
Oh you know me so well Verlierer so, because I am who I am, I will say this:

1. I did not accuse anyone directly of being a trump spammer.

2. I hinted at the possible culprit who is also relentless in polluting public chat with infantile trump quotes and copy-pasting moronic trump speeches.

3. Of course, I will never apologize to any bat shit crazy person for whatever reason. I only apologize to people who deserve my respect.
Feb 20, 2017 Sieger link
Score! BJ is triggered again. :-D
Feb 20, 2017 Ore link
Speaking of triggered, I bet the trump spammer is furiously fapping to this thread now. I'm sure he loves the attention. Most attention whores do.
Feb 20, 2017 Pizzasgood link
Perhaps instead of squeezing bojan's trigger in public, you might consider getting a room?
Feb 20, 2017 joylessjoker link
Eh ore, if the trump spammer is fapping, that means he's not over at 100 spamming. Is that such a bad thing?
Feb 21, 2017 Ore link
Actually he spent a good 3 hours and 15 plus alts last night with his Trumpsterbation. I don't think its Bojan though Pizza.
Feb 21, 2017 greenwall link
If people are rage quitting because of a chat spammer, then VO truly is more a chat room than a space sim.