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mdo7
 Posts: 6253 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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Thanks Tony K!!! But quick question: Is ReverseTitan the same person??? If he is, then he's not going to use the same IP address every time. |
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Tony K.
 SubscriberModerator  Posts: 11293 Location: Frisco, TX |
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Hard to say with any concrete evidence. The IP address currently being used has several hundred accounts under it (yours, Zac's, Bamboo's, ikillchicken, Dan42, DerekTheRed, and a slew of others, maybe even as many as a thousand names); whereas Yamada and all those other accounts shared just one unique address. So if he's gone through all the trouble of figuring out dynamic IPs just to troll the forums again, all the more power to him for his enthusiastic, albeit pathetic, efforts.
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mdo7
Posts: 6253 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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I'll take that as a "I'm not 100% certain for sure". But if it's the same person, then IP ban is not going to stop him from trolling and causing havoc on the forum. But thanks for (at least) answering my question, and doing something about that person (if it's the same person).
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getchman
 Space CowboyPosts: 9120 Location: Bedford, NH |
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the guy is in Hong Kong, or so he claims. shouldn't the IP Address be very different than U.S. IP Addresses
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Tony K.
Subscriber Moderator Posts: 11293 Location: Frisco, TX |
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Yep, you make a very good point, getchman. Unless all those other users went to Hong Kong at some point, which I doubt, then the guy's probably lying.
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mdo7
Posts: 6253 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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Well it doesn't matter, he'll used a different IP to get through which mean the IP ban doesn't work. Also is there a software to bypass the IP ban or somehow scramble and probably cloning a random IP address rendering the IP ban useless, is that possible, could our troll be using any of those software to do that??? If I were you, I would be careful, I hope ReverseTitan/MentalMachine/Yamadakun is not a hacker also. |
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Keonyn
Subscriber Posts: 5567 Location: Coon Rapids, MN |
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Yes, it is possible to mask or change your IP and it is really not that hard to do to be honest. If he's devoted enough to have come back this many times then he'll probably be back again. The ultimate flaw to doing that of course is that if he's coming back to do what it is he likes to do that gets him in trouble, he'll inevitably be caught once again.
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My Name's Not Rick!
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So we set up an APB then? be on the lookout for this and that, report immediately, kinda like Proud Asian every time he comes back to spout more westerners cant cosplay bullshit? just a thought
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Tony K.
Subscriber Moderator Posts: 11293 Location: Frisco, TX |
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Yeah, the Report button comes pretty handy. And Moderated status isn't such a bad alternative to banning. Just keep vigilant, and eventually someone will tend to the problem in speedy fashion.
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TsunaReborn!
 Posts: 4713 Location: Cheltenham UK |
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Some people really do have a sad existence 
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Shiroi Hane
Encyclopedia Editor
 Posts: 7580 Location: Wales |
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The bug has been fixed so our mods can keep a better eye on him now anyway, whoever he is.
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mdo7
Posts: 6253 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of and looks like I could be correct. 
Well that troll can create multiple ANN accounts to get around that (that's what I would do if I was in his shoe). I mean this troll is smart, if he can bypass IP ban, then he can probably bypass the moderated status just by making multiple accounts on ANN. He did it multiple times, nothing can stop him.
Sweet, thanks Shiroi Hane, that will work for all of us. 
But it's not going to stop him from causing trolling havoc on the forum. So as Rick said, be on the lookout, as of now I'll keep my eye out if that person will come back as another users. |
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Tony K.
Subscriber Moderator Posts: 11293 Location: Frisco, TX |
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All it takes on my side is 1 click. Once he's revealed himself as a troll, he's put on Moderation, and no one will ever see anything he posts again.. ever. It's that simple. |
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mdo7
Posts: 6253 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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I know, but he'll make another account just to bypass that. I can report it everytime but he'll just make another ANN account (probably multiple) to get around that. So yeah, we can put him for moderation everytime he does that, but that troll is smart, he'll probably have multiple account and we have to assume he's reading this thread right now and planning ways to bypass moderation and IP ban.
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Tony K.
Subscriber Moderator Posts: 11293 Location: Frisco, TX |
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If he's that desperate to go through all the trouble of making account after account, that's fine. Point is, it's more work for him, but with very little effort from everyone else to just shut him out. So, no worries.
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