The Russian Invasion, or, Registration Temporarily Disabled

[Atropine Mama]

We're being invaded by Russian Spammers! Fucking hell, I keep deleting them and they send more troops in waves! To save my border troops I've told them to close the gates -- we're not accepting new registrations for a few days, maybe a week. Hopefully they will throw some empty vodka bottles at the gates and move on other targets.

If anyone legitimately wants to register during this time and can't, use the "Contact Us" button at the bottom of the front page to send me an email.

[shiningbrow]

I was wondering at all the recent member names with consonant+vowel combos that looked like someone had thrown a set of scrabble tiles in a blender. There was definitely a whiff of spam about. Perhaps we can make membership by referral/invitation only.

[hobbiteer]

I was wondering at all the recent member names with consonant+vowel combos that looked like someone had thrown a set of scrabble tiles in a blender. There was definitely a whiff of spam about. Perhaps we can make membership by referral/invitation only.

Lol scrabble tiles from a blender.

[Brynja]

Between the General and myself: today alone we deleted nearly 100 new registers and it has been building in the last few days.

[Lady Fury]

Wow. That sucks. Hopefully when the gates open again they'll have moved on.

[Harry]

So, I guess this was a bad day to ask all my friends at http://www.naughtyrussianbrides.com/ to join up here. :(

[Brynja]

here ya go Harry - a hot Russian bride for you to oogle :D

[Harry]

She's, she's... PERFECT!

[Bregh]

.

[Trainz]

That site was amazing Harry!

ROFL!!!

:lol:

[hobbiteer]

Thank you Harry! That broken english was amazing.

[bunny]

Hmm, one of the subsections is about Hispanic women and girls. I was hoping for sexy naughty brides in need of a spanking, not naughty child brides who get a time out for flushing my keys down the toilet. :mad:

[Harry]

Hmm, one of the subsections is about Hispanic women and girls. I was hoping for sexy naughty brides in need of a spanking, not naughty child brides who get a time out for flushing my keys down the toilet. :mad:

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[Steampunk]

The Den is being invaded too, I've had to turn off registrations there as well.

[Harry]

The what? :shock:

[Brynja]

The den it's just off the kitchen.

[bunny]

The den it's just off the kitchen.

Really? My den is evil and located under my lair.

[Brynja]

Once your den reaches middle age it will be off the kitchen - fear not!

[bunny]

Once your den reaches middle age it will be off the kitchen - fear not!

Here's hoping that I have a place big enough for a den off of the kitchen. And a dining room would be great too. Til then, the den stays under the lair.

--lives in a wee condo spikey

[hobbiteer]

Here's hoping that I have a place big enough for a den off of the kitchen. And a dining room would be great too. Til then, the den stays under the lair.

--lives in a wee condo spikey

I sublet a basement....does that classify my place as the lair?

[Steampunk]

The what? :shock:
The Den of Infidels. :D

[doc]

The Den of infant eels ?

[hobbiteer]

The Den of instant meals?

I need one of those.

[Steampunk]

The Den of instant meals?

I need one of those.
Oooh, so do I!

[bunny]

The den of Ein Fiddles? You odd, steamy.

[Atropine Mama]

I've opened the gates, let's see if any of the wounded wander in from the battlefield.

[Brynja]

Deleted 9 so far.

[Brynja]

total of 22 today

[Brynja]

up to 31 today

[Brynja]

38 as of now

[Steampunk]

Its frustrating as fuck, they even register around the reCaptchas.

[Harry]

Why don't you start a temporary requirement, that along with the CAPTCHA, registrants have to Paypal, say, a 20 dollar fee and give us their bank account and Social Security numbers.

[Name Lips]

Can we block Russian IP addresses? Are they clever enough to spoof them?

[Brynja]

After some careful searching I disabled registration again.


I deleted another 15 this morning.


This is a temporary measure, and of course if anyone wants to register just follow the directions on the announcement.


However if the General wants to do battle then battle we shall do!

[Trainz]

Come on, we have the brightest tech guys on board. Put those brains to work and find a way to win this cyber cold war!

[hobbiteer]

Ask India to step in?

[TiQuinn]

I don't know how many emails it generates for you guys, but it seems to me the easiest way to handle registration and avoid spamming is leave the registration by email as permanent. Tough to automate that, and even spammers trying to register manually will just take a pass.

But again, that may be easy for me to say if it means the admins are getting a few dozen emails a day as a result.

[Pigs in Space]

Its frustrating as fuck, they even register around the reCaptchas.

How do they do that? Is there actually a person typing that stuff in?

[Steampunk]

How do they do that? Is there actually a person typing that stuff in?
I'm not sure how, which makes it more frustrating.

[TiQuinn]

I read that sometimes, yes, it's manual. Apparently its worth it to them to have someone manually enter the captcha.

[Brynja]

How do they do that? Is there actually a person typing that stuff in?

based on the rate the register i would guess so.