# To arms! We're under attack!

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [December 14, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296 "2014-12-14T16:05:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Natures\_Witness](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/natures_witness/32/165_2.png) [@Natures\_Witness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Natures_Witness)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/1 "2014-12-14T16:05:12Z")

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The bots are invading! Quick, grab the guns and man the walls! Close all shops in the mall! Secure all animals in the zoo! Prepare to bomb Nigeria!!

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Ahem

Sorry about that, panicked a bit. But seriously, this is getting out of hand, does anyone have any bright ideas how to get rid of these blasted things?

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**Author:** ![EditorRUS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@EditorRUS](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EditorRUS)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/2 "2014-12-14T16:06:03Z")

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Lel.

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/3 "2014-12-14T16:11:09Z")

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This is really getting out of hand with the spambots.

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**Author:** ![Valpo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valpo/32/341_2.png) [@Valpo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valpo)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/4 "2014-12-14T16:26:06Z")

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/Valpo is ready to bomb Nigeria.

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**Author:** ![Natures\_Witness](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/natures_witness/32/165_2.png) [@Natures\_Witness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Natures_Witness)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/5 "2014-12-14T17:36:34Z")

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It’s getting worse! Now they’re speaking Russian and (I think?) French!

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**Author:** ![Pthalocy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Pthalocy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pthalocy)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/6 "2014-12-14T17:38:54Z")

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All I can do is report to moderator, so that is what I am doing. I’m not touchin’ the damn things.

In the past I’ve seen restrictions to account creation, email verification, capchas. Same as the wiki, really. The best solutions generally plague good users along with unwanted bots, so it’s an all around shitfest.

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**Author:** ![razor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/razor/32/398_2.png) [@razor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/razor)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/7 "2014-12-14T17:45:52Z")

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This is interesting starting impression for this forum

If the questions asked when registering are randomly picked from a pool and not generated it would not be very hard to defeat them.

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**Author:** ![Pthalocy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Pthalocy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pthalocy)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/8 "2014-12-14T17:47:15Z")

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Yeah. I nearly reported you for being a bot at one point, I am sorry. The forums are usually free of this kind of poop. Today is some kind of freak accident, and I am setting the accident-free workday billboard back to ZERO.

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**Author:** ![razor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/razor/32/398_2.png) [@razor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/razor)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/9 "2014-12-14T17:51:43Z")

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You do not speak Russian

))

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**Author:** ![Pthalocy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Pthalocy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pthalocy)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/10 "2014-12-14T17:53:07Z")

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No I do not. I understand a little French and some German. Again, my apologies. Are the Russian spambot posts as random as the English ones? I’m assuming yes.

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**Author:** ![razor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/razor/32/398_2.png) [@razor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/razor)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/11 "2014-12-14T17:57:15Z")

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Yes

Google translate probably

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**Author:** ![Caconym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aca169/32.png) [@Caconym](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Caconym)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/12 "2014-12-14T18:00:51Z")

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![](http://i.imgur.com/Co7jPZM.jpg)  
That’s a crazy amount of spam, normally it’s only 1 or 2. This is the great spam-storm (related closely tot the shit-storm but with spam).

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Letto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lord\_Letto](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lord_Letto)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/13 "2014-12-14T18:07:47Z")

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![](http://www.profitguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/spam-can-of-meat.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Blaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Blaze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blaze)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/14 "2014-12-14T18:15:34Z")

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A simple board-specific verification should work:

For example:  
What monster is shown: “J”?

If need be, you can cycle through different questions and include an answer sheet.  
Most spambot writers don’t bother to bypass these kinds of questions, particularly for small forums like this.

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**Author:** ![jokermatt999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@jokermatt999](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jokermatt999)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/15 "2014-12-14T19:27:35Z")

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Who is the forum admin anyway? I wouldn’t mind doing some time as spam janitor if they need some help.

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**Author:** ![stk2008](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@stk2008](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/stk2008)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/16 "2014-12-14T19:30:56Z")

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why not add some verification to account creation?.

Though this wont help for none bots whice some of these posts seem to be ☹

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**Author:** ![HS1342](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/hs1342/32/190_2.png) [@HS1342](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HS1342)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/17 "2014-12-14T19:43:05Z")

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This shit is really getting out of hand…

Is simplemachines even capable of adding verification?

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**Author:** ![Natures\_Witness](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/natures_witness/32/165_2.png) [@Natures\_Witness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Natures_Witness)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/18 "2014-12-14T19:46:14Z")

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I had the same thought. Looking at the member list, we have four Admins; GlyphGryph, Kevin Granade, GalenEvil, and of course The Darkling Wolf. I’m pretty sure Galen isn’t here anymore, so that leaves three people between us and the badly-spelled Hordes.

I’m sure they could handle it, but I don’t know how busy they are, and give how many of the blasted things are showing up, I think it would be nice for some of us to offer a hand. I sent Kevin a PM offering to help, I figured that was the most direct solution.

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**Author:** ![HS1342](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/hs1342/32/190_2.png) [@HS1342](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HS1342)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/19 "2014-12-14T19:56:52Z")

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Aw shit, I just saw a spambot respond to a already existing thread…  
Is this the end?  
Do we have to destroy this place with a nuke from orbit?

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**Author:** ![Illogical\_Blox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/73ab20/32.png) [@Illogical\_Blox](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Illogical_Blox)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/to-arms-were-under-attack/8296/20 "2014-12-14T20:02:02Z")

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French, Russian and porn. Really.

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