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Posted October 23, 2012
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SirPrimalform: I knew it! I said DinoPower would be another of his!
Good job.


How are you, btw.?


This post certainly has no hidden meaning. >_>
Posted October 23, 2012
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SirPrimalform: I knew it! I said DinoPower would be another of his!
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Vitek: Good job.


How are you, btw.?


This post certainly has no hidden meaning. >_>
Ill, coughing up slugs for the past few days. I've been stalled on a Red_Baron post for a while now.
Post edited October 23, 2012 by SirPrimalform
Posted October 23, 2012
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SirPrimalform: Ill, coughing up slugs for the past few days. I've been stalled on a Red_Baron post for a while now.
Ewww! Get away from me!

Skip it, then. ;-)
Posted October 23, 2012
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SirPrimalform: Ill, coughing up slugs for the past few days. I've been stalled on a Red_Baron post for a while now.
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Vitek: Ewww! Get away from me!

Skip it, then. ;-)
It's bad form to not read everything! And if I skip it I'll forget to come back to it...
Posted October 23, 2012
"Solomonk" (GOG username).

Traded him a Steam key and never received the GOG game he was trading me in return. I finally found his username in a GOG post and saw that it was a new user name. I won't make that mistake again.
Post edited October 23, 2012 by CyberStroobs
Posted October 23, 2012
Guys,

Not only do we risk starting a witch hunt here, but this is clearly not effective. It's trivial to create GOG users. The first step has to be caution, don't trade with someone you don't know, if you will, arrange a third party to hold both keys (and validate) prior to the acceptance of the trade.

I said I'd put something together to help, and I will. However just dropping usernames here is not working. The user will simply increase the rate in which they acquire new usernames.
Posted October 23, 2012
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wpegg: Guys,

Not only do we risk starting a witch hunt here, but this is clearly not effective. It's trivial to create GOG users. The first step has to be caution, don't trade with someone you don't know, if you will, arrange a third party to hold both keys (and validate) prior to the acceptance of the trade.

I said I'd put something together to help, and I will. However just dropping usernames here is not working. The user will simply increase the rate in which they acquire new usernames.
I agree with wpegg, and very likely the mods will shut this topic down once they catch wind of this

What did you have in mind wpegg?
Posted October 23, 2012
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Thunderstone: I agree with wpegg, and very likely the mods will shut this topic down once they catch wind of this

What did you have in mind wpegg?
It's in the other thread about this. I promised (and will deliver if capable) to put together some kind of web safe that will validate each key before it's released to the other user. This isn't full proof, but at least determines that the key was valid at some point.

Just like steam trading, but for GOG. The main difficulty I forsee is validation of the keys, and the fact that GOG then locks the validated key out for 10 minutes.
Posted October 23, 2012
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wpegg: The main difficulty I forsee is validation of the keys, and the fact that GOG then locks the validated key out for 10 minutes.
Just curious; will the key get locked if the one checking it already has the game(s)? That is, GOG could safely skip locking in that case as that wouldn't contribute to a racing condition, but do they actually differentiate?
Posted October 23, 2012
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mrmarioanonym: ...
Fairly certain hitclub is an alt of Anasto's.

Also add kuzakista to the list. Not proven to be Anasto, but certainly someone suspicious to watch out for.

Kuzakista is currently PMing me with vague threats:
If i were you, i would stop with those "Hey, That new user is wakalo!" . Wakalo IS NOT every single new user. I'm sure there are some copycats right now that are taking advantage of people. Keep that in mind :)

Sincerily: Mr. YouKnowWho.
I replied with "Hi Anasto!" and he came back with:
I don't know who that is. But i strongly advise you to stop that. Just a "friendly" advice.
Post edited October 23, 2012 by SirPrimalform
Posted October 23, 2012
I'm all for making a scammers list. It won't solve the problem, but it will at least help prevent it. There's a rule that everyone should follow: never trade with someone with low rep if he doesn't accept to go first.
Post edited October 23, 2012 by Neobr10
Posted October 23, 2012
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Neobr10: I'm all for making a scammers list. It won't solve the problem, but it will at least help prevent it. There's a rule that everyone should follow: never trade with someone with low rep if he doesn't accept to go first.
It's kind of a shame that we couldn't post the IPs of scammers to avoid dealing with them if they switch names. However, I understand the legality of of why this couldn't happen.
Posted October 23, 2012
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Neobr10: I'm all for making a scammers list. It won't solve the problem, but it will at least help prevent it. There's a rule that everyone should follow: never trade with someone with low rep if he doesn't accept to go first.
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Theta_Sigma: It's kind of a shame that we couldn't post the IPs of scammers to avoid dealing with them if they switch names. However, I understand the legality of of why this couldn't happen.
IPs are not a reliable method of identifying people; proxies, dynamic, hijacking a neighbor's wireless (one of my neighbor's router is wide open), and you can manually change your ip address: [url=http://www.wikihow.com/Change-your-IP-Address-(Windows]http://www.wikihow.com/Change-your-IP-Address-(Windows[/url])

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mrmarioanonym: ...
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SirPrimalform: 'snip
Kuzakista is currently PMing me with vague threats:
If i were you, i would stop with those "Hey, That new user is wakalo!" . Wakalo IS NOT every single new user. I'm sure there are some copycats right now that are taking advantage of people. Keep that in mind :)

Sincerily: Mr. YouKnowWho.
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SirPrimalform: I replied with "Hi Anasto!" and he came back with:
I don't know who that is. But i strongly advise you to stop that. Just a "friendly" advice.
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SirPrimalform:
Could you post a screen shot of this please? (not sure how to get this line out of quote format :/ )
Post edited October 23, 2012 by Thunderstone
Posted October 23, 2012
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Theta_Sigma: It's kind of a shame that we couldn't post the IPs of scammers to avoid dealing with them if they switch names. However, I understand the legality of of why this couldn't happen.
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Thunderstone: IPs are not a reliable method of identifying people; proxies, dynamic, hijacking a neighbor's wireless (one of my neighbor's router is wide open), and you can manually change your ip address: [url=http://www.wikihow.com/Change-your-IP-Address-(Windows]http://www.wikihow.com/Change-your-IP-Address-(Windows[/url])

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SirPrimalform: 'snip
Kuzakista is currently PMing me with vague threats:



I replied with "Hi Anasto!" and he came back with:
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Thunderstone: Could you post a screen shot of this please? (not sure how to get this line out of quote format :/ )
Yes except I said "it's a shame we couldn't" do it. :P Also, keep in mind not all scammers are that bright either. lol
Post edited October 23, 2012 by Theta_Sigma
Posted October 23, 2012
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Thunderstone: I agree with wpegg, and very likely the mods will shut this topic down once they catch wind of this

What did you have in mind wpegg?
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wpegg: It's in the other thread about this. I promised (and will deliver if capable) to put together some kind of web safe that will validate each key before it's released to the other user. This isn't full proof, but at least determines that the key was valid at some point.

Just like steam trading, but for GOG. The main difficulty I forsee is validation of the keys, and the fact that GOG then locks the validated key out for 10 minutes.
I vote Ian and wpegg for GOG's official trade commissioner
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