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Posted February 03, 2015
They're picking up speed...
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Posted February 03, 2015
Mods? Mods?

Halp.
Posted February 03, 2015
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toxicTom: They're picking up speed...
yea they are, fkrs :)
Posted February 03, 2015
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adaliabooks: I wonder if they've changed the avatars somehow? Like the ones the bots have are some kind of new default?

God knows why though unless they've done a mini forum overhaul along with tackling the spam bots...
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Bookwyrm627: They might be testing their spam deletion software by first testing to make sure it finds spam threads and only spam threads. Just change the avatar of detected spam threads and manually look it over, without activating the delete portion of the code. I'm going to run a quick test to see what happens when a user creates a new thread.
That would make more sense. Hopefully they can implement whatever it is soon, stop the spam and return the forum to normal...
Posted February 03, 2015
Oh hey, some of the bots now have avatars in the spam threads. Looks like just the avatar on the thread list page. Not all of them, yet, but several are getting that colored, different looking head.

Maybe it is Gog!

Edit: Oh! That might also be why the rest of us have the default avatar. It will be a LOT easier to pick the color out of the list when the real peeps are blank.

I suspect the different colors mean something, but I'm not sure what. It doesn't seem to be one color per country (UK has at least two different colors). Maybe it is one color per detected IP area?
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Posted February 03, 2015
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Bookwyrm627: Edit: Oh! That might also be why the rest of us have the default avatar. It will be a LOT easier to pick the color out of the list when the real peeps are blank.
Right now it's a real help for selecting the threads for my script.
Posted February 03, 2015
They've breach the Avatar perimeter !!! Assume all-round defense positions !!!
Posted February 03, 2015
I've been assigned an avatar that I haven't used in months, I wonder if they just went to an older version of the forums before the great spam invasion.
Posted February 03, 2015
The "Bot avatars" seem to be in fact for all new users:
http://www.gog.com/forum/baldurs_gate_series/can_i_get_the_inquisition_kit_if_i_transfer_my_paladin_from_bg1_to_bg2
Posted February 03, 2015
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NoNewTaleToTell: I've been assigned an avatar that I haven't used in months, I wonder if they just went to an older version of the forums before the great spam invasion.
They must have as I recognize some of the avatars from around October of last year.
Posted February 03, 2015
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toxicTom: The "Bot avatars" seem to be in fact for all new users:
http://www.gog.com/forum/baldurs_gate_series/can_i_get_the_inquisition_kit_if_i_transfer_my_paladin_from_bg1_to_bg2
Yeah. They must be overhauling the account system or something to combat the bots... maybe going to get some colour in the forum too.
Posted February 03, 2015
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adaliabooks: Yeah. They must be overhauling the account system or something to combat the bots... maybe going to get some colour in the forum too.
After the removed the color from the main page? Strange people...
Posted February 03, 2015
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Bookwyrm627: Edit: Oh! That might also be why the rest of us have the default avatar. It will be a LOT easier to pick the color out of the list when the real peeps are blank.
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toxicTom: Right now it's a real help for selecting the threads for my script.
Be very careful with assuming, though, because all new users get the same. See attached.
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Posted February 03, 2015
@ToxicTom- wow! Thanks, those scripts work great!

@GOGTeam- Thanks and keep working on it!
Posted February 03, 2015
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Hickory: Be very careful with assuming, though, because all new users get the same. See attached.
Yes, I've seen it. Even a user with join date 2008 and >1000 rep but "New User" tagline got the new avatar.
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