Server Issues

[strangedesign]

Sorry about the forums being down this morning. I just happen to see an email from the host and apparently there was a spam bot doing something on here which caused a huge spike in server resources. The host blocked the ip and then shut down the message board. Everything should be back up and working. Let us know if you have any issues.

Thanks,
Scott

[Stecks]

Yeah, yeah, yeah... from now on if you have trouble payin' the bills, just pass around a collection plate

Glad things are back up and running.  Why someone would spam bomb this site is beyond me!

[Walker done done]

Every few days I delete hundreds of spam bot login requests, it's crazy.  If I let it go for a week there will be over 1000 in there.  That's why I basically deny everyone from the start because it's too hard to keep up with and try and figure out who's who.  The deny email comes with a message that says something to the effect of "if you're real, reply to this and reregister and we'll get you approved" but sometimes I think even some of THOSE are bots because some of them have really sketchy names, and even when I reply back to them letting them know to reregister, they never do or never reply back.  Sketchy for sure!