Inactivated Multis

[lalaland]

When a user has been officially banned from the site because of repeatedly breaking rule #1, how are they kept from continuing to create another account? Is the IP address banned? It seems like it would be quite easy for and inactivated player to go to an internet cafe or scam somebody's internet access and make a new account.

[Clive]

Well there's really nothing they can do to stop that

[Rocketry]

When a user has been officially banned from the site because of repeatedly breaking rule #1, how are they kept from continuing to create another account? Is the IP address banned? It seems like it would be quite easy for and inactivated player to go to an internet cafe or scam somebody's internet access and make a new account.

To the best of my knowledge, they are not kept from creating another account, although, i have spoken to several people who have been banned for breaking #1 and have tried, but been unable to create a second account. I this is most likely a mistake at their end though.

I guess an IP cannot be banned completely becuse - take the example of a school computer. One little child with a bad mouth and an ego might break rule #1 and get banned. Next, a friendly, happy child may want to play risk while eating their packed luch. If they need to be able to create an account as well. Its then up to the mods to judge whether its the same person by looking at the email address, behavour patterns and login times etc:

The mods are pretty secretive about their multi-catching methods and the extent of infomation they can get hold of. I've heard of a 'watch list.' IE If a multi is caught on an IP, the mods will check back on that IP a few hours, days etc later to see if any new accounts have been created. They must then judge whether it is the same person and take appropriate action. After a period of time the IP is removed from the list.

As for the internet cafe - there is nothing to stop a player doing that. The player must remember that creating the account on a different IP is not enough. To go undetedcted, they must also play on another IP (the mods can check which IPs a player has logged on with. I dont doub't however that if the player left it a little while, the mods don't keep checking back on IPs. So long as you didnt attract attention to yourself you would get away with it.

Thats why i have guessed - i may be wrong. Hope its of some interest and if anyone else knows anything - let us know! Any mod want to offer anything? Wicked maybe? hohoho