HideyhideyhideyHIVE, Hodehodehodeho

[Tinker Gnome]

Dagnabbit! I was an impulse away from mentioning the Reveille situation in Silversun's birthday thread, and how that might have affected the lack of outpouring of congrats on the B-day thing.

*note to self- pay closer attention to my Alcatraz-sense*

I just have to assume that any new person who pops up and posts in the Hive is probably a Rev alt.

 

[Piratecat]

Feel free to ping me if you ever need confirmation. It's easy enough for me to quickly check.

 

[The_Warlock]

Feel free to ping me if you ever need confirmation. It's easy enough for me to quickly check.

As always, thanks PC.

You rock.

 

[Dog Moon]

Dagnabbit! I was an impulse away from mentioning the Reveille situation in Silversun's birthday thread, and how that might have affected the lack of outpouring of congrats on the B-day thing.

*note to self- pay closer attention to my Alcatraz-sense*

Think I saw that thread, but I never posted on it....

Checking to see who it is only works if he uses his home computer though, right? So if he created an account at work/library/a brand new computer and posted only off that, there wouldn't be any way to tell....

 

[The_Warlock]

Well, it's less about a particular computer, and more about where his connection is routed through.

So different physical locations, or remotely accessed locations, dynamic IP assignment, and similar things would allow potentially variant IPs.

But ultimately, you can block the whole range that his ISP uses, and he'd have to find a new direct to house service provider. Depending on where you live, and the various phone or cable monopolies, that can be hard.

That he keeps trying tells me he is a persistent, yet sad, pathetic little man. Ah well.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Well, it's less about a particular computer, and more about where his connection is routed through.

So different physical locations, or remotely accessed locations, dynamic IP assignment, and similar things would allow potentially variant IPs.

But ultimately, you can block the whole range that his ISP uses, and he'd have to find a new direct to house service provider. Depending on where you live, and the various phone or cable monopolies, that can be hard.

That he keeps trying tells me he is a persistent, yet sad, pathetic little man. Ah well.

As PC noted, Rev is consistent which makes detection easy.

He always:
1 - Chooses a name based on someone he is targeting (Silver Sun = May have been GoldMoon or Silver Moon. Fallen Archon was based on Fallen Seraph).
2 - Eventually posts a BDay Announcement to test the waters.
3 - Then he get's comfortable he posts in the Hive.

Sadly, his backgrounds all have similar stories.
1 - Tragic loss of parent / extended family member.
2 - Usually he has a sister that is "close".
3 - Usually single and/or embittered by being single.
4 - If someone he is mimicking has a known background, he uses elements from that.

It's usually a matter of connecting the dots before you spot his ruse. If he is using a friend's computer to enter ENWorld, I'd hate to be that friend since now he banned that guy's IP address.

 

[Relique du Madde]

When you think about it, the whole thing is sort of funny... IT's like playing a text version of where's waldo.

 

[Aeson]

Banning an IP range could affect others like hafrogman that might be inside that range. He could, i suppose, use a proxy if he needed. That would be harder to block.

I wonder if he did it this time because he didn't get enough attention from us on Facebook for his birthday.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Feel free to ping me if you ever need confirmation. It's easy enough for me to quickly check.

I just have to assume that any new person who pops up and posts in the Hive is probably a Rev alt.

Hmm. I am not sure I've seen Piratecat before here!

 

[CleverNickName]

Yeah, that "oh woe is me, I shall never know true love" post was pretty suspicious. It just seemed the sort of post he would write. Like Relique said, it fit the pattern, right down to the handle.

What's next? WittyAlias? BrightMoniker? CunningEpithet?