Of the WotC Forums and the OTT

[The_Silversword]

The count won't be active for long. Once you log in with an alt it's life expectency is reduce to a few hours at best. I'm not sure how they do it, but they terminated like 20 of my alts.

Yeah, it seems their new forum software is able to track IP addresses or something, maybe thats why we got banned, for having multiple accounts? Or no cause Klirshon never had an alt right? He was never banned either, why the hell did they ban him!? Doesnt make any sense, none what so ever.

 

[bone_naga]

Yeah, it seems their new forum software is able to track IP addresses or something, maybe thats why we got banned, for having multiple accounts? Or no cause Klirshon never had an alt right? He was never banned either, why the hell did they ban him!? Doesnt make any sense, none what so ever.

The new forum definitely tracks IP addresses but that doesn't explain the bans. It doesn't track past IP history only new attempts. My primary was banned before I ever logged into the new forums. My alt survived until my first login and was then banned.

 

[Morrus]

Yeah, it seems their new forum software is able to track IP addresses or something,

There's no such thing as forum software which doesn't know your IP address, or which doesn't have a single-click IP ban. It's as standard a function as "post new thread" is.

 

[Klirshon]

What Silver is referring to is that some of the OTTers whom had terminated accounts were able to by-pass the termination and make new accounts. Perhaps this was due to Onesite.

 

[Morrus]

What Silver is referring to is that some of the OTTers whom had terminated accounts were able to by-pass the termination and make new accounts. Perhaps this was due to Onesite.

So presumably some got IP banned and some got merely account banned. Or some have dynamic IP addresses.

 

[Klirshon]

That is correct.

 

[The_Silversword]

Right, it used to be that IP bans were reserved for only really heinous offenses, like posting porn or whatever, but now it just seems like that they just give everyone IP bans with no explanation.

 

[Kramodlog]

Mad_Jack just posted in the tavern. Seems just being a tavern regular wasn't enough to get banned. WAS PK part of the group? I thouht he left the group.

 

[bone_naga]

I don't think he was in the group.

 

[PigKnight]

I was in the group.