(Various) PM Spam: Chap's EA Tournament [noted]
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(Various) PM Spam: Chap's EA Tournament [noted]
I've been getting this outlandish problem with massive PM spams from this Chap's European Assassin Tournament, which I have made no post about, interest in, or even been asked about it before. I'm getting PMs about it constantly today, and not only that, but it is probably filling up hundreds of other PM boxes too. It looks like it's a list thing pulled from Highlanders 200th tourney list. I know he's not doing it, but this thing is getting out of hand. Can someone end this PM madness?
Comments: I keep getting these messages from someone different almost every time. Is this a bot, or some crazy plan that I don't understand?
Comments: I keep getting these messages from someone different almost every time. Is this a bot, or some crazy plan that I don't understand?
Last edited by NightWolf on Sun Jan 30, 2011 3:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: (Various) SP Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
yes this is annoying ,something needs to be done.

Re: (Various) SP Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
yes this spam , stop it
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Re: (Various) SP Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
All of this is extremely annoying and has to stop.
But... It was so artistically done.
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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
VERY F*CKING ANNOYING!!!
Bothering people with spam is not the way to end spam and you idiots know that.
Bothering people with spam is not the way to end spam and you idiots know that.

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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
Vacation them please.
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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
People keep replying all. I replied to specific sender asking why there kept feeling the need to reply all, but apparently it got sent to everyone as well. I'm not sure why, I clicked reply to sender not the "and all receipients" button.
Very Annoying.
IcePack
Very Annoying.
IcePack

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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
NightWolf wrote:I've been getting this outlandish problem with massive PM spams from this Chap's European Assassin Tournament, which I have made no post about, interest in, or even been asked about it before. I'm getting PMs about it constantly today, and not only that, but it is probably filling up hundreds of other PM boxes too. It looks like it's a list thing pulled from Highlanders 200th tourney list. I know he's not doing it, but this thing is getting out of hand. Can someone end this PM madness?
Comments: I keep getting these messages from someone different almost every time. Is this a bot, or some crazy plan that I don't understand?
It's not a bot - it's a bunch of idiots replying to everyone instead of replying only to the originator.
The irony of those who are complaining about the spamming while simultaneously spamming with a PM themselves is...humorous.
(I'm talking about via PM, not about this C&A report.)
IcePack wrote:People keep replying all. I replied to specific sender asking why there kept feeling the need to reply all, but apparently it got sent to everyone as well. I'm not sure why, I clicked reply to sender not the "and all receipients" button.
Very Annoying.
IcePack
Interesting...does that mean my PM went out to everyone as well? If so, then there is something wrong with that button, because I made an explicit point of it. And my outbox shows that it only went to one individual. Darn...that removes the irony I was referring to. <sigh>
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Re: (Various) SP Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
chap and one other guy following him thought it would be a good idea to use all 2500 of us in HA's 200th tournament to fill his tournament, and it's gone way overboard. I'm sorry I sent one of the PMs (before the huge influx of like 20 PMs), just asking everyone to stop, hoping it wouldn't escalate into a C&A matter, clearly it didn't work.
ES, LV, and many other mods are getting all the PMs, so it shouldn't be difficult to sort out
edit- if IcePack is right and the reply button (not reply all) sends it to everyone, I just sent a second one, total mistake, glitch in the system
edit2- IcePack is wrong (I think), my second one only went to the intended recipient
ES, LV, and many other mods are getting all the PMs, so it shouldn't be difficult to sort out
edit- if IcePack is right and the reply button (not reply all) sends it to everyone, I just sent a second one, total mistake, glitch in the system
edit2- IcePack is wrong (I think), my second one only went to the intended recipient
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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
And still the spam continues.
Those who do this after Lindax and Dako sent their warnings definitely deserve vacations.
Those who do this after Lindax and Dako sent their warnings definitely deserve vacations.

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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
two mods told us all to stop. that should be all it takes.

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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
I specifically did not select reply to all button for that very purpose.
I was shocked when someone else quoted my msg. I assumed by avoiding the reply all button I wouldn't need to check the mailing list. It was just a quick messaging asking why they felt the need to add to the spam.
Clearly, something went wrong. But I know I didn't click the reply all button.
IcePack
I was shocked when someone else quoted my msg. I assumed by avoiding the reply all button I wouldn't need to check the mailing list. It was just a quick messaging asking why they felt the need to add to the spam.
Clearly, something went wrong. But I know I didn't click the reply all button.
IcePack

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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
I sure hope it stops. We apparently need the system checked, and make the "reply to sender" button more appealing to click than the "reply to all recipients" button.
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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
NightWolf wrote:I sure hope it stops. We apparently need the system checked, and make the "reply to sender" button more appealing to click than the "reply to all recipients" button.
LMAO

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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
Personally, I'm just refusing to join any tournaments using that list on general principle. I kind of wish I had already joined one of the ones that was spammed about, so I could actively withdraw.
As for the others... really guys? I've gotten multiple PMs from a couple of people using that entire list... this is absurdly annoying.
As for the others... really guys? I've gotten multiple PMs from a couple of people using that entire list... this is absurdly annoying.
Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
Woodruff wrote:IcePack wrote:People keep replying all. I replied to specific sender asking why there kept feeling the need to reply all, but apparently it got sent to everyone as well. I'm not sure why, I clicked reply to sender not the "and all receipients" button.
Very Annoying.
IcePack
Interesting...does that mean my PM went out to everyone as well? If so, then there is something wrong with that button, because I made an explicit point of it. And my outbox shows that it only went to one individual. Darn...that removes the irony I was referring to. <sigh>
Hmmm...so did ANYONE BESIDES DAKO see my PM in response to the spamming? If not, then the system is working as designed. Folks are just hitting the wrong button.
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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
Woodruff wrote:Woodruff wrote:Hmmm...so did ANYONE BESIDES DAKO see my PM in response to the spamming? If not, then the system is working as designed. Folks are just hitting the wrong button.
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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
I find it all very funny. Watching numerous idiots spam each other with the message of telling people to stop spamming makes my day much more enjoyable.

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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
For the abuse mods:
[player]unknownhero[/player] is now purposely spamming.
Lx
[player]unknownhero[/player] is now purposely spamming.
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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
Woodruff wrote:Woodruff wrote:IcePack wrote:People keep replying all. I replied to specific sender asking why there kept feeling the need to reply all, but apparently it got sent to everyone as well. I'm not sure why, I clicked reply to sender not the "and all receipients" button.
Very Annoying.
IcePack
Interesting...does that mean my PM went out to everyone as well? If so, then there is something wrong with that button, because I made an explicit point of it. And my outbox shows that it only went to one individual. Darn...that removes the irony I was referring to. <sigh>
Hmmm...so did ANYONE BESIDES DAKO see my PM in response to the spamming? If not, then the system is working as designed. Folks are just hitting the wrong button.
I didn't see IcePack's or Woodruff's PM, so IcePack must have just been wrong, the guy got the quote some other way
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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
jrh_cardinal wrote:Woodruff wrote:Woodruff wrote:IcePack wrote:People keep replying all. I replied to specific sender asking why there kept feeling the need to reply all, but apparently it got sent to everyone as well. I'm not sure why, I clicked reply to sender not the "and all receipients" button.
Very Annoying.
IcePack
Interesting...does that mean my PM went out to everyone as well? If so, then there is something wrong with that button, because I made an explicit point of it. And my outbox shows that it only went to one individual. Darn...that removes the irony I was referring to. <sigh>
Hmmm...so did ANYONE BESIDES DAKO see my PM in response to the spamming? If not, then the system is working as designed. Folks are just hitting the wrong button.
I didn't see IcePack's or Woodruff's PM, so IcePack must have just been wrong, the guy got the quote some other way
I checked my sent box, it went to one user.
He just quoted me in a mass "to all" message after I sent it to him.
I knew I hit the correct button.
IcePack
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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
jrh_cardinal wrote:Woodruff wrote:Woodruff wrote:IcePack wrote:People keep replying all. I replied to specific sender asking why there kept feeling the need to reply all, but apparently it got sent to everyone as well. I'm not sure why, I clicked reply to sender not the "and all receipients" button.
Very Annoying.
IcePack
Interesting...does that mean my PM went out to everyone as well? If so, then there is something wrong with that button, because I made an explicit point of it. And my outbox shows that it only went to one individual. Darn...that removes the irony I was referring to. <sigh>
Hmmm...so did ANYONE BESIDES DAKO see my PM in response to the spamming? If not, then the system is working as designed. Folks are just hitting the wrong button.
I didn't see IcePack's or Woodruff's PM, so IcePack must have just been wrong, the guy got the quote some other way
Oh, I think I know why IcePack THINKS he saw someone quoting him. They actually didn't.
IcePack, when anyone responds to a multi-user PM, you will see "the thread of PMs" that relate to that PM. So what happened was that the individual PM you sent to one user was still present in "that thread of PMs". So you didn't accidentally spam, and nobody else saw your message...but it put it into that thread for your own relevance in keeping track of things. If you haven't deleted it yet, go back and look, and you'll see what I mean. I was confused by the exact same thing at first.
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Re: (Various) PM Spam: Chap's European Assassin Tournament
Woodruff wrote:Hmmm...so did ANYONE BESIDES DAKO see my PM in response to the spamming? If not, then the system is working as designed. Folks are just hitting the wrong button.
I didn't receive your PMs......it works correctly. It's just a bunch of idiots who either think they're being funny or trying to make people think they're being helpful. It is neither helpful nor funny!

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