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Ghoest
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Posted - 2009.04.26 14:41:00 -
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The scam spam it outrageous and getting worse daily. Blocking everyone would be a full time job and we shouldnt be forced to turn off public channels due to spam. Local and now NPC corps are becoming unreadable.
People have made suggestion to standarize number formats and fine if you dont want to.
But start banning people for spam.
Wherever you went - Here you are.
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Abrazzar
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Posted - 2009.04.26 14:44:00 -
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No, you are the spam. -------- Ideas for: Mining
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warpod
Amarr People Desintegration Project
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Posted - 2009.04.26 14:56:00 -
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WTS Ocular Filter Basic - 200k, Covops Cloak II - 900k
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Cat o'Ninetails
Rancer Defence League
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Posted - 2009.04.26 14:56:00 -
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hi cat here
this seems to be an issue with a lot of people (it bugs me too) so i might champion this.
Spam is out of control, and it's all well and good to say "don't look at local" or "stop whining", but neither of those are really the point. A side effect of this new 999 scam is that the contracts pages are like looking for a 'Smith' in the phonebook.
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Ghoest
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Posted - 2009.04.26 15:05:00 -
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The spam is basically griefing(not the scam.)
In the real world if you screamed nonsense all the time interrupting people the time you would either be beat up or arrested for harassment. In the wonderful sand box of EVE no one can lift a finger against yoiu.
Wherever you went - Here you are.
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akridiine reborn
Gallente Instant Reload
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Posted - 2009.04.26 15:05:00 -
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Double your money, send me all your isk and i'll double it, also I have a megathron which i'll swap for you navy megathron plus 40mill isk
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Esmenet
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.04.26 15:43:00 -
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Jita has always been a spamsystem. Does anyone actually look at local there? Any why the heck would you. And yea this is my sig. Real PVP'ers only use f1. |
HexPee
Caldari Shadow of xXDEATHXx
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Posted - 2009.04.26 16:00:00 -
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One surefire way to kill the spam issue is move out of Empire!
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Celinthis
Gallente Talons of Justice
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Posted - 2009.04.26 16:04:00 -
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Originally by: HexPee One surefire way to kill the spam issue is move out of Empire!
Never seen local fill up with "fofoffofofofofoofofoffofo"? :P
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Ghoest
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Posted - 2009.04.26 16:12:00 -
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Originally by: Esmenet Jita has always been a spamsystem. Does anyone actually look at local there? Any why the heck would you.
Who said anything about Jita? I know its terrible and even if there wasnt spam it would be so ful of adds as to be useless. But its pretty much every high and even a few low sec systems in the game now.
Wherever you went - Here you are.
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Fifinella
Caldari Fringe Exploration And Salvage Trust
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Posted - 2009.04.26 16:19:00 -
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It's really easy to get rid of spam: - Don't look at local - Don't look at any trade channel - Don't look at corp channel (especially if in NPC corp, but for extra safety, you can do this even in non-NPC corp) - Don't look at recruitment channel - Don't look at empire channels - Don't look at constellation channel - Better round it up by not looking alliance channel, either, just to be on the safe side. - In fact, don't use EVE chat at all, after all, it's not for chatting, it's for spam. - Oh, better set your SCPA charge to 1M so spammers won't send you EVEmail. If someone asks you to take the charge off for gang invites and whatnot, assume they just want to send you spam and don't do it.
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Derus Grobb
Selectus Pravus Lupus
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Posted - 2009.04.26 16:24:00 -
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Would any of these work?
- Make contracts unlinkable in local chat.
- Stop trial accounts posting in local
I understand that won't catch all spam but it's a start. The volume of spam is getting embarrassing. ---
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JitaBum
Gallente Center for Advanced Studies
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Posted - 2009.04.26 16:25:00 -
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It's out of control. Nothing will be done.
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5pinDizzy
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Posted - 2009.04.26 16:26:00 -
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Wat?
Ban people for spamming?
Hmm.
Well you could limit them in some way.
The idea they should be allowed to spam in the spirit on sandbox eve would be complete hippocrisy considering how many things will get you a warning/ban, you aren't allowed to bother anyone else too much and that in itself is half the fun gone there. :p
if you disagree with me then you should probably post a response and stop reading my signature. |
Lonzo Kincaid
Black Nova Corp KenZoku
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Posted - 2009.04.26 17:03:00 -
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BECAUSE OF FALCON ----------------------
Quote: The rule of thumb is you have to outnumber them 2:1 before you even think about engaging them
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Dirk Magnum
Royal Hiigaran Navy SCUM.
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Posted - 2009.04.26 17:04:00 -
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What do you people do in trade hubs that requires you to focus so heavily on the local chat channel?
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Tippia
Raddick Explorations BlackWater.
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Posted - 2009.04.26 17:12:00 -
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Originally by: Dirk Magnum What do you people do in trade hubs that requires you to focus so heavily on the local chat channel?
Spamming their ads, but now it's being buried unfairly under the spam. ——— “If you're not willing to fight for what you have in ≡v≡… you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.” — Karath Piki |
Irida Mershkov
Gallente War is Bliss
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Posted - 2009.04.26 17:45:00 -
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Edited by: Irida Mershkov on 26/04/2009 17:45:15 Hey guys, just bought too many Arbalest launchers for my stealth bomber, selling them back for only 450,000 ISK each!
Tbh though, if you get scammed, then lols. Otherwise block them, the only real purpose for local is to get intel on targets.
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Mikal Drey
Atlas Alliance
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Posted - 2009.04.26 17:54:00 -
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Originally by: warpod WTS Ocular Filter Basic - 200k, Covops Cloak II - 900k
i'll take that cov cloak.
it would be good if they could block the linking from local but allow it to all other channels. then it could stop the local spaming.
Shattered Crystal - 60 day GTC Battle Clinic - 60 Day GTC
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Ishikari
Gallente Duct Tape Inc. New Eden Research
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Posted - 2009.04.26 23:17:00 -
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I saw a post not long ago where someone was bragging about how they set up a spam bot and get about 5b a day off of these spammed scam contracts. There is 2 things here that are making the scam spam worse. 1) someone bragged about how much they make off of it, and how easy it is and 2) people keep falling for it. ---- Duct Tape Inc. Providing all research services to the EVE Universe.
Get your Queue-Free research started today! |
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Taak Coram
Gallente Cursed Souls Vort3x.
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Posted - 2009.04.26 23:46:00 -
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Originally by: Abrazzar No, you are the spam.
And then he was a Ghoest.
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Avon
Caldari Black Nova Corp KenZoku
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Posted - 2009.04.26 23:59:00 -
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WTS: 999,999,999 Spam filter for local, only 1 Million ISK!
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Lochmar Fiendhiem
Caldari International Multi-Player Consortium
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Posted - 2009.04.27 00:02:00 -
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Maybe ignoring it and always reading a contract before accepting.
If no one fell for these scams they would not be used.
Originally by: Halkin bob is dead, goons are great, cheese is cheesy, there we go no need for any more threads
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Intense Thinker
Minmatar
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Posted - 2009.04.27 00:09:00 -
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Military experts are calling this a rube
Pomp FTW!!! |
Vincent Gaines
Dirt Nap Squad
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Posted - 2009.04.27 00:12:00 -
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Originally by: Mikal Drey
Originally by: warpod WTS Ocular Filter Basic - 200k, Covops Cloak II - 900k
i'll take that cov cloak.
it would be good if they could block the linking from local but allow it to all other channels. then it could stop the local spaming.
Shattered Crystal - 60 day GTC Battle Clinic - 60 Day GTC
the fact that you spam referral links (mind you not even in your sig) lays the irony on a little thick.
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Durzel
The Xenodus Initiative.
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Posted - 2009.04.27 00:25:00 -
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Jita was never as bad as it is now, sure you had 3 or 4 scammers at any given time but now it's just scammers. 9 out of 10 linked contracts are scams, etc.
Scamming isn't the problem so much, it's that (imo) it's just too easy to do it. There's no social engineering involved, it's literally just exploiting a UI flaw that CCP have introduced themselves.
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Zeba
Minmatar Honourable East India Trading Company
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Posted - 2009.04.27 00:50:00 -
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Originally by: Ishikari I saw a post not long ago where someone was bragging about how they set up a spam bot and get about 5b a day off of these spammed scam contracts. There is 2 things here that are making the scam spam worse. 1) someone bragged about how much they make off of it, and how easy it is and 2) people keep falling for it.
Personally I noticed the contract spam getting out of hand soon after the first whine poasts about the horrible horrible people who scammed them with the 999 contracts. Seems like people really do read the forums. But as others have said who uses local chat in a hub anyways? Even before it was contract scam central it was filled with emo carebear chatters and trade window scam spam.
Originally by: Achar Losa i might be just a 6 year old stupid boy, but he's a CCP dev writing in the forums!
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Ghoest
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Posted - 2009.04.27 01:05:00 -
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Why is everuyone talking about trade hubs? Im seeing it in half the high sec system with at least 20 people in it. And more annoying they are spamming NPC corps.(Yes hate me because I like shooting the sh!t in NPC corp chat.)
IM not complaining about scams. If the scammers posted once or twice an hour it wouldnt be ruining a social aspect of the game. Its when I see the same message a couple of times a minute for 5-10 minutes that it gets annoying, and its worse when you see it 3 or 4 people doing it.
Wherever you went - Here you are.
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Rellik B00n
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Posted - 2009.04.27 01:20:00 -
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Its interesting that:
lots of people that had stayed with classic were forced to use premium. This changed their font size.
At the same time:
Patch comes in with new decimal system.
i suspect a lot of classic users got caught with their pants down
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WhiteSavage
Gallente Altruism. Avarice.
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Posted - 2009.04.27 02:03:00 -
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Originally by: Derus Grobb
Stop trial accounts posting in local
this. ______________________________ The Tulip is AMAZED |
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