funny way to deal with annoying posters

[Kemal]

Someone should ask the admin of the site to install this:

"Miserable users"

Here is a 3.5 version of the ever popular "miserable users" hack. Basically a way to really annoy anyone you don't want visiting your forum. Based on the original idea & hack for vb2 by Zzed, and the vb3 port by KuraFire.

When classed as miserable, a member suffers ;

1. Slow response (time delay) on every page (20 to 60 seconds default).
2. A chance they will get the "server busy" message (50% by default).
3. A chance that no search facilities will be available (75% by default).
4. A chance they will get redirected to another preset page (25% & homepage by default).
5. A chance they will simply get a blank page (25% by default).
6. Post flood limit increased by a defined factor (10 times by default).
7. If they get past all this okay, then they will be served up their proper page.

Note: All the above options are set in the vBulletin Options.

To install this hack simply download the xml file to your pc and then import it into vbulletin as a product - then create your 'miserable users' usergroup and set the value of this group, and your preferred other settings, in the hacks settings area (vBulletin Oprions > Miserable Users). To make a member suffer just edit their profile to add them to the miserable users group (it will work as either the primary group or as a secondary group).

[bloodrayne]

Awesome idea...If only anyone would even care enough to consider it

[Haunted]

Brilliant, Kemal. You very well might be a hero. However, The mods will have to get Horror's attention, propably via human sacrifice or something, get him to install the program, and then give them access to it. He may get around to that within the next four years.

[alkytrio666]

That would be awesome!

[stubbornforgey]

LOL..good idea

[stygianwitch]

Don't we wish the mods could this....... if only

[Haunted]

It's all up to Horror...

Hmm...

Hey, Rayne and Zwoti, do you think if started bugging Horror now about Kemal's wonderous findings... will he listen? I mean, this isn't asking a whole lot from. All he'd have to do is load the program and give you the keys. Surely he can do that for us.

Austin told me that he's going to be back in a week to two weeks, so... We might even be able to replace banning. I mean, this is almost like...torture. You don't force them to leave... You drive them mad!

[newb]

Something has to to be done. It seems like we get a new asshole every other day around here.Its making this site virtually un-postable....esp. the "General Forum".

[The_Return]

Originally Posted by newb

Something has to to be done. It seems like we get a new asshole every other day around here.Its making this site virtually un-postable....esp. the "General Forum".

Personally, I think the mods need to be stricter. Trolls are easy to spot, warn them once and ban 'em. On top of that, I think we need at least one if not two more mods so there is more chance of one being online at any given time.

[zwoti]

there was a good phpbb mod where members could be "imprisoned" until released by a jury