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[SteveMullo]

I love this site! I was going to type something more profound but I just got a call and have to go.
But I'll be back.

[Tinman]

Hey np, enjoy!

[KilLAtomiK]

I love this site so much I wana make sweet love to it

[Exquisite]

KilLAtomiK I thought you did ... regularly

And welcome Steve ^^

[VoldtaEngler]

You know i usually like robots..but i dislike forum bots. Too mushy on the inside. No hello for you.

[Mindgames]

Ahh, forsooth fate is a cruel mistress.. there you are searching the Web for 18 hours looking for porn, unlicensed medication and questionable advice on finance packages from the African continent, and you finally locate your own little slice of heaven only for the telephone to ring. It's your boss, asking why you've dared to add one rupee of bread onto your yearly expenses account when there are perfectly good buckets of mud in the staff canteen...

Now mere mortals will simply talk and type at the same time. Lesser Gods will leave their cubicle, take the call, and come back. But the Chosen One will take the time to type out a note saying they haven't time to type out a note, so breaking the laws of physics just to keep us lowly creatures informed.

..and they say there are no miracles anymore..

[Amelia G]

Ahh, forsooth fate is a cruel mistress.. there you are searching the Web for 18 hours looking for porn, unlicensed medication and questionable advice on finance packages from the African continent, and you finally locate your own little slice of heaven only for the telephone to ring. It's your boss, asking why you've dared to add one rupee of bread onto your yearly expenses account when there are perfectly good buckets of mud in the staff canteen...

Now mere mortals will simply talk and type at the same time. Lesser Gods will leave their cubicle, take the call, and come back. But the Chosen One will take the time to type out a note saying they haven't time to type out a note, so breaking the laws of physics just to keep us lowly creatures informed.

..and they say there are no miracles anymore..

That's the Elbonian economy for ya.

[evilstonermonkey]

Hi, i just joined and will chat later but im afraid my phone just rang. why am i starting up now as oipposed to in 10 minutes? some mysteries will never be solved.

Hi, i just joined and will chat later but im afraid im in the middle of a family crisis. why am i starting up now as opposed to when the crisis is averted and ill actually be online? THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS ME

Hi, i just joined and will chat later but unfortunately my keyboard isnt working. Ill be back just as soon as i fix that.

KTHXBYEbeepboopbeep

[Donald Rilea]

Hi, i just joined and will chat later but im afraid my phone just rang. why am i starting up now as oipposed to in 10 minutes? some mysteries will never be solved.

Hi, i just joined and will chat later but im afraid im in the middle of a family crisis. why am i starting up now as opposed to when the crisis is averted and ill actually be online? THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS ME

Hi, i just joined and will chat later but unfortunately my keyboard isnt working. Ill be back just as soon as i fix that.

KTHXBYEbeepboopbeep

AAAANDDDD a Partridge in a Pear Trrrreeeee!!!!!!

Merry Christmas and Good Night From Baluchistan!!!!

[Lady Alias]

BB gets lots of bots. o.0

[mmmcherry]

hah k how do you tell if its a bot or not?? im lost... i thought he sounded like a regular person ...

[Mindgames]

A completely empty profile page helps, but it's just a feeling you get. There's something not quite right about the content or the intent behind it. When you've been fighting these things for long enough you can smell 'em miles off.

[VoldtaEngler]

hah k how do you tell if its a bot or not?? im lost... i thought he sounded like a regular person ...

Common signs of bots:

The have full names (i.e. SteveWilliams, RobertSmith etc etc)

The have empty profile pages

The content of their first post sounds suspicious. (Hi. I like the site. Thanks) Most people would write an introduction on why they joined, or a little bit more about themselves.

If you google the screenname, you will 98% of the time find multiple forums with the same name and the same first post.

I really dont understand the point of having a botcrawler post on random forums except to be an ass. Theres always forum plugins that help stop or minimize the attacks, but theres also always new ways around the security. There will most likely never be a complete stop to them.

[Donald Rilea]

Common signs of bots:

The have full names (i.e. SteveWilliams, RobertSmith etc etc)

The have empty profile pages

The content of their first post sounds suspicious. (Hi. I like the site. Thanks) Most people would write an introduction on why they joined, or a little bit more about themselves.

If you google the screenname, you will 98% of the time find multiple forums with the same name and the same first post.

I really dont understand the point of having a botcrawler post on random forums except to be an ass. Theres always forum plugins that help stop or minimize the attacks, but theres also always new ways around the security. There will most likely never be a complete stop to them.

Am amazed then, at least 'cos I used my full name, that I didn't get the 'bot treatment, when I first joined. But, then again, my profile page wasn't an empty one, either.

As for the content of their posts, well, am still extremely wet behind the ears when it comes to spotting these things compared to Voldta, but there is definitely a "canned" flavour to the language in their posts. Can you say Heinz or Del Monte, anyone??? Good. I knew you could.

[Exquisite]

Eeeep Don is a bot!

[Donald Rilea]

Eeeep Don is a bot!

Beep, beep!!!!!

[VoldtaEngler]

Am amazed then, at least 'cos I used my full name, that I didn't get the 'bot treatment, when I first joined. But, then again, my profile page wasn't an empty one, either.

As for the content of their posts, well, am still extremely wet behind the ears when it comes to spotting these things compared to Voldta, but there is definitely a "canned" flavour to the language in their posts. Can you say Heinz or Del Monte, anyone??? Good. I knew you could.

But theres a difference when you started. One..your name has a space between it. Most bots dont. Plus..you actually started with a real conversation that made you seem genuine. Its like Mindgames said..its just something about bots that after seeing them for a long time, you just get this feeling somethings not right.

Edit: Crap i just realized my name doesnt have a space between it. Im a bot in disguise. But well at least i stayed for the past 2 1/2 years to continue conversation

[Donald Rilea]

But theres a difference when you started. One..your name has a space between it. Most bots dont. Plus..you actually started with a real conversation that made you seem genuine. Its like Mindgames said..its just something about bots that after seeing them for a long time, you just get this feeling somethings not right.

Edit: Crap i just realized my name doesnt have a space between it. Im a bot in disguise. But well at least i stayed for the past 2 1/2 years to continue conversation

OK, Voldta, if you are a Transformer, are you the original Takara or Hasbro kind????

Sorry, bit of action figure collector's semi-asinine humour there.

[VoldtaEngler]

OK, Voldta, if you are a Transformer, are you the original Takara or Hasbro kind????

Sorry, bit of action figure collector's semi-asinine humour there.

Would have to say Hasbro. Because my aunt works there. Or was it Matel..hrm either way I had free toys as a kid..now i have to buy them lol

[Donald Rilea]

Would have to say Hasbro. Because my aunt works there. Or was it Matel..hrm either way I had free toys as a kid..now i have to buy them lol

Ain't that a bitch????

[VoldtaEngler]

Ain't that a bitch????

Yea..and no. Im a toy collector. I have shelves and a storage in phoenix full of toys and cds. I mostly browse bargain bins now, get some decent stuff sometimes.

Although i may have to splurge on those new Castlevaina figures.

[Donald Rilea]

Yea..and no. Im a toy collector. I have shelves and a storage in phoenix full of toys and cds. I mostly browse bargain bins now, get some decent stuff sometimes.

Although i may have to splurge on those new Castlevaina figures.

Haven't heard of those!!!!

[mmmcherry]

heh voldta do you have any of the toys with lead paint? those ones are the most fun to chew on

[Mindgames]

Edit: Crap i just realized my name doesnt have a space between it. Im a bot in disguise. But well at least i stayed for the past 2 1/2 years to continue conversation

You've put Atlanta as your location - which is as good a guarantee you're not a cubicle-dwelling minimum-wager as you can get.

Ref your Castlevania photo - I can see the point of the He-Man/Amazon Warrior figures, but why in the hell are they selling a model of Dick Cheney having a shit?

[VoldtaEngler]

You've put Atlanta as your location - which is as good a guarantee you're not a cubicle-dwelling minimum-wager as you can get.

Ref your Castlevania photo - I can see the point of the He-Man/Amazon Warrior figures, but why in the hell are they selling a model of Dick Cheney having a shit?

hehe.. my photo dissapeared! Was it against the rules or something to post it?

[Lady Alias]

Oh gosh, those figurines win. How much would you have to 'spluge' to get 'em?

[Velvet-Tongue]

Wow yeah. Those are really well made .

They had a dealer at Dragon*Con who was making some very similar figures as well. If I get his name I'll post it for you all.