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Hello!
Posted: 31 Dec 2006, 00:17
by oQuotient2
Hello guys! I'm new to TA Spring, but I played TA for about 6 years.
I have a question. How do you get the radar jammer tower unit? It's from the video15.
Thanks!
-Denny
Posted: 31 Dec 2006, 00:34
by Foxomaniac
Hello mister bot.
Posted: 31 Dec 2006, 00:51
by DemO
Last new member i checked was last night - HelenXXX - with a link to asian porn on "her" profile. Also apparently an actress....... Funny stuff.
Posted: 31 Dec 2006, 01:21
by oQuotient2
(laughs) Never mind. I know how to get them!
Posted: 31 Dec 2006, 02:25
by SwiftSpear
I doubt this is a bot... Still a bit odd...
As for the radar jammer tower, it's mod specific. In XTA and AA it's a T2 building buildable only by the L2 builders.
Posted: 31 Dec 2006, 13:44
by Icebird
Foxomaniac wrote:Hello mister bot.
why in the world would a bot ask what is the jamming building in video15?
Posted: 31 Dec 2006, 17:02
by ZellSF
Icebird wrote:Foxomaniac wrote:Hello mister bot.
why in the world would a bot ask what is the jamming building in video15?
Uh? Haven't you ever seen bots that takes random words from the sites they're on to try to make a post sound like it actually was meant for the forum before?
Then put a spam link in profile?
Really, you underestimate bots. This might not be one, but it's certainly not something a bot couldn't do.
Posted: 31 Dec 2006, 20:35
by Foxomaniac
ZellSF wrote:Icebird wrote:Foxomaniac wrote:Hello mister bot.
why in the world would a bot ask what is the jamming building in video15?
Uh? Haven't you ever seen bots that takes random words from the sites they're on to try to make a post sound like it actually was meant for the forum before?
Then put a spam link in profile?
Really, you underestimate bots. This might not be one, but it's certainly not something a bot couldn't do.
And who the hell ever fills in occupation, interests and location with anything sensible?
Nay, WWW field even!
Plus, typing in red and having good grammar but FAILING at the part of "the video15" is ahem... a bit too weird.
Posted: 31 Dec 2006, 20:41
by hrmph
The "Location: 12561 Lucille Avenue, CA" part is a bit weird too.
Posted: 31 Dec 2006, 21:09
by Felix the Cat
Has a broken link in profile for WWW site... :-/
Posted: 02 Jan 2007, 05:27
by LathanStanley
definately a bot.
... ban its IP, and domain.
Posted: 02 Jan 2007, 09:00
by SwiftSpear
If it's a bot it's a good clip too sensible to be banned right now. Yes I've seen many many many bots that take random words from the site they are browsing, generally speaking they are laughably obvious. If this is a bot it's at least well written enough for me to wait and see if it's going to actually advertise something, THEN WE BAN IT!
Posted: 03 Jan 2007, 13:55
by zwzsg
It's extremely scary to see how quick some are to ban new faces. Also, I wish to hereby insult, and with strong language, everybody who think it's a bot.
Posted: 03 Jan 2007, 17:22
by pintle
+1
Posted: 03 Jan 2007, 19:34
by Strategia
hrmph wrote:The "Location: 12561 Lucille Avenue, CA" part is a bit weird too.
Google Maps search for Lucille Avenue turns up something just north of NY.
That said, I have suspicions, but I'm not claiming this to be a bot outright.
Posted: 03 Jan 2007, 20:30
by Dragon45
Sometimes users put random info just for te fuck of it, because, ya' know, ITS THE FUCKING INTERNET.
Posted: 03 Jan 2007, 20:54
by Strategia
Mm, yeah. But in my experience that's usually not along the lines of "12561 Lucille Avenue, CA", more along the lines of "In your head, just behind and to the right of that weird dream you had last week".
Posted: 03 Jan 2007, 21:22
by mehere101
Why don't we test suspected bots by trying to elicit an intelligent response? Ask them a bit about where they're from, what they do for a living, what the square root of the cube root of 7054034 is, etc?
Posted: 03 Jan 2007, 21:43
by tombom
I can't believe a thread about whether somebody who has made 2 non spammy non advertising posts is a bot or not has got to 18 replies.
Posted: 03 Jan 2007, 21:47
by AF
People liek to discuss discussion, indeed it spawned your last post too and this one.