Most of the forum now requires registration to access

[rusty_shackleford]

Yes, this includes mods.
I have a pile of reasons as to why, some of you can guess many of these reasons.

Shoo bots, don't bother me.

[rusty_shackleford]

Also announcements are getting reset so you need to dismiss them again, apologies, just doing some cleaning.

[Roguey]

We should be able to handle up to 100k(estimate based on actual load from activity peaks) active simultaneous users before we notice any slowdowns.

Spoke too soon, huh?

[rusty_shackleford]

We should be able to handle up to 100k(estimate based on actual load from activity peaks) active simultaneous users before we notice any slowdowns.

Spoke too soon, huh?

And yes, we could have just absorbed the traffic without any real performance hit… but I just didn't feel comfortable willingly giving away our data for some guy running a botnet to sell to AI companies.

It's my data and nobody else can have it. For I am a jealous forum admin.

[gerey]

rusty got HUMBLED by *****.

[rusty_shackleford]

We should be able to handle up to 100k(estimate based on actual load from activity peaks) active simultaneous users before we notice any slowdowns.

Spoke too soon, huh?

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[logincrash]

We should be able to handle up to 100k(estimate based on actual load from activity peaks) active simultaneous users before we notice any slowdowns.

Spoke too soon, huh?

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Whoah, what the ****? Those are definitely AI scrapers. The majority of the Internet is nothing but a swarm of bots crawling all over each other. Grim.

[aimlesshealer]

Can we just cut the cables to India? World wide web was a mistake.

[Tweed]

[Statesman]

rusty got HUMBLED by *****.

So Elon was feeding Grok more data...

[Lord of Riva]

Thats a lot

[Hyborian]

We should be able to handle up to 100k(estimate based on actual load from activity peaks) active simultaneous users before we notice any slowdowns.

Spoke too soon, huh?

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So some ****** is throwing his botnet at you to sink the forum?

[J1M]

This is a shame. I don't think I would sign up for a forum I couldn't lurk first.

[rusty_shackleford]

This is a shame. I don't think I would sign up for a forum I couldn't lurk first.

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[Vergil]

This is a shame. I don't think I would sign up for a forum I couldn't lurk first.

I already like the change enough you don't have to sell me on it more.

[rusty_shackleford]

This is a shame. I don't think I would sign up for a forum I couldn't lurk first.

I already like the change enough you don't have to sell me on it more.

I file J1M into the top-tier category of posters. Lots of informational content, loves to discuss games, never feuds with anyone.
Unless you meant that in general and not to J1M

[Vergil]

I file J1M into the top-tier category of posters.

What about me?

[logincrash]

I file J1M into the top-tier category of posters.

What about me?

You're the mascot.

[rusty_shackleford]

I file J1M into the top-tier category of posters.

What about me?

Lately: high tier, keep it up.

[Vergil]

I file J1M into the top-tier category of posters.

What about me?

Lately: high tier, keep it up.

How does that compare to top-tier?

[Stack of Turtles]

I file J1M into the top-tier category of posters. Lots of informational content, loves to discuss games, never feuds with anyone.

I never feud with anyone either (banned users aren't people and don't count)

[Oyster Sauce]

I file J1M into the top-tier category of posters.

What about me?

something something bottom-tier something something

[madbringer]

Can we just cut the cables to India? World wide web was a mistake.

I keep telling the pakis in Mech Arena to nuke India but they don't listen.

[KofKed]

I used to be a lurker like you, but then I took a "You need to register to read threads" to the knee

[DrSneed]

Need a **** react for that one

[Kalarion]

This is a shame. I don't think I would sign up for a forum I couldn't lurk first.

Any reason you couldn't just make an account and then lurk? That's what I did on Codex.

[Oyster Sauce]

I've seen complaints/confusion on other webzone. Some people thought you needed an invitation code.

[lucky-SVLLa]

We should be able to handle up to 100k(estimate based on actual load from activity peaks) active simultaneous users before we notice any slowdowns.

Spoke too soon, huh?

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Wow, those are crazy numbers.

[Norfleet]

Shoo bots, don't bother me.

I'm currently testing an anti-bot concept based on schmuck bait.

[Acrux]

schmuck bait.

You should incorporate more Yiddish into your posts.