Is it so much a problem but an opportunity to reflect on the cyclical nature of life, reproduction and then death. As we are all chained together throughout the spiraling wheel of time?

it was a server bug as far as i know. it really wasnt supposed to happen, sorry guys and gals.

on the plus side, now you know what it feels like if you get a level 4 ban. so try not to get banned :P

*phew*

I really thought someone was hacking the server...

*hugs everyone* :D

HAH, talk about one asshole ruining it for the rest. Still sucks, glad it's back running.

and that is exactly why we tell people not to use proxies or vpn's. one asshole is almost guaranteed to ruin it and then you catch the ban like aids.

On account of what happened yesterday, I believe that the signing-up process should be made more stringent i.e. actually check the validity of the email address a new user types in. Surely TIM have the awesome skills required to incorporate that into the signing-up form? A more stringent process might also discourage trolls from easily signing up and ruining the forum for everybody.

I can't help it if I'm from Singapore, where the ISPs use dynamic proxies to randomly assign IP addresses to users whenever they connect to the Internet. Singapore users might be safe for now, but it is only a matter of time until the inevitable happens.


On a side note, a big thanks for fixing the issue TIM! For a moment I thought I was caught up in the crossfire and slapped hard (with a ban).
 

it does. thats why everyone ended up banned lol.

but yeah, it sucks that singapore has that issue. hopefully the switch to ipv6 will happen soon and then you wont have to worry