By Jim Rossignol on December 18th, 2010 at 3:05 pm.
The sheer weight of spam being directed at RPS has proven to be too much. We’ve now moved over to comments being available for registered users only. We never wanted to have to do this, but the forces of evil were too strong. Sorry. Please register.
Try logging in and out again to deal with the peculiar “posting too quickly” bug. It should not appear again once you have done that. If it does, tell me.
UPDATE: For those wondering about spam still appearing, yes, it can still turn up because spammers can register manually and set their bots a-spammin’. It is, however, much easier for us to clear up like this, and there is also the added bonus that spam-o-tron won’t spam legitimate comments.
18/12/2010 at 15:07 RogB says:
no more forking shoes?
18/12/2010 at 16:14 Lambchops says:
Maybe we can spoon gloves instead?
18/12/2010 at 16:23 Napalm Sushi says:
Very good web.
Good.
18/12/2010 at 16:47 Thermal Ions says:
@RogB
That was the first thing I though too.
Good move though, most of the best comments seem likely to be by registered users anyway I imagine.
18/12/2010 at 17:05 John Walker says:
Voodweb.
19/12/2010 at 00:16 BAReFOOt says:
Wait, why didn’t you just use reCAPTCHA, like normal people? The only CAPTCHA that is not automatically circumventable by definition.
Wordpress even uses it to protect the very registration form you all just had to use! So if it weren’t safe, forcing registration would not change anything regarding to spam.
I created a bugmenot user, for those who don’t want to be bugged. :)
Take that, silly wannabe attempts at site lockdown! Now you have no choice but to implement a working CAPTCHA or a network-of-trust system (recommended). ;))
19/12/2010 at 09:57 CowardlyAnonymous says:
Bugmenot user ain’t working already, BAReFOOt. Says something about being spam when trying to post a comment.
18/12/2010 at 15:08 Lipwig says:
test
18/12/2010 at 15:12 Lipwig says:
testes :D
18/12/2010 at 15:57 HeavyStorm says:
Ugh!
18/12/2010 at 15:58 derf says:
test your might
(test)
18/12/2010 at 16:07 Taconinja says:
Test
18/12/2010 at 16:50 mod the world says:
Wow, the quality of posts has so gone up since this forced registration thingy.
18/12/2010 at 16:53 toro says:
testing….no more stupid captcha …awesome…/logoff
18/12/2010 at 17:43 Collic says:
test. I’ve been registered for a while, I was always just too lazy to sign in.
edit- hooray edits
18/12/2010 at 21:51 willfarb says:
estTay
Bloody hell! Edits are back!
19/12/2010 at 09:49 Kektain says:
I want to be the EDITING guy!
20/12/2010 at 12:18 marginwalker says:
£300 million for a capatcha system and you throw it away for registrations? What a waste!
18/12/2010 at 15:08 Stranglove says:
But, but, but, where will I buy my shoes/viagra from now?
18/12/2010 at 15:14 Rich says:
Why, from J. Rossignol and Co. Cobblers and Tumescence Enhancement Emporium of course.
The real reason for fighting this spam has always been because Jim didn’t like the competition advertising on a site he works on.
Also: No I am not posting too quickly. Don’t you tell me to slow down.
18/12/2010 at 17:18 Gotem says:
I have no shoes, but i seel these fine leather jackets
18/12/2010 at 18:23 MajorManiac says:
Rock Paper Shoes….. ; )
Great I can edit. The bad pun remains though.
19/12/2010 at 00:19 BAReFOOt says:
@Gotem: I lather would like some seal jackets, sil.
18/12/2010 at 15:11 Zaboomafoozarg says:
What a shame.
18/12/2010 at 16:11 reticulate says:
What a shame.
18/12/2010 at 16:23 Teddy Leach says:
What a shame.
18/12/2010 at 19:20 Dozer says:
What a shame.
18/12/2010 at 21:37 Delusibeta says:
I spill my drink!
19/12/2010 at 11:21 Riaktion says:
what a shame!
18/12/2010 at 15:11 Heliocentric says:
This is rubbish, I’m boycotting the RPS comments… Wait, oh sh-
18/12/2010 at 15:12 Nursey says:
Lawks!
18/12/2010 at 17:02 jeffthewonderbadger says:
Gadzooks!
19/12/2010 at 00:22 BAReFOOt says:
Badonkadonks. Smiten Badonkadonks!
18/12/2010 at 15:13 Phoshi says:
Register?! What, were too many people DISAGREEING with you? I guess now we know how NAZI our new RPS overlords really are. Truly disapointed you feel the need to ERODE OUR FREEDOMS with your HYPER-CONTROLLING tactics. Like Hitler 2: Electric boogaloo.
On the other hand, less spam will be very nice, and everybody should have an account anyway.
18/12/2010 at 15:40 jeremypeel says:
Yeah! This is so unprofessional, and that post read like a 6/10.
18/12/2010 at 18:26 Wulf says:
All sarcasm completely aside, I always liked the fact that RPS never deletes opinions that disagree with them. If they disagree with RPS and they’re very strongly worded, sometimes they’ll edit you to look silly, buuut I find that kind of funny. Happened to me once, and I thoroughly deserved it because I’d gotten too heated in that argument. …I even forget what that argument was about now. Such is the nature of the Internet.
In fact, I’d even be happy with a paywall registration system for commenting, it would help them deal with their costs a little better, and it works for Something Awful. Not to mention that however I may disagree with some folks around here, this place has an average demanded quotient of intelligence that makes SA appear to be filled by intellectual gnats by comparison. So I’m not quite sure what they’re charging to get people in on, whereas there’s actually something of worth, here.
But I digress.
18/12/2010 at 19:12 KillahMate says:
I never did like Hitler 2: Electric Boogaloo. Always thought it lost something of the heart of the original.
18/12/2010 at 21:17 outoffeelinsobad says:
Anyone know when Hitler 3: Soul Train Supreme is being released? Wiki just says TBD.
18/12/2010 at 21:40 Delusibeta says:
“I’d even be happy with a paywall registration system for commenting”
My opinion: HELL NO!
Frankly, if you’re so short of money that you need to charge for posting rights, then I’ve got no interest in your site. (I realise Something Awful probably doesn’t need the money, but it doesn’t make that policy any more appealing.)
18/12/2010 at 15:13 Kaira- says:
I wonder what happens to that guy who always promotes some page selling shoes. I hope he finds some other video game-related site to spam with those wonderful shoes.
Edit:// Wait what, I’ve not commented today, not even once, and WordPress tells me to slow down?
18/12/2010 at 16:00 HeavyStorm says:
WordPress already treats all users as a single unity (as in, common unity, as in community)!
18/12/2010 at 17:01 Torgen says:
Join ussss……
19/12/2010 at 14:20 Hmm-Hmm. says:
Well, we are the hivemind, after all.
18/12/2010 at 15:14 Assaf says:
yay, so now our accounts can get compromised here too
18/12/2010 at 17:48 ShawnClapper says:
Heh was reading the posts before I commented on the Gawker fiasco. I got compromised myself, and while I haven’t used my Kotaku login in years my e-mail inbox is now full of spam every day thanks to them.
Hope RPS uses better security :).
18/12/2010 at 15:15 Mephisto says:
Spam gets too bad a rep. I now have a 24″ penis and abs harder than diamond thanks to taking up various offers.
18/12/2010 at 15:54 noom says:
Don’t forget the teeth that will send a man blind or insane if he stares at their dazzling beauty for too long.
18/12/2010 at 18:19 Lacessit says:
No Russian wife? You disappoint me!
18/12/2010 at 20:07 Oddtwang of Dork says:
My postman is getting rather upset at the sheer volume of cheques from Nigerian businessmen and assorted minor royals which he has to force through my overstuffed letterbox every day. He says it makes the amazon packages for the last Harry Potter book feel like carrying a red bag of feathers. Even if I clear away the envelopes from inside the door, my garden path is a weird, bouncy mass of red rubber bands.
18/12/2010 at 15:16 kenoxite says:
“It’s better to burn out than to fade away!”
You were going for that quote, right?
Anyway, I wasn’t able to register (nickname already taken). It turns out that I already registered when I posted in the forums back then. So, all is good now.
___
“You’re posting too quickly, slow down”… erm, what?
18/12/2010 at 15:17 HopperUK says:
I could have sworn I already did this. Oh well.:)
18/12/2010 at 15:18 kregg says:
I can completely understand the decision, but now I’ve got like a gazillion registration accounts for different websites.
Couldn’t you just forget about everyone who registered and just use disqus instead? :3
Also, apparently I was commenting too quickly… this is my first post here >_<
18/12/2010 at 15:20 Phoshi says:
I recommend LastPass for managing all of your passwords. It can also generate super secure ones.
18/12/2010 at 15:27 kregg says:
Ironically, it’s not the passwords I forget (for some reason, I can remember all of them, even the ones with the special weird characters like !”£$%^&*(){}[];’#:@~,./>? etc, it is the usernames that I have the most difficulty with.
Having multiple online identities is bothersome, but at least they can’t read mai pokrfaic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKTIfXTd32M)
EDIT: I also don’t fancy having one piece of software knowing majority of my passwords. It just makes me want to put more layers on my tinfoil hat.
18/12/2010 at 15:46 Phoshi says:
In LastPass’ defence, it’s all local, and it’s all encrypted. It just puts all of your passwords down to a single, local, very strong point of failure, rather than many points of varying strength. It also makes it much, much easier to remember them all!
18/12/2010 at 16:19 Rikard Peterson says:
I recommend getting a Mac. :) Its Key Manager (or whatever it’s actually called in English) is great.
18/12/2010 at 16:29 kregg says:
@Phoshi I guess that’s a nice idea, I may consider it when my grey matter fails me
@Rikard Peterson I’m not going out to buy a Mac just for one piece of software that records my usernames/passwords on the computer. That’s like me going out and buying a new phone because the font size options on the phone has a better offering of my phone.
18/12/2010 at 15:19 AndrewC says:
Hrrm, I fear registration only commenting will promote groupthink. Hmm, I must disagree with people 30% more often from now on. Yes, that’ll do it.
18/12/2010 at 19:12 Wulf says:
And here I was thinking that the bizarre/insane minority quotient was my thing.
18/12/2010 at 15:19 Rich says:
…you must also use you’re real name for registration, and submit a blood, urine and stool sample to RPS for screening, in order to be accepted.
Also… AGAIN: Is the comment machine hungover? It keeps telling me to slow down for no good reason.
18/12/2010 at 15:23 Ziv says:
And you need to send them straight to Jim’s home address, not some sissy lab.
18/12/2010 at 16:52 Thermal Ions says:
Gee, glad I registered before this change then. Only had to promise my firstborn back then.
18/12/2010 at 18:19 Dandi8 says:
I have thus registered. Yay me.
You’re right, Rich, it DOES seem to have been partying like hell last night. My first comment and it’s all like ‘woah, woah! Slow down fella, my head’s killing me!’.
19/12/2010 at 23:26 The Colonel says:
That’s a bit Rich, coming from you…
18/12/2010 at 15:22 coldvvvave says:
That’s terror.
18/12/2010 at 19:23 Dozer says:
Do you have a single piece of evidence to back that up?
18/12/2010 at 22:38 droid says:
Yes.
Number 1: That’s terror.
18/12/2010 at 15:23 Nomeya says:
You broke my already fragile heart… :’(
18/12/2010 at 15:23 Jimbo says:
Registered, now back to business! Would you like to buy Sandal? Sunglass? Only $50 dollars USD!
18/12/2010 at 17:26 Inglourious Badger says:
Sold!
19/12/2010 at 01:26 burgeralarm says:
Do you accept PYAPAL PAYMENTS????
18/12/2010 at 15:23 Kieron Gillen says:
I want ugg boots :(
18/12/2010 at 15:31 kregg says:
Ugg boots are useless in the snow. They absorb the snow and the material isn’t all that warm. I know, I wear my sisters on a daily basis, even inside the house.
18/12/2010 at 15:48 Jimbo says:
Dude that’s sick.
18/12/2010 at 15:55 noerartnoe says:
Huh…you have extraordinarily big feet then I suppose. Or were they infants?
And, like everyone else it seems: No, I am *not* posting too quickly – sod off!
18/12/2010 at 17:38 Caerphoto says:
Definitely sick.
18/12/2010 at 18:31 Jimbo says:
He could at least take them somewhere nice.
18/12/2010 at 21:38 kregg says:
At least it’s better than rubbing the boots on my face.
I was just kidding about wearing ugg boots. I don’t wear boots, I wear a sainsbury’s bag tied to my feet with a piece of string.
18/12/2010 at 22:57 Rich says:
Ooh Sainsbury’s. La de da.
19/12/2010 at 01:00 MrBRAD! says:
Get some traditional russian felt boots!
19/12/2010 at 06:52 Dorian Cornelius Jasper says:
Is it not better to wear two layers of thermal socks + plastic bag?
19/12/2010 at 10:12 terry says:
If you wear your sister’s boots daily, what does she wear? I call shoenanigans.
18/12/2010 at 15:24 Schaulustiger says:
And soon we’ll need an extra software client to comment on RPS, and it becomes an item store over time where we can buy hats that make us look fancy while commenting.
And no, comment system, I WON’T SLOW DOWN!
18/12/2010 at 17:41 Caerphoto says:
RPS should develop their own operating system, where the site is the OS. They could call it StoneOS or something.
18/12/2010 at 15:24 fallingmagpie says:
AM I POSTING TOO QUICKLY?
Yes. Yes I was. Despite it being my first comment of the day. Think the algorithm’s a bit fucked.
18/12/2010 at 15:25 TheApologist says:
Er – for the record I am commenting at exactly the same pace I always do.
18/12/2010 at 17:42 Caerphoto says:
Perhaps you need to spend a certain amount of time concocting your post.
19/12/2010 at 23:29 The Colonel says:
Perhaps you need to spend a certain amount of time concocting your past.
18/12/2010 at 15:26 Dharoum says:
Bullocks, I read most articles and all I saw was some occasional spam, not at all disturbing..!!!
The NWO HAS TAKEN OVER RPS!!! SPREAD THE WORD!
18/12/2010 at 15:35 DrugCrazed says:
Damn, no I’m not
BUT NOW I AM!
18/12/2010 at 17:05 Torgen says:
You’ll have to register before you can spread the word: [RealID link]
18/12/2010 at 15:27 DrugCrazed says:
I wonder if I’m posting too quickly. Also, xkcd: http://xkcd.com/810/
18/12/2010 at 15:33 kregg says:
The irony of such comment system is that people wont up-vote the informative, rather the comments which generate the most lulz. At least from what I’ve seen from Steam and Engadget.
18/12/2010 at 19:32 Dozer says:
And YouTube comments.
Comments of the form “314 people have rabies in their hair”, where 314 is the number of people who have Disliked that video at that point, seem to be the Youtube community’s favourite.
18/12/2010 at 15:27 AndrewC says:
Look, it’s very icy out, slowing down a bit is only sensible.
19/12/2010 at 01:31 Meatloaf says:
Indeed. Weather’s been rather terrible of late over here.
18/12/2010 at 15:28 stahlwerk says:
What if an advanced spam bot VI registers itself?
also: 2fast2furious… what the hell?
Logging out and back in did the trick.
18/12/2010 at 15:29 Kieron Gillen says:
testing for speed error.
18/12/2010 at 16:56 ascagnel says:
Your test needs more vibraslap.
18/12/2010 at 18:46 westyfield says:
Woo! Thanks Sony Music Entertainment, for blocking that video in the UK. You’re my everything.
18/12/2010 at 15:30 Kieron Gillen says:
testing for speed error mrk2
18/12/2010 at 15:34 kregg says:
Down Is The New Up
EDIT: Thought you said mk2, not mrk2 :(
18/12/2010 at 15:30 Kieron Gillen says:
testing for speed error mrk3
18/12/2010 at 16:12 Lambchops says:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJBhdKrwTOc
18/12/2010 at 15:30 Artist says:
Pah, even the last hole on earth for anonymous spammers got squeezed.. Im a sad panda now…
18/12/2010 at 15:32 Risingson says:
Well, all right.
18/12/2010 at 15:33 MJG says:
I’ve never commented before, but I registered just in case I ever want to in the future. Huzzah.
18/12/2010 at 15:34 westyfield says:
Is it possible to make it so the ‘keep me logged in’ button actually works? It logs me out every two or so weeks despite my ticking the box to stay logged in.
First version of this comment got eaten by the speed monster.
18/12/2010 at 15:40 DrugCrazed says:
Never had a problem myself. Mayhaps stop clearing your cookie cache?
18/12/2010 at 15:44 diziet sma says:
Maybe he eated them all?
18/12/2010 at 15:37 RakeShark says:
This is cause for panic, panic I tell you.
18/12/2010 at 15:38 Sarkhan Lol says:
You’re not getting rid of me, redundant white noise poster Sarkhan Lol, that easily!
On a completely unrelated note, would anyone like to buy some shoes? They’re definitely games-related. Max Payne wore shoes, on his better days.
18/12/2010 at 15:38 Dharoum says:
Goodbye funny fake e-mails..;(
Solong creative names…;( ;( ;(
18/12/2010 at 15:39 adonf says:
If you force everyone to register the terrorists win
18/12/2010 at 15:41 J. says:
This is madness!
Well, ok, it’s pretty great.
18/12/2010 at 16:28 Teddy Leach says:
Madness…
18/12/2010 at 15:42 Swanky says:
Dem pesky spammers.
18/12/2010 at 15:43 Stuart Walton says:
Whatever next, displaying of real names to try and enforce good conduct…
18/12/2010 at 16:37 Jhoosier says:
Pretty sure you don’t need to use your real name, unlike that bastard DIsqus system, which is so awful that on a politics blog I have to log in using my facebook accoutn & real name.
Also, test.
18/12/2010 at 15:44 Novotny says:
I only ever visited to get shoes. :(
18/12/2010 at 15:47 Plankton says:
My first ever comment on RPS and I had to register for it … booo. Truly disappointed.
Yeah, not really. Understandable move. And I should really comment more on here, I guess. I only started reading RPS 2 months ago and I wonder why it has taken me so long to do so.
18/12/2010 at 15:49 skinlo says:
Good thing I registered recently then!
18/12/2010 at 15:50 SilverSilence says:
Who the hell wouldn’t want to register to this awesome site?
18/12/2010 at 16:02 RC-1290'Dreadnought' says:
You won’t get their reply here, they aren’t registered.
18/12/2010 at 15:52 Oak says:
I registered before it was cool.
18/12/2010 at 18:35 sidhellfire says:
You have predicted that this might be cool, otherwise you wouldn’t register.
18/12/2010 at 15:53 Dharoum says:
Breaking news! RPS decides to censor internet users that post spam!! Innocent users are tragically affected by these new measures, rumors of a revolt and a switch between gaming site spread across the community.
18/12/2010 at 17:50 Thermal Ions says:
Wait, what, there’s other useful gaming sites on the internet?
* and to join the chorus – I’m not posting too fast – I’m just that efficient.
18/12/2010 at 15:56 The Innocent says:
Yay for being registered, etc.
18/12/2010 at 15:56 zoombapup says:
Works for me. Believe me I hate spam too (I was a human spam blocker for indiegamer.com until recently).
Spam should die. Spammers should die. Spread the hate!
18/12/2010 at 15:57 Malawi Frontier Guard says:
I forgot my password.
18/12/2010 at 15:59 markside says:
I did as well. It’s pretty crazy!
18/12/2010 at 16:42 Big Murray says:
I forgot my username.
18/12/2010 at 17:06 Dawngreeter says:
I forgot which site I should go to in order to read RPS
18/12/2010 at 18:45 Coins says:
Why am I here? This isn’t a fridge.
18/12/2010 at 19:34 Wertymk says:
I forgot myself.
18/12/2010 at 15:58 sfury says:
testing for test
test
18/12/2010 at 16:00 cheapviagra says:
Good idea!
18/12/2010 at 16:00 xmido says:
Since gawker media was hacked, this doesn’t really make me feel comfortable.
18/12/2010 at 16:05 Chris D says:
So long as you’re not using the same password for anything vital you should be alright.
18/12/2010 at 17:30 pupsikaso says:
I use the same password for everything. Now my usernames, that’s what changes around.
18/12/2010 at 17:48 Collic says:
Also use an email account just for things like forum boards, that way it leads to an email without any of your real details.
18/12/2010 at 16:04 Linfosoma says:
If you can read this the test was a triumph .
18/12/2010 at 16:05 JohnnyMaverik says:
That’s fine, registration is free so I fail to see how it can be an issue for anybody.
18/12/2010 at 16:06 Toby says:
I have actually never noticed any spam but hopefully this will at least prevent it.
18/12/2010 at 16:07 Theory says:
Has the hivemind tried Bad Behaviour? I found it incredibly effective, although since I didn’t have as many legit commenters as RPS I may have escaped a lot of false positives.
18/12/2010 at 16:07 devlocke says:
I just wanted to see if it would tell me to slow down.
IT DID! That was exciting.
18/12/2010 at 16:11 Thrawny says:
did it make you do an excitement wee?
18/12/2010 at 16:08 Horza says:
This is a test.
Also, there seems to always be a login link even if I’m already logged in (Or am I? I’m sure I’ll find out as I try to post this) and no logout option.
And I’m not posting too quickly dammit.
18/12/2010 at 16:09 kyrieee says:
Dammit now I can’t comment under 10 different names
18/12/2010 at 16:10 Tscott says:
I don’t have anything to say, but I dream that I might someday, so I registered.
18/12/2010 at 16:11 Lambchops says:
I wonder what Fred Wester CEO of Paradox has to say about this!
18/12/2010 at 16:17 FredWesterCEOofParadox says:
I approve.
18/12/2010 at 16:30 Handsome Dead says:
b=b=
19/12/2010 at 00:20 Fred Wester CEO of Paradox says:
Right.
(Just for Phill)
18/12/2010 at 16:14 skyler88 says:
Done and done!
18/12/2010 at 16:15 Ba5 says:
Is it working?
18/12/2010 at 16:15 Unaco says:
Been registered for years… but it won’t let me post. Says I am posting too quickly. I haven’t posted in at least 3 days.
Edit: NVM… Logging out, then logging back in again seems to have done something. Now I can post.
18/12/2010 at 16:18 Wilson says:
Fair enough, the spam was a little annoying.
Also, I didn’t get any warnings about posting too fast, so I don’t know if that’s fixed now.
18/12/2010 at 16:20 Quentillius says:
I don’t mind too much….
18/12/2010 at 16:21 Stense says:
Fair enough, spam is rubbish and needs to be killed with fire. So much fire.
18/12/2010 at 16:22 MindFukr says:
Or you could just go with Rock, Paper, Shotgun & Cheap Shoes…
18/12/2010 at 16:24 MrTambourineMan says:
Wonderful.
18/12/2010 at 16:24 Lim-Dul says:
Not testing, just posting cause I can! =)
18/12/2010 at 16:26 Dhatz says:
hope there ain’t gonna be anymore reply fails
18/12/2010 at 16:27 JB says:
Well if it kills the spam, then I’m a happy panda.
18/12/2010 at 16:36 Lambchops says:
There will always be reply fails.
18/12/2010 at 22:25 adonf says:
@Lambchops: niiiiiice !
18/12/2010 at 16:28 Ysellian says:
yay! “you are posting comments too quickly”
18/12/2010 at 17:09 rei says:
How does one misreply anyway?
18/12/2010 at 16:35 Nny says:
Works :)
18/12/2010 at 16:44 Xocrates says:
Well, I wasn’t really in need of shoes, so I guess I’m fine with this.
All those poor shoeless orphans may not, however. And on Christmas too! Shame on you RPS.
18/12/2010 at 16:48 skinlo says:
Test.
18/12/2010 at 16:59 mmrik says:
I will not stand for this!
Registration! Preposterous!
How will I now sell my cheap shoes? YOU HAVE DESTROYED MY LIVELIHOOD RPS!
I will never register! Never!
18/12/2010 at 17:03 Lad Stankfoot says:
You rapscallions, you.
Dang spammer.
18/12/2010 at 17:07 Tusque D'Ivoire says:
If there is one, i tend to use the edit function, however, everytime i edit my comment, the system then decides that I “seem to be spam”.
Would be happy if you either remove the edit function or fix that issue.
or is that just me? i mean normal comments are not marked as spam, so…
18/12/2010 at 17:08 Torgen says:
Hmm, this very well may force RPS off WordPress and onto a more robust system. The nerdrage will cause heads to explode when the next Fallout game is reviewed here, and the site keeps telling the dozens of people who arrive only to impugn someone’s lineage to not only register, but to slow down while trying to make their first flame.
18/12/2010 at 17:14 Teddy Leach says:
Hah…
18/12/2010 at 17:15 jti says:
Ok, here we go testing.
18/12/2010 at 17:15 RadioactiveMan says:
Woot! About time, says I.
18/12/2010 at 17:16 Vaerriek says:
Always meant to register anyway…..
18/12/2010 at 17:17 MrSpandex says:
Mmmmm, delicious spam…
18/12/2010 at 17:21 SquareWheel says:
I am also commenting with my account.
18/12/2010 at 17:27 OMZ says:
testingly tested
18/12/2010 at 17:27 pupsikaso says:
Unless you guys intend to now IP ban the spammers, this isn’t really working.
18/12/2010 at 17:28 OMZ says:
Well it must be legit then!
18/12/2010 at 17:29 Wonko the Sane says:
testy post for testing. Have a scotch egg!
Edited to add: yay, editing posts. Also, everyone just missed an heroic opportunity to post fake comment spam and wind up the Hivemind :(
18/12/2010 at 17:31 noobnob says:
Welcome to the RPS, James! I’m assuming it’s you posting here. A real Person.
Edit: Bots still on a rampage. They really want us to “feel like a warm autumn”.
18/12/2010 at 20:06 mod the world says:
Hehe, i like James’ return policy.
19/12/2010 at 06:20 Corrupt_Tiki says:
I know huh? But This did make me chuckle “This website preferential everybody surprise price”
18/12/2010 at 17:33 Drac40k says:
TEST! TEST FOR THE TESTGOD!
18/12/2010 at 17:52 pkt-zer0 says:
POSTS FOR THE POST THRONE!
18/12/2010 at 17:56 stahlwerk says:
Edits for the Edit-Ship!
Edit: typo.
18/12/2010 at 17:37 protobob says:
test
18/12/2010 at 17:37 Teronfel says:
test test
18/12/2010 at 17:44 HHPP says:
Bah!
18/12/2010 at 17:46 Freud says:
1st!
18/12/2010 at 17:50 Paul says:
It is fine!
18/12/2010 at 17:51 Caerphoto says:
Comments should totally have a preview thing, preferably real-time. It’s not hard, even I can write a JavaScript thing wot does it.
18/12/2010 at 17:54 Òscar says:
am i keeping my bizarre abstract avatar?
yikes, i am!
18/12/2010 at 17:55 stahlwerk says:
You made me remind of ??To be,or not to be,it is a question??
19/12/2010 at 00:19 rei says:
Almost 70k hits on Google! To think I had missed such an iconic spammer.
EDIT: …in reply to stahlwerk. First time that the reply function didn’t work for me :(
18/12/2010 at 17:57 mcwizardry says:
test
18/12/2010 at 17:57 suibhne says:
Well, I’m getting the “You are posting too quickly” error, and I see no “logout” option anywhere on the site.
18/12/2010 at 18:00 stahlwerk says:
The trick is to login to wordpress, then log out, then log in again.
OTOH I’m getting the error again right now, and I only just posted my reply a dozen posts up ^^^ so…
18/12/2010 at 18:30 Lambchops says:
The trick is to hit refresh until it lets you post your comment. It may be a brute force approach but it has worked for me every time so far!
18/12/2010 at 18:52 stahlwerk says:
Oh, I’d hesitate to do so, I heard down that path lies the joyless and tearful hamlet of Double Postings.
18/12/2010 at 18:00 iainl says:
Does this mean you’ve also fixed the bug whereby it’s only about 30% of the time it remembers I’m logged in in the first place?
18/12/2010 at 18:01 PaulMorel says:
Registered Successfully! WordPress Power!
18/12/2010 at 18:14 tomatojustice says:
wait, am i registered?
yes, yes i am.
18/12/2010 at 18:20 Juhkystar says:
I HAVE IMPORTANT WORDS TO SAY.
18/12/2010 at 18:21 frymaster says:
test
18/12/2010 at 18:32 utharda says:
So is my RPS registration the mark of the beast?
18/12/2010 at 18:33 Gassalasca says:
You killed my baby today?
18/12/2010 at 20:21 GCU Speak Softly says:
Doesn’t matter much to me…
18/12/2010 at 20:28 Gassalasca says:
… as long as it’s dead.
18/12/2010 at 21:48 Nick says:
Last caress was what came into my head too..
18/12/2010 at 22:29 adonf says:
I’m glad to see that’s not just me…
18/12/2010 at 18:33 TooNu says:
Great Scot!
18/12/2010 at 18:36 Abraham says:
what a shame.
18/12/2010 at 18:36 sinister agent says:
I will not register! Fight the machine! Stay off the gri… oh hang on.
18/12/2010 at 18:39 Kid_A says:
This is really rather irksome for those of us who have other WordPress accounts and therefore have to bounce back and forth between logins. I suppose it’ll be worth it in the long run, although I did love those forking shoes.
18/12/2010 at 18:40 MaskedWalrus says:
BLAH BLAH OH MY GOSH WHAT FANTASTIC WONDER IS THIS, FORSOOTH I MIGHT EXPLAIN THE CONUNDRUM UPON WHICH I HAVE STUMBLED, AND HAS STUMPED ME SO.
18/12/2010 at 18:47 eBear says:
RPS is actually one of the sites I don’t mind registering on:)
18/12/2010 at 18:48 Daiv says:
Hello! Shoes for King! Get shoes! Hello! Yes! Shoes!
Nah, just kidding. Nobody here but us humans.
18/12/2010 at 18:49 Arglebargle says:
Site hasn’t been accepting my clever comments for weeks, logged in or not. Maybe the new regime will change all that? If so…..Yay?
18/12/2010 at 18:52 Turin Turambar says:
Test. test. test.
18/12/2010 at 18:56 Coriform says:
The last two times I registered for a gaming blog (Destructoid, Kotaku), their databases were compromised and user account information was leaked. Please try to maintain higher data security standards.
18/12/2010 at 18:57 Papageno says:
Why does logging in (which takes me to my profile page) then clicking on the RPS link seem to log me out again (at least the word “login” appears at the top right)? I’m confused. Also, is it a separate login for comments and the forums?
18/12/2010 at 19:00 Kieron Gillen says:
Login remains in the top right at all times.
KG
18/12/2010 at 21:52 Delusibeta says:
Also, forums use the same logins as comments.
18/12/2010 at 19:00 multiname says:
Ignore user function please!
Also, the top bar still says “login” even after you log in.
Good luck with this, anyway: EG is registration-required and has just as much spam. A moderation system might have been a better idea.
18/12/2010 at 19:05 Lost says:
What? Register! Never!
oh.
18/12/2010 at 19:08 Pike says:
OK.
18/12/2010 at 19:08 Gunsmith says:
and thus, there was a test, and he looked upon the almighty test results and saw that it was good.
18/12/2010 at 19:09 EthZee says:
Gosh, this is a new step. Luckily I registered a while back. Hopefully there will be an increase in quality of posting.
…
Now that I’ve got everyone’s attention, I would like to draw your attention towards this wonderful collection of Louis Vitton handbags and shoes.
They’re not for sale, I just wanted to show off.
18/12/2010 at 19:17 Urael says:
It feels like RPS is now wearing armour. Shiny armour. Made of Love.
18/12/2010 at 19:19 gummybearsliveonthemoon says:
Buy discount shoes! purses! Spatula toaster a whoop whoop word salad yall.
Ow, crap, I bit my lip.
18/12/2010 at 19:23 Loopy says:
Hello?
18/12/2010 at 19:24 Ravenger says:
Now where am I going to get my GHD hair straighteners now? :-(
Seriously, it’s a good move, especially as spam links can lead to viruses.
18/12/2010 at 19:26 Robert says:
THEY IS SELLING OUT TO THE BIG ONE! MAN! CONSPIRACY!
(Captcha would say: Good Job)
18/12/2010 at 19:27 Silver says:
glad I registred a couple of days ago:P
testingg my skillz
18/12/2010 at 19:35 EBass says:
Fair enough.
18/12/2010 at 19:48 Poppis says:
*In a burly viking voice*
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
PS. I approve of this change.
18/12/2010 at 19:51 Mistabashi says:
I wonder if the greedy spam filter will eat my post this time…
EDIT: Nope, but it seems it will do interesting things to the comment order.
18/12/2010 at 19:53 Kerikov says:
Well, 3 years reading the site but never commented before.
But I couldn’t pass up the chance to make a test comment!
18/12/2010 at 19:58 Brumisator says:
hfghfgurtvuztruzvzvfgv
18/12/2010 at 20:00 sk2k says:
A bomb.
Edit: Hey, site admins, WordPress 3.0.3 is available. :D
18/12/2010 at 20:02 swagger says:
test test is test
18/12/2010 at 20:08 Agrona says:
I can’t believe I’ve never registered here.
That said, I don’t know if registration is going to save you. The same spammers are all over shacknews.com, which only allows registered accounts anyway.
18/12/2010 at 20:11 CrankyChipmonk says:
I wonder how much this will effect the number of posts RPS recieves…
18/12/2010 at 20:20 Maslaw says:
People Spamalot in these comments, so will I then.
SPAM spam SPAM spam SPAAAM!
18/12/2010 at 20:22 trjp says:
In fairness it’s no surprise – the machine which exists to exploit ANY public posting opportunity is unstoppable…
I once setup a forum on a ‘spare’ URL and left it there, unannounced and blocked from robots (search engines) and it only took a week before someone posted a Chinese Cheap Shoes ad on there!! :)
18/12/2010 at 20:38 Gordon Freeman says:
I registered!
18/12/2010 at 20:51 geldonyetich says:
I’ve been registered here for quite some time. *bridges fingers in archaic mystery* Yes, quite some time.
18/12/2010 at 20:52 Conor says:
You want VIAGRA? TASTY VIAGRA!!
YOU BUY!!!
http://www.omgitschineseviagranowwithaids.com
Aslo, buy 2 viagra and get low price jordn sandal HAF PRICE!!
HOW YOU RESIST THIS?!?!!?
On topic, I like this new system.
18/12/2010 at 20:53 SpinalJack says:
hello, am I logged in with you? or are you actually trapped here with me?
18/12/2010 at 20:54 BuddytheRat says:
I have been instructed to tell you that wordpress 3.0.3 is now available! Just a heads up..
18/12/2010 at 20:55 SpakAttack says:
Spammers are scumbags. Fact.
18/12/2010 at 21:12 Scandalon says:
WordPress 3.0.3 is out. It told me to tell you. Which is handy to know, ’cause I actually am an admin for some servers, and one of those is running WP. RPS: Telling you stuff for your job you should already know since 1873.
18/12/2010 at 21:24 Stellar Duck says:
I guess it’s just as well that I registered a few weeks ago.
18/12/2010 at 21:30 outoffeelinsobad says:
Who will help the widow’s son.
18/12/2010 at 21:32 Out Reach says:
test.
18/12/2010 at 21:35 Creeping Death says:
It’s a bit of a shame, but as long as it cuts down on those damn spam messages I’m fine with it.
18/12/2010 at 21:35 vodkarn says:
As soon as I read that title, I have to admit the first thing that came into my head was “I killed your baby today; doesn’t matter much to me, as long as it’s dead.”
18/12/2010 at 21:44 theunshaven says:
Tesssssssssst.
Not sinister at all.
18/12/2010 at 21:46 JiminyJickers says:
Test
18/12/2010 at 21:51 gwathdring says:
Yay, no more captcha!
18/12/2010 at 21:52 Spacewalk says:
What have we become?
18/12/2010 at 21:53 BovineLegacy says:
I can’t tell if I’m logged in or not, but I guess I will know if my comment shows up.
edit: w00t
18/12/2010 at 21:55 TiberiusGracchus says:
test
18/12/2010 at 21:55 Gonefornow says:
If the prize is no SPaM, I’ll do it.
And I did.
18/12/2010 at 21:58 Gonefornow says:
Testing for the bug.
Edit: It didn’t happen again.
Test succesful!
18/12/2010 at 22:01 Davee says:
I guess it was inevitable. The spam cannot be stopped!
18/12/2010 at 22:02 juv3nal says:
test
18/12/2010 at 22:04 Michael D says:
Hmm, guess I’ll have to puzzle out my login again.
18/12/2010 at 22:15 The Magic says:
test…
BOOYAH!
I’ma likin’ this
18/12/2010 at 22:26 littlewilly91 says:
but i still can right?
18/12/2010 at 22:56 Flobulon says:
If a quiz is quizzical, what’s a test?
18/12/2010 at 23:26 m3metix says:
Hooray!
18/12/2010 at 23:36 Lhowon says:
This is not a test.
18/12/2010 at 23:51 Legionary says:
Could you not use OpenID or something similar? Managing logins for a million different websites is a hassle.
19/12/2010 at 00:04 Edgar the Peaceful says:
That’s Alfie Noakes, folks.
19/12/2010 at 00:10 phenom_x8 says:
Thanks god i’ve been registered in this site!
19/12/2010 at 00:22 Wulf says:
In order to prevent spam, we have become spam!
Hm, that’s entertainingly ironic.
19/12/2010 at 02:03 Bob says:
Is that the same as a self fulfilling prophecy? :D
19/12/2010 at 00:23 Wulf says:
That’s interesting, are these posts coming in out of order? Am I going to appear many posts above another person’s again?
Let’s find out!
I predict that rei will mumble something bout 70k hits on Google.
19/12/2010 at 00:25 Y3k-Bug says:
lol
19/12/2010 at 00:28 llama9000 says:
Cheeeeeck
19/12/2010 at 00:31 PlaceYourBetts says:
If I must
19/12/2010 at 00:47 marxeil says:
Maybe add something to indicate a user is logged in?
19/12/2010 at 00:55 DigitalSignalX says:
This is superb news: long have the PC gaming aristocracy hesitated to add their voice to the heady discussion present on the electronic rock, paper and shotgun device. Afraid they might be confused for the lesser folk without property or wealth, who merely have the fortunate chance to be in the same place at the same time as us, we can now breath somewhat easier knowing our lofty debates will be subject only to the retort or agreement of others who are able to sustain the literary and psychological rigors required to register. Bravo say we all.
19/12/2010 at 00:59 DarkWeeble says:
First post ever. <3 you guys!
19/12/2010 at 01:04 HelderPinto says:
What a shame!
19/12/2010 at 01:36 Wang Tang says:
Mmmh, spam… – oh wait, no more :’(
And I can only request, like marxeil:
“Maybe add something to indicate a user is logged in?”
19/12/2010 at 01:40 Adventurous Putty says:
That’s unfortunate. Part of the charm of RPS has always been that you never know who you’re going to find in the comments threads.
Well, it’s a small loss. At the very least it means we won’t have to deal with those goddamn spambots anymore. I hope.
19/12/2010 at 01:53 Corrupt_Tiki says:
See, spambots are the real Skynet of today! aeooe.com will slowly start enslaving the human race, and then build terminators whi….
Man, Shouldn’t have fallen asleep in front of the tv with Terminator 2 Playing.. It’s stuck in my head now =(
EDIT: How come I posted on the 19th [today] and my comment is before the ones that were posted on the 18th, man I’m tripping balls, I knew those were some bad McNuggets.
19/12/2010 at 02:15 Lambchops says:
So . . . spam not really stopped then.
Guess which Deus Ex reference is coming next!
19/12/2010 at 02:46 oddsounds says:
Test for great justice!
19/12/2010 at 02:56 SteveG says:
Alright I registered. Keep up the good work, chaps
19/12/2010 at 03:07 Byth says:
BUY MENS TEES KING APPAREL ** ** I AM SURE YOU SATISFIED 15.99 $$$$$$$
I mean, welcome to RPS, self.
19/12/2010 at 03:14 Javier-de-Ass says:
nice. could you guys also remove the single indent reply thing aswell. either put a proper tree that moves up and down dynamically with the latest post inside each page that supports the conversations that always happen inside the first reply or make all comments linear and add a “reply to” ‘username’ or postnumber inside the text area of posts that are supposed to be replies. this current thing just clogs up the first post with a ton of replies from people trying to get a first page post. worthless.
19/12/2010 at 03:18 The Tupper says:
I’m Spartacus!
19/12/2010 at 03:41 Vinraith says:
I’ve got no problem with a registration requirement, but it doesn’t seem to have done much to prevent the ongoing spam bombing.
19/12/2010 at 04:26 sink257 says:
i have a pic
19/12/2010 at 04:32 Lukasz says:
yay. no spam!
20/12/2010 at 05:36 CTRL-ALT-DESTROY says:
What a shame. (test)
edit.test
19/12/2010 at 04:41 MDevonB says:
I just want to fit in and comment on this post as well. I feel like a sad panda…
19/12/2010 at 04:42 moondog548 says:
This is a slap in the face to all us long time established commentators.
19/12/2010 at 05:21 Hidden Thousand says:
Captcha, registration…and logging in and out. The stuff of legends!
Right, Boo?
19/12/2010 at 05:42 agent47 says:
ohai
19/12/2010 at 05:51 sgt. grumbles says:
All right, I registered. Along with a bunch of t-shirt spammers, looks like.
19/12/2010 at 06:32 pipman3000 says:
lol so much for stopping spammers
19/12/2010 at 06:56 Alex Bakke says:
I was here before the great registration drive of ’10 and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt.
19/12/2010 at 06:59 Grey_Ghost says:
WTH is Ugg?
19/12/2010 at 07:15 zergl says:
I, for one, welcome our new registered overlords.
19/12/2010 at 07:45 jeremypeel says:
Ha! I’ve had endless entertainment reading the comments. No shoe deals though. I hope some of you guys stay, you guys.
19/12/2010 at 07:48 jeremypeel says:
Wow. I knew I was good, but I’ve just defied temporality in coming in before rei and the rest below. BOOM! That’s the sound of everything you thought you knew doing a backflip whilst crying.
19/12/2010 at 08:11 bill says:
I’m sure there is a DRM analogy in the fact that i consistently fail to be able to post on RPS, yet spam bots never seem to be stopped.
I got past the captcha about 1 in 5 times, yet they seemed to have no trouble. I get the “posting too quick” error half the time. they seem ok. I can never remember all my usernames and passwords, they seem to remember ok.
I’ve noticed spam on every post since you required registration, so it doesn’t seem to be working well. How about the “click on the monkeys” method next??
19/12/2010 at 08:12 bill says:
interesting – my comment jumped above about 10 older comments. more commenting fun.
19/12/2010 at 22:21 Daniel Carvalho says:
Well, at the very least you got preferential treatment and jumped the que!
19/12/2010 at 22:25 Frye2k11 says:
Spammers get humans to solve captcha’s by screenshotting them and putting them in between a forum on cars and some exciting picture. Spotty teenage boys will solve at least twelve to get to Bar Rafaeli in underwear before they give up.
EDIT: AND AN EDIT BUTTON!
19/12/2010 at 08:19 Tetragrammaton says:
The spam. It cannot be stopped.
Edit: We also seem to be experiencing some kind of temporal disruption. It’s fighting back, I tells ya.
19/12/2010 at 08:51 dethtoll says:
Oh, I see WordPress finally decided to allow me to actually be freaking logged in for once. Okay then.
19/12/2010 at 08:52 Sobric says:
“you are posting too quickly, slow down”
19/12/2010 at 10:16 Longrat says:
TESTING
19/12/2010 at 10:37 MaxNormal says:
This is the only site i have seen where people engage in conversation with the spammers as if they were part of the scenery. I won’t miss them if you can make it work though.
19/12/2010 at 10:41 Instant says:
How do I register?
19/12/2010 at 10:48 Baboonanza says:
Testing bitches….
Bitches online.
19/12/2010 at 11:15 Wulf says:
This is a test to see whether I can replicate whatever the heck rei and company did to end up down the bottom, permanently, below all of the other posts. I’m sure there’s a puerile joke to be made there, but I won’t make it.
Right then, let’s see…
19/12/2010 at 11:16 Wulf says:
This was not a triumph. I’m making a note here of my lack of success. It’s hard to overstate my disappointment.
19/12/2010 at 12:16 rei says:
I will completely resist any potential for puerile jokes as well, and note that apart from attempting and failing to reply, I didn’t do anything unusual. Infinite are Horace’s mysteries.
19/12/2010 at 18:07 Teddy Leach says:
I believe most of us were replying to the spambot, and said bot’s comment was deleted. I noticed said comment’s back now, however.
19/12/2010 at 11:18 Wulf says:
Okay, one last test to see if I can figure out how to get a ‘permanently listed last’ post. Which may or may not end up as a reply to someone.
>_> Okay, I can’t figure out how they managed to break the comments system badly enough to do that.
19/12/2010 at 12:35 noobnob says:
Wulf, the posts from the guys at the bottom of the stack replied to the spambot posts. But the RPS hivemind decided to delete them without deleting our posts, so, for some reason, we ended up here. I don’t know if this is the fault of the WordPress software or if it’s just this particular implementation, but it’s wacky nonetheless.
19/12/2010 at 13:14 rei says:
I didn’t reply to a spammer, although the post that I tried to reply to may have at first been a response to a spammer. Odd that it would inherit that quality somehow.
19/12/2010 at 11:54 leplaisirquitue says:
I like how polite spam is these days..
I bet the next generation of spam won’t have any respect in it’s post-modern ennui..
“Sure you can buy these fucking trainers you ugly bastard, but they won’t make you look any less fat and old. Check out my spamlink if you can manage that, grandad.”
19/12/2010 at 15:09 dogsolitude_uk says:
Testifying…
19/12/2010 at 18:20 deejayem says:
Does registering mean I get a different icon thingy?
19/12/2010 at 18:20 deejayem says:
Waa – like, totally.
19/12/2010 at 18:26 Chunga says:
It was such an impressive offer – to be able to really hang out with the RPS cool crowd (tea-drinkers and zombie killers, yay!) so I just had to sign up for a chair in the corner with a comfy foot-rest.
19/12/2010 at 20:47 bascule42 says:
I refuse to register.
19/12/2010 at 21:16 born2expire says:
should be working
19/12/2010 at 21:50 Cunzy1 1 says:
I enjoy this site very much. Thanks!
Not spam. Test.
19/12/2010 at 21:51 Nero says:
Stay away spam!
19/12/2010 at 22:16 Daniel Carvalho says:
Trendy test comment here. Desire to contribute. Check.
Flex of power. Able to edit comment. Check.
21/12/2010 at 06:53 skalpadda says:
I don’t mind, seeing as I’m logged in through the forums most of the time anyway. It keeps telling me I’m posting too fast when I try to make replies though, even after logging out and in a few times. I’m not that fast at typing either, meh.
21/12/2010 at 11:53 Malawi Frontier Guard says:
Why does RPS have the best spam?