Spam in /ooc and /auction

[MogManX44]

Originally Posted by Malrubius [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Character naming restrictions...
-No letter appears over 2 times in a row.
-No names over 12 (10?) letters in length.

no names over 12 sounds good, but i disagree with the first part.

Originally Posted by Malrubius [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[*]Character creation restrictions...
-Throttle the rate you can create new characters on an account. For example, once an hour max.

many ways around this one as well

Originally Posted by Malrubius [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[*]Nobody under level 5 can post on either OOC or Auction (although they can view these channels).

This is by far the best idea, i fully support this and would really like to see it implemented

Originally Posted by Malrubius [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[*]Throttling post speed...
-Throttle the rate anybody can send text to OOC or Auction to something like...no more than 1 message every 5 seconds.
-Severely throttle the rate that people under level 5 can post on OOC or Auction. For example, one post every 30 seconds.

i think this was attempted, correct me if im wrong (obivously isnt working if it was)

Originally Posted by Malrubius [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[*]Instantly ban the Account (and even the IP if feasible/effective) of any abusers.

good idea in theory, but there are so many ways around this

Originally Posted by Malrubius [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[*]"GM's give 10-15 active, higher level, respectable players the ability to IP ban spammers." To prevent abuse, perhaps give an even smaller handful of GM-trusted players the ability to recommend a ban to the GMs through private channels (IM,e-mail,whatever) which the GMs take extra-seriously on the rare occasions it is used for this purpose.

this last one is a horrible idea, im sure even trusted players have the possibly of succumbing to corruption, this could mess things up a lot.