The Welcome Thread!

[NHWestoN]

Here's a twist. Our "newest member, IaATOVA just joined, lists 18 post already, but you can find any of them because they're not listed. I'se puzzled.

[Amazee Dayzee]

If that happens, I assume it's because the posts that were made ended up being spam so they were blocked by a filter or something. Honestly I am not sure how it works.

[NHWestoN]

If that happens, I assume it's because the posts that were made ended up being spam so they were blocked by a filter or something. Honestly I am not sure how it works.

That's as good an explanation as any, Amazz.

[Amazee Dayzee]

If it seems good and it is something that I came up with, it usually means that it is wrong and I am so off-base. At least that is how it usually ends up working admittedly.

[NHWestoN]

If it seems good and it is something that I came up with, it usually means that it is wrong and I am so off-base. At least that is how it usually ends up working admittedly.

But then, this is about BOTs so ................ meh.

[Amazee Dayzee]

Unfortunately it seems like bots are just something that we will have to deal with. If they disable registration for the forum then we will end up keeping people who genuinely like the comment from joining up here and posting.

[NHWestoN]

... BUT another bot got through. The Gateway must have a doggie door or something (portal, right? That's what you computer folks call it, a hole in the wall, like).

[Amazee Dayzee]

I am wondering if the bots are having something to do with the crashing that the forum goes through many times but if that was the case then the forum would have been crashing much earlier. Still I can't imagine that all of these annoying registered users who spam the forum are actually helping much.

[NHWestoN]

I am wondering if the bots are having something to do with the crashing that the forum goes through many times but if that was the case then the forum would have been crashing much earlier. Still I can't imagine that all of these annoying registered users who spam the forum are actually helping much.

Agreed!

[Amazee Dayzee]

If we have to close down registration to the forum again in order to fix this problem then I don't think the staff will have any choice. Not to mention at this point I doubt we will be getting any new members coming here until the comic resumes in 2066.

[CunningFox]

Welcome, paulanthony!

[NHWestoN]

H'lo, paulanthony. Enjoy!
... and congradulations for starting an interesting thread and getting through BadGAteway and "BOTS - O - RAMA" !!

Nice to do a real "Welcome" again.

[Amazee Dayzee]

Welcome to the forum paulanthony and we all hope that you stick around for a while! On a completely unrelated note, Paul Anthony was the full name of my late grandfather and late uncle.