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JaqMs14 · Guest Offline

Is it bad to make someone a sysop immediately? This person says he's been a Smod in Trench Wars and a Mod in Gauntlet and he wants to be a Sysop in my zone to do things such as coordinate events, and hire referees. I have a feeling that the person will cause some mischief. Does this happen often and what could that person do?

Mr Ekted · Movie Geek Gender: Joined: Feb 09 2004 Posts: 1379 Offline

They can modify all files on the server. Change server/arena settings, edit mods, smods, sysops. I think it might even be possible to upload a modified subgame and do *recycle to cause to be executed some code that they wrote, which would give them complete access to the machine, blocking you out in the process.
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Solo Ace · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:03 pm Post subject:

Subgame refuses a bunch of file extensions to be uploaded/deleted(/downloaded), .exe, .dll etc.

Anyway, who is it?

JaqMs14 · Guest Offline

His name was Airborne Division. He said he was part of the 101st Airborne Division at Iraq. And that he was on his laptop there.

Solo Ace · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:14 pm Post subject:

Hmm'k, don't believe him.

What he says about modship in t3g is incorrect, if you're still not sure, go ask there.

Why would he even *need* sysop for such crappy jobs anyway?
Even a lowly moderator could coordinate events and hire referees.

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:23 pm Post subject:

Once a TW ER got sysop in one of my hosted zones and randomly *super-ed whenever he got killed for revenge. You make the decision.
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Picano2.0 · Novice Gender: Joined: Jan 11 2003 Posts: 80 Offline

Wow. Airborne sure seems to get around...

EDIT: Just got the complete log of it
2 Days Ago
Airborne Division> who owns this zone?
Charcoal> dr bra
Charcoal> unfortunately dr bra forgot to install ?owner
Airborne Division> is dr bra every on?
Charcoal> hes on sometimes
Charcoal> but usually hes... 'doing' other stuff
picano2.0> who need owner when theres ?listmod..... but i wish it showed offline staff
P Airborne Division> who do i contact if i wanna become staff?
Airborne Division> .buy ship7
Airborne Division> how to you enter?
Darkflare> read the F1 help
T Airborne Division> who can i contatc to become staff?
Airborne Division has $1000 in their account.
T Darkflare> how long have you played the zone airborne?
T Charcoal> send a application to 'siaon@hotmail.com'
T picano2.0> you jsut started here and you want staff? no
P picano2.0> ?qip
There was 1 match to your query.
NAME IP MACID DAYS AGO
Airborne Division xx.xxx.xx.xx x 0
T Airborne Division> i didnt just start
Airbone has left the arena.
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Dustpuppy · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:55 pm Post subject:

He was never a mod here (T3 The G)
And Picano's log looks pretty pathetic.
I wouldn't give him anything, but knock yourself out
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Picano2.0 · Novice Gender: Joined: Jan 11 2003 Posts: 80 Offline

Pathetic in what sence?

Dustpuppy · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:06 pm Post subject:

Heh as in what he was doing was pathetic, not you.
Picking a random zone and asking for staff before even playing it?

Solo Ace · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:08 pm Post subject:

That's what I did, accepted in t3g within 5 seconds!

Nah, heh, yeah I agree, just ban him instead of even wasting time on him.

Airborne Division · Guest Offline

Like i said, i was looking for a new zone to start up, but i didnt know it wasnt a new starting zone, i just downloaded the new zone list from about a month or two of not updating it, so i didnt have much of a way of knowing.

Solo Ace · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:56 pm Post subject:

Whatever you've done, you shouldn't have said you were staff at other zones, since you weren't.

JaqMs14 · Guest Offline

Wasn't new? My zone isn't even hosted yet.

Solo Ace · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 11:08 pm Post subject:

Hahaha, the patheticness didn't stop there, it's even getting worse!

Picano2.0 · Novice Gender: Joined: Jan 11 2003 Posts: 80 Offline

He was talking about my zone I believe (Hyperspace) but... I can't see how a zone averaging 20 pop and on ssc billing can be new

Smithy101 · Thing 2 Gender: Joined: Jan 28 2004 Posts: 428 Offline

Bak · Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 9:39 am Post subject:

$20 says you can't smithy...

Matzke · Novice Joined: Jan 26 2004 Posts: 88 Offline

lol Bak
Ok Jaq, dont hire him he's obviously bs'ing you, I wouldn't hire anyone you dont know as sysop immediately without giving them a trial at a lower position, and if it doesn't seem right, go with your gut instinct, if they abuse as sysop i'd ban them just to make it easy for you, and definately make sure you backup all your server files,

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Airborne Division · Guest Offline

actually dust, what you fail to realize is that i have many alias that wouldnt come up in an alias check, considering I have gotten a new computer within the past 3 years..

Solo Ace · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 11:28 am Post subject:

What was your alias when you were on T3G staff then?

Prove what you say.

Bak · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 12:22 pm Post subject:

alias checks checks IP addresses too, as well as linking aliases used with the same macID / permissionID. So unless you changed machines exactly when you changed ip addresses (ISPs) and never logged on your new alias on your old machine or your old alias on your new machine, the aliases will be linked

D1st0rt · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 9:17 pm Post subject:

Aren't you kind of busy flying airplanes or something to be running around as sysop?
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Dr Brain · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 9:35 pm Post subject: Re: Is it bad...

X-Raider · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 9:45 pm Post subject: