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Strange new server that doesnt work?

Post by aP|Nelg »

I noticed a strange server on the list. On armagetron it appears as 666/666:
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However, the browser at hashpickup shows it as 255/255:
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Can anyone share what this is about, and why its on the list?
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ok well, looks like the server went down...
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I saw that too. If you go to the associated website, they are trying to sell you an "Illuminati Membership" Certificate for $16.99. Looks to me that they were just trying to sell more memberships via a tron server.
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I checked the IP of the server. 104.4.114.54. Matches swag. :o
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Random marketing people would have to be stupid to find an open source game with such a small community and host a modified server allowing nobody in. Sounds like an obvious troll to me?

Also, Z-Man did this before as part of the ramp server for April Fools.
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Light wrote:Also, Z-Man did this before as part of the ramp server for April Fools.
What do you mean, I was playing in that server! (also I think it was wrtl that hosted it)
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kyle wrote:
Light wrote:Also, Z-Man did this before as part of the ramp server for April Fools.
What do you mean, I was playing in that server! (also I think it was wrtl that hosted it)
Sorry, my mistake. :P
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Light wrote:Random marketing people would have to be stupid to find an open source game with such a small community and host a modified server allowing nobody in. Sounds like an obvious troll to me?

Also, Z-Man did this before as part of the ramp server for April Fools.
Well, it could be trolling I suppose. But it has been my experience to never underestimate the stupidity of marketers. I have seen much stupider ideas with poorer execution.
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The specific IP has been banned from my master servers.
aP|Nelg wrote:Matches swag. :o
Oh? Sounds plausible. I'll double check that. If true, I'll work out his subnet and do stuff. Not the first time he ran unwanted servers.
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That IP corresponds to other gem servers such as...

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[2014/11/24 23:24:04] [33] Acknowledged server: 104.4.114.54:4535, name: "Domination's Team Sumo Brawl!"
[2014/12/20 22:28:31] [33] Acknowledged server: 104.4.114.54:4534, name: "join if you are gay ok thanks"
[2015/01/07 03:29:18] [33] Acknowledged server: 104.4.114.54:4534, name: "That one server with people"
[2015/01/18 05:23:23] [33] Acknowledged server: 104.4.114.54:4534, name: "Illuminati Confirmed /_"
Also, a few different random names in IRC.
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Tank Program wrote:That IP corresponds to other gem servers such as...

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[2014/11/24 23:24:04] [33] Acknowledged server: 104.4.114.54:4535, name: "Domination's Team Sumo Brawl!"
[2014/12/20 22:28:31] [33] Acknowledged server: 104.4.114.54:4534, name: "join if you are gay ok thanks"
[2015/01/07 03:29:18] [33] Acknowledged server: 104.4.114.54:4534, name: "That one server with people"
[2015/01/18 05:23:23] [33] Acknowledged server: 104.4.114.54:4534, name: "Illuminati Confirmed /_"
Also, a few different random names in IRC.
That matches Castro@forums, which is Zulu, ain't it? I have a hard time keeping so many different names in order since I don't talk to most of them. lol
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Can't confirm it's Swag. His previous known actions with (we think) unmasked IPs are from different ISPs. So no range bans yet. Good thing you can't host servers through any of the popular anonymization services.
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Light wrote:Random marketing people would have to be stupid to find an open source game with such a small community and host a modified server allowing nobody in. Sounds like an obvious troll to me?

Also, Z-Man did this before as part of the ramp server for April Fools.
It is not marketing. I don't think on earth someone would have bought that strategy, if so, then give them my number :x
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Re: Strange new server that doesnt work?

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Who cares?
This isn't all that different from a server with 1/1. No one could join it anyway (yea I tried).

Seems like a bug exploit (custom compiled server); how big of a problem is this anyway?
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Durf wrote:Who cares?
This isn't all that different from a server with 1/1. No one could join it anyway (yea I tried).

Seems like a bug exploit (custom compiled server); how big of a problem is this anyway?
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