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itches
12th of August, 2008, 07:24
With the recent uptick in spamming on Orp, it was decided that in order to remind people of the importance of keeping an eye out for the foul advertisements, we needed a mascot. A SpamBot mascot. Team Admin set a variety of net traps and before long we had captured one. Now we are ready to debut our new inclusion to the forum safety team, after weeks of painful surgery to remove its claws, fangs and ... what the hell is that thing? Some kind of tentacle stinger? Ugh.

I present you with tuvw135 (http://online-roleplaying.com/forums/member.php?u=3026)! He is here to let you know that it is important for each-and-every person to stay vigilant to the presence of spam and alert the authorities when it is found. Only You Can Prevent Forum Spam.

What's that tuvw135? You want to say something to the good people?

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh thfithkh'ngha wowgold (http://online-roleplaying.com) Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn viagra (http://itches.livejournal.com) Ygnaith y'bthnk

Haha! That's right tuvw135 :)
BigRedRod
12th of August, 2008, 18:23
Decorating and neutering spambots is just more fun than banning them. It's like real life pokemon.
LeeCHeSSS
12th of August, 2008, 19:40
Erm, is tuvw135 a real spambot? If so, please tell me you made sure he can't log in again to post more spam!
itches
12th of August, 2008, 19:42
Yes it is real, and it can't spam anymore. That's what the weeks of surgery were for.
LeadPal
13th of August, 2008, 07:15
Will tuvw135 be signing autographs? He'll need a signature, at least. And will he be dancing (textually) during off-time?

This is an exciting development!
LeeCHeSSS
13th of August, 2008, 07:58
There's only one logical option for that signature: the Monty Python spam scene
LeadPal
14th of August, 2008, 05:25
Not necessarily, he might also eat ham and jam and spam-a-lot.
omni-roach
14th of August, 2008, 16:01
Decorating and neutering spambots is just more fun than banning them. It's like real life pokemon.

So it ended up looking something like this:

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n56/nosebreaker/PokemonRuby1.png

Am I right?
itches
14th of August, 2008, 16:06
That is awesome.
BigRedRod
16th of August, 2008, 00:22
I caught one! I caught one (http://online-roleplaying.com/forums/member.php?u=3066)!
LeeCHeSSS
16th of August, 2008, 00:32
So basically you two are playing Spambot-émon?
BigRedRod
16th of August, 2008, 01:20
Yup. It's a precursor to me bringing back 7DS.
itches
16th of August, 2008, 02:49
You changed the email on that bot right?
omni-roach
16th of August, 2008, 04:37
I caught one! I caught one (http://online-roleplaying.com/forums/member.php?u=3066)!

Great. Does that mean I have to make a pic for you too? :P