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the bots are back
Posted: March 20th, 2026, 5:06 am
by muzik
I don't know how they did it but they need to get the hell out.
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Re: the bots are back
Posted: March 20th, 2026, 10:04 am
by I6_I6
muzik wrote: March 20th, 2026, 5:06 am
I don't know how they did it but they need to get the hell out.
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Oh...
I thought they were normal users...
I was wondering how there were suddenly so many people online!
Re: the bots are back
Posted: March 21st, 2026, 2:57 pm
by TheWayOfTheCon
I6_I6 wrote: March 20th, 2026, 10:04 am
I thought they were normal users...
I was wondering how there were suddenly so many people online!
Yeah, Conway's Game of Life just isn't that big. If it was, we would probably had Sir Robin discovered by the 2000s.
Re: the bots are back
Posted: March 21st, 2026, 9:55 pm
by b-engine
Could we obtain the IP addresses of the bots and backtrack to know whoever tried to DDoS the forums?
Re: the bots are back
Posted: March 22nd, 2026, 7:00 am
by muzik
Is it possible to revert the viewership statistics to pre-DDoS numbers?
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Re: the bots are back
Posted: March 22nd, 2026, 7:11 am
by unname4798
muzik wrote: March 22nd, 2026, 7:00 am
Is it possible to revert the viewership statistics to pre-DDoS numbers?
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And add monthly and yearly records? (the record stayed the same for 5 years)
Re: the bots are back
Posted: March 22nd, 2026, 11:29 am
by otismo
they did not find the post they were looking for . . .
Re: the bots are back
Posted: March 22nd, 2026, 3:20 pm
by TheWayOfTheCon
unname4798 wrote: March 22nd, 2026, 7:11 am
And add monthly and yearly records? (the record stayed the same for 5 years)
Out of curiosity, what was the non-botted record if anyone knows?
Re: the bots are back
Posted: April 21st, 2026, 5:03 pm
by hotcrystal0
TheWayOfTheCon wrote: March 22nd, 2026, 3:20 pm
Out of curiosity, what was the non-botted record if anyone knows?
I think it was 2909 in September 2020.
Re: the bots are back
Posted: April 23rd, 2026, 2:18 pm
by otismo
This will not be a concern going Forward.
Re: the bots are back
Posted: June 24th, 2026, 11:01 pm
by NNlk05
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User njohnsto_cwl_forums already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections [1203]
An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists.
Bots again? Nearly 5000 users?
EDIT: almost 7000 now.
EDIT2: Damn
The website wrote:
Most users ever online was 11368 on June 24th, 2026, 11:47 pm
Re: the bots are back
Posted: June 28th, 2026, 1:21 pm
by muzik
In case anyone with the power to do so (probably just Nathaniel) wants to reset to a prior record value to cleanse the site of this scraper bot junk, here's what I could find on the internet archive:
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Re: the bots are back
Posted: June 29th, 2026, 8:43 pm
by tommyaweosme
i can't access this site anymore under normal circumstances because of the cloudflare captcha that is forced on every visitor
Re: the bots are back
Posted: June 30th, 2026, 2:34 am
by NNlk05
tommyaweosme wrote: June 29th, 2026, 8:43 pm
i can't access this site anymore under normal circumstances because of the cloudflare captcha that is forced on every visitor
Try a different browser. That fixed the issue on Chrome for me.