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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: reddevil on January 22, 2010, 09:00:20 PM

Title: Howdy!
Post by: reddevil on January 22, 2010, 09:00:20 PM
I have been lurking around for awhile now and just joined. I'm happy that you guys are here! ;)
My collection is much better looking thanks to ya'll!!! (my wife thanks you too!!)

Is this spam, or a real person? I don't understand the domain for this user's email address. - Doom, Admin

As long as he doesn't link to any advertising I think it's legit. - KaiserWAVE
Title: Re: Howdy!
Post by: Arseen on January 23, 2010, 07:46:38 AM
Looks real to me too, and if that's the case: welcome
Title: Re: Howdy!
Post by: reddevil on January 23, 2010, 09:22:23 AM
Looks real to me too, and if that's the case: welcome

Thanks! I'm real... Otherwise no one would
feed the bottomless pit I call a dog... ::)

As for my email domain it's my work address.
Title: Re: Howdy!
Post by: AppleQueso on January 23, 2010, 09:31:02 AM
you should post up pictures of your recased games
Title: Re: Howdy!
Post by: TheGreatGonZo on January 23, 2010, 10:16:29 AM
you should post up pictures of your recased games

+1   ;D
Title: Re: Howdy!
Post by: reddevil on January 23, 2010, 10:55:16 AM
you should post up pictures of your recased games

+1   ;D

I'll post pictures as soon as the shelves are done. I have permission from my better half to publicly display the collection!!  :D
Title: Re: Howdy!
Post by: Grumbleduke on January 23, 2010, 11:54:43 AM
Welcome aboard. Its always good to see peoples collections. I think we can safely say your not a bot. ;)
Title: Re: Howdy!
Post by: reddevil on January 23, 2010, 12:31:21 PM
Yep, not a bot. Well at least as far as I can tell... ;D

It's good to be here. I've been collecting for a few years now (mostly vintage). Most of the old games are loose carts, so it was a great relief to find this site a few months ago. My collection looks much better, and is much better protected.  I've also been motivated to try making my own covers. I posted one last night. I haven't seen it up, so I'm hoping it didn't get lost somewhere in the interwebz....
Title: Re: Howdy!
Post by: the7k on January 23, 2010, 03:16:19 PM
Isn't it a bit sad how paranoid we've all become?

I don't even understand it. It's not like this is a heavily trafficked site - we're just a small community and I doubt these "penis pill pushers" and other spammers are even getting one sale from this site.

Anyway, welcome. Sorry you had to deal with the witch hunts that have been going on lately.
Title: Re: Howdy!
Post by: Doom on January 23, 2010, 05:40:37 PM
Isn't it a bit sad how paranoid we've all become?

I don't even understand it. It's not like this is a heavily trafficked site - we're just a small community and I doubt these "penis pill pushers" and other spammers are even getting one sale from this site.

Anyway, welcome. Sorry you had to deal with the witch hunts that have been going on lately.
I'm sick of spam and I'm sick of banning people. In my time here, I've seen spammers with posts like "hi", "hello", etc. The email address was unexpected, but it didn't mean anything.
Title: Re: Howdy!
Post by: AppleQueso on January 23, 2010, 06:00:16 PM
Isn't it a bit sad how paranoid we've all become?

I don't even understand it. It's not like this is a heavily trafficked site - we're just a small community and I doubt these "penis pill pushers" and other spammers are even getting one sale from this site.

Anyway, welcome. Sorry you had to deal with the witch hunts that have been going on lately.
I'm sick of spam and I'm sick of banning people. In my time here, I've seen spammers with posts like "hi", "hello", etc. The email address was unexpected, but it didn't mean anything.

At a forum I used to moderate, me and the head admin used to just google search weird new members who registered. It was a slow place, so naturally most of them were bots.

Some of the stuff we found in our google hunts were pretty funny though, I remember one that actually filled out an entire profile field, almost all of it was total nonsense, like Austin, TX being his favorite food.
Title: Re: Howdy!
Post by: the7k on January 23, 2010, 08:44:30 PM
I'm sick of spam and I'm sick of banning people. In my time here, I've seen spammers with posts like "hi", "hello", etc. The email address was unexpected, but it didn't mean anything.

I'm not really criticizing the response: it's only natural. I just think it's sad that this place has become such a watering hole for spam bots.
Title: Re: Howdy!
Post by: reddevil on January 24, 2010, 12:40:26 AM
I would agree that Doom's query was without malice. No worries. ;)