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Xception
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Posted: 22nd Mar 2005 03:56
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Quote: "Thank you for your post.
As a new member to these boards your post will NOT appear until one of our Moderators approves it."


Does it depend on time or posts.
If it depends on number of posts then it'S stupid because I don'T feel like posting much when my posts appear hours after I posted.
If I want to answer a question the question probably is already answered before my post appears.
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IanM
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Posted: 22nd Mar 2005 04:04
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It depends on time.

Sorry, but it has to be this way - we've had far too much trouble with spammers in the past and this gives us plenty of time to stop them before they can have a big impact on the forums.

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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 22nd Mar 2005 04:28
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Quote: " It depends on time.

Sorry, but it has to be this way - we've had far too much trouble with spammers in the past and this gives us plenty of time to stop them before they can have a big impact on the forums."


Actually IanM it depends on the amount of times you post on that particular board (Team Request board in this case) rather than when you joined the forum.

At least I think it's this way because it told me the same message when I posted there for the first time ever a couple of days ago.

Sorry if I might be wrong.

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Ian T
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Posted: 22nd Mar 2005 04:30
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No, it's not. Team Requests has a special always-on moderation feature; for the rest of the forum, it's a time limit, but not even the mods know what it is since Rich tweaked it last, so don't bother asking .

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David T
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Posted: 22nd Mar 2005 04:44
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I'd bet its more on a basis of how many approved posts there are. A spammer need only register accounts then leave them for a while before spamming if it was just time based.

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 22nd Mar 2005 18:00
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As of today it is based on both dates and post counts.

This page will explain more:

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=why_approval

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Rich

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Dave J
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Posted: 22nd Mar 2005 18:58
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Cheerio good sir, you have saved us much explanation time.


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DBAlex
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Posted: 22nd Mar 2005 23:42
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Hey Xception (your from the GM Forum...Im IceRocketGaming from there...)

Hope you enjoy your stay...The forums here dont have obnoxious moderators like the GM forums...




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Guyon
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2005 00:42 Edited at: 23rd Mar 2005 00:42
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NOPE, till some one else joins. Then they are the new member.

Don't you rememebr this from grade school, when a new kid came?
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Xception
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2005 03:52 Edited at: 23rd Mar 2005 04:22
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lol, but now I'm no longer a newbie.
If it stops spammers than it's a good idea and if not, well, it does not hurt anybody.

Quote: "Hey Xception (your from the GM Forum...Im IceRocketGaming from there...)"

I'm the same but I don't like the "you are from the GM Forum".
I program with almost every existing "procedural" programming language, I always choose the one that fits the current task best.
I don't like functional programming languages however.
I bought DBPro a long time ago but did not use it much and never registered at the forum.
Nice to meet you here, IceRocketGaming.
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DBAlex
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Dont like the GM tag eh Xception?

Me neither.


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bitJericho
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2005 15:58
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Quote: "Hey it's the new kid, I think he's from Russia or somethign... My mom's dad's nephew's cousin visited Russia once..."


Ahhh yes I remember High School

[accent=russian]In communist Russia, the newbies pwnd YOU[/accent]


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Foxy
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2005 18:24
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Jerico, about a year ago we did get a Russian student come over from the nation. Even now, no one can understand half of what he says. No one can spell his last name either...It's Tka...something.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2005 18:30
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haha... ye we had a russian... same prob

I could understand him, but I'm cool like that... prolly that crappy sardine I stuck in my ear when I was a kid...

Don't even remember the guys name though.. it was a tough one too^_^


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GothOtaku
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Posted: 24th Mar 2005 10:17
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Quote: "I don't like functional programming languages however."

The heresy!
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Benjamin
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Posted: 24th Mar 2005 10:26
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Quote: "I don't like functional programming languages however."

Me too, I like ones that are broken. Thats why I chose dbp


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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 25th Mar 2005 19:57
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Hey! I know Russian!
(And 3 other languages)

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