Pagerban bypass

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Nov 3 2004, 12:13 pm
Is it legal to code a pagerban bypass into a game?
Nov 3 2004, 12:14 pm
Lunaofthemoon wrote:
Is it legal to code a pagerban bypass into a game?

The host might not be too happy about it, but in that case they can just stop hosting the particular game. I don't see what any of it has to do with "legal".
Nov 3 2004, 12:24 pm
In response to Jon88
I found a game with a pagerban bypass, and ended up getting all my pagerbanned spammers reaping their revenge on my server. I certainly stopped hosting that game fast.
Nov 3 2004, 12:28 pm (Edited by moderator on Nov 3 2004, 12:49 pm)
In response to Zaole
Icon Ultima makes it so any mod can access any server regardless. It pisses me off because I have had mods abuse on the server and I report them to Mobius and he doesn't do [much]. I love the game though and so do a lot of ppl who play on my server.
Nov 3 2004, 12:29 pm
In response to Lunaofthemoon
By the way, how the hell do you answer so fast? Are you guys like always online?
Nov 3 2004, 12:52 pm
In response to Lunaofthemoon
probly....btw, luna, i think straw misses u as a host....
Nov 3 2004, 1:00 pm
In response to DELLinspiron5100
Hmmmm....he might want to UNPAGERBAN ME THEN!!!
Nov 3 2004, 1:05 pm
In response to Lunaofthemoon
oh...well i am creating a run on of his game (with permission) if u have msn.....ill send u the host files, thats is if u wanna host..
Nov 4 2004, 12:56 am
Of course it's "legal"; it's no illegal patch to Dream Seeker, it's just a utilization of world/IsBanned(). Pager bans in IU are completely bypassed and handled in mob/Login() so admins and mods can access the server regardless of what the host thinks of them, and so that I can keep a record of the idiots with tens of keys. If you know about Soccerking, Oktusa or Nekato, then you know why I need to keep track of them.
Nov 4 2004, 1:38 am
In response to Mobius Evalon
How exactly would you code this, for example if the creator was pager banned, how would you overide one key and not all of them, I have looked up the IsBanned proc and it doesnt help me
Oct 1 2006, 11:43 am
In response to DELLinspiron5100
What game are we talking about?
Oct 1 2006, 12:04 pm
In response to Lunaofthemoon
You're two years late. I don't think that person is even here anymore (Never seen them, atleast).
Oct 1 2006, 3:29 pm
In response to Lunaofthemoon
Yeah, I was trying to get this put into the new version of Icon Traderz when I was an admin for that game.

People didn't like me as a GM because I was strict about spamming and stupidity. But I did my job... I put this into every game I make, but only for myself. I also put in a hook for a disallowed host list. If someone I don't like hosting my projects gets ahold of one, I can kick him from hosting.

Whatever the case, I am a bit of a control freak when it comes to my projects, because usually, my projects can be ruined by bad administration, and I don't like my games having a bad reputation.
Oct 1 2006, 10:19 pm
In response to Ter13
So how exactly would you do this? To me it sounds like a very useful idea, then again if my host were to pagerban me I would most likely just change the hub password anyway.

Still, it's a useful thing to know.
Oct 1 2006, 10:24 pm
In response to Dice1989
 
world/IsBanned(key,address)
    .=..()
    if(istype(., /list))
        if(key == ("YourKey")) .["Login"]= 1