NOTICE: ?Friends? accounts? and account abuse

This is something I believe should be made clear to you so as to reduce the number of cases in which innocent members get blown out when one guilty member is banned.

Because we've had cases in which members claim that their friends spammed up the forums on their computer, a few things need to be addressed:

? Do NOT let ANYONE use their account on your computer unless you know that they will post in line with the rules, even if they have no access to the Internet at home. The same IP will register for the offending posts, and the computer may be banned, prohibiting you from accessing your own account. We will take up complaints and work to resolve the situation for you if this happens, but it is strongly advised that you take this precaution.

? Likewise, post from a hotspot, library or school as little as possible. Schools, libraries, and hotspots most likely will have to go through a proxy to get outbound, causing several computers on the network to register the same IP address here even though their IPs within the network may be different. As far as I know, we do not have the ability to ban a single computer on a private network from posting, and the situation is nearly impossible to resolve if you are posting from a public hotspot (such as a caf� or train). In the case of schools, there is the added possibility that hits to the site will be recorded by the firewall and used to possibly prohibit access (there are laws in the United States, presented primarily by the Children's Internet Privacy Protection Act (1999) and the No Child Left Behind Act (2001) that require public schools to do this).

? Do not entrust anyone, except perhaps a parent or guardian, with your account credentials.

Although we will do our best to verify and resolve any issues arising from the aforementioned issues, we will not be held responsible for any damages incurred from abuse of third-party accounts arising from such matters.

Thank you.

« Last edited by Cross Stinger on Mar 20th 2007 »

I have a bit of a question. I'm not sure if it affects anything, but the computer I originally set up this account with, and the computer I currently use are two comepletely different computers. What'd happen if I made a new account? Would the IP's match?

If you made a new account on the computer you're using now, it would bear that IP in its records.

What I mean is, the account I am using would have a different IP than my computer's IP? And if so, is that going to cause problems?

If the computer is using the same interent connection (or network) the IP address will still be the same, so, i don't think it'cause problems...

They are using different internet connections...

Also, I don't mean causing physical problems, I mean causing problems fr the Admins.

To clear this up: If you make a post on one computer and another person with a different account makes a post on the same computer, both posts and, therefore, accounts will have the same IP tied to them.

I use my school's computers on a regular basis... Luckily (that I know of) there's no one here that does SC besides me. There was a problem in the past though where one of my friends decided to screw up an' get the school banned... It's fine now though.

I get a lot of time here. I can't just cut it out. =\

Edit: I've also not had problems with them auto-blockin' SC either. The firewalls here are so easy to get by anyways... They did have SC banned for a bit, then all of a sudden not. O.o

« Last edited by ShadowGX on Mar 22nd 2007 »

Note: Your momma 13 has been banned, post deleted.