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[quote name='Hatcher' timestamp='1351715413' post='6058183']
I like this one. I'm picking this one.
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But I figured spambots worked by guessing a crapton of answers. So, wouldn't A-Z be one of the first they would guess, granting easier entry?

On the other hand, I may have no idea what I'm spewing out.

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[quote name='Legend Zero' timestamp='1351715283' post='6058182']
What is the __ letter of the alphabet
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I thought about spambot AI for a couple more seconds and two possibilities occur to me:

1. "1 + 1 = ?" is used very often, so spambots are now programmed to answer that correctly.

2. Spambots use the brute-force approach (now known as the Yami Marik approach to door-opening), so a short answer (like, say, a one-letter or one-number answer) will be cracked quickly.

EDIT: NInja'd, partially.

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[quote name='Hatcher' timestamp='1351716268' post='6058202']
Cakey said since bots use brute force, something like that might not be so good. =\
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I actually found this one the subject. I think this applies here as well.

[img]http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/password_strength.png[/img]

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[quote name='Agro' timestamp='1351716269' post='6058203']
Can we lower the price on topic color change and implement some guidelines on when and how they can be used?

I'm assuming it still reverts it back to normal if you edit the OP?
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Lowering the price is possible.

Guidelines... not sure what they'd be.

Reverts? I dunno, probably.

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[quote name='Agro' timestamp='1351717101' post='6058209']
Well the only reason to have guidelines is just to make sure that YCM doesn't go all technicolor on us.
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Something like....

1. A page requirement for being able to use color
2. A limit to how many topics you can have colored
3. Certain sections get certain colors

4. http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/forum/33-other-tcg/ My topic is still the only colored one. <3

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[quote name='Flame Dragon' timestamp='1351716892' post='6058207']
Can you figure out how to get rid of the negative warnings?
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I think I can.

Also, another change has been put in:

Users must acknowledge a warn given to them by a moderator before they will be allowed to post again.

Hopefully this will make it even harder on spam bots, as well as making warned users cut down on their spam, too.

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[quote name='Yankee' timestamp='1351717389' post='6058216']
Users must acknowledge a warn given to them by a moderator before they will be allowed to post again.
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You should make an Announcement about this before the masses freak out.

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[quote name='Hatcher' timestamp='1351717509' post='6058217']
Just made it so any random member can lock their own topic.
You don't need to post "lock" in your title.
... May revoke this if members get their topic locked by mods and then keep reopening them. =\
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Um...is there a way to limit this? Like, post requirement? If not, then it doesn't seem like a good idea. How often do we really get people dying to have their own thread locked?

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