This would be easier to catch if scripts had access to a users IP. I never really understood why a players IP isn't exposed to script to begin with.

I say we IP ban you... :p

But eh, most of the people have AOL or something with a dynamic IP anyway, so its hard to really just ban someones IP unless they have Cable or something.

Could always ban AOL again like in the old Graal days. :cool:

I'm not sure but I thought you could check it using RC.

Maybe some sort of system could be made where banned users IP's are updated every X amount of hours or something to make sure that the user isn't using any sort of way to change their IP to avoid the ban.

Rephrase of what I just said:

Maybe every X amount of hours or so, the system could update and check all of the IP's of the users that are banned, and if the IP's match the last known IP, then the ban stays and everything is fine, but if the IP is different then the one banned previously, then the system adds that IP to the ban list along with the old one or something.

Could be as simple as last IP of a banned account. You can easily query the IP field of the Database, and if the accounts that match that one is banned, then they're banned.

Then you'd never see my pretty face on Era. :frown:

I was joking. :eek:

I agree with Houdini, I like this idea.

UN jail is a very nice jail :)

Hmm, what about host name or something? When you get banned on mIRC it usually seems fairly unavoidable? Would that be more reliable than IP for dialup users?

More than likely no.

jaillevels= in the server options disables all pm'ing and massing except to staff (for the listed levels - ie: jail ones) and its not too difficult to build a system which prevent a user from escaping from jail (unless they hack the server, like, properly). With those stopping them harass the players, just ban them for a few days if they start to harass the staff. Its always worked for me...

Yea, lol. I remember when some staff globally banned everyone in Ohio, who used adelphia. We couldn't play Graal for two weeks, It was hillarious.

Amen.