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19th Mar 2010, 03:29 AM	IP Address wrongly banned #1
BajanK Original Poster Test Subject Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 24	I haven't been on the sit for 2 years and recently bought a new computer and the sims. When I try to acess your site it says "The admin has banned your IP address". When I was here before, I never say or did anything to have it banned so what is the issue and how can it be undone?

19th Mar 2010, 06:46 AM	#2
J. M. Pescado Fat Obstreperous Jerk Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3,153 Thanks: 8589 in 38 Posts 14 Achievements	You probably inherited the IP address of someone who got banned.
	Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill because they pissed me off.

19th Mar 2010, 09:27 AM	#3
HystericalParoxysm Retired Moderator Join Date: Tommorow Posts: 21,335 Thanks: 331826 in 311 Posts 46 Achievements View My Journal	Neither of the IP addresses you've used are banned. I'm not sure how you're getting the banned message, in light of that - and able to access the site to post this message, if you're IP banned. So, um, yeaaaah... But normally, if you get an IP banned message and haven't done something, it's as Pescado says - someone else had that IP, did something wrong enough to get IP banned, and sometimes, we have to ban a larger range than a single person. Or we ban a single IP and eventually that person switches IPs and someone else gets it. We don't like to IP ban people because sometimes innocent people can get caught in it, but IP bans are preferrable to letting a persistent troublemaker do whatever they want on the site.

19th Mar 2010, 09:32 AM	#4
Inge Jones Mad Poster Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 6,851 Thanks: 7426 in 17 Posts 18 Achievements	The user's name is an anagram of "a ban jk" ie "a ban joke"
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19th Mar 2010, 03:10 PM

BajanK

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Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 24

I'm posting this from my phone, its the only way I was able to. I can't post from my computer because acess to the site has been banned. Is there a way to remove the IP ban. So I can acess the site?

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Originally Posted by HystericalParoxysm

Neither of the IP addresses you've used are banned. I'm not sure how you're getting the banned message, in light of that - and able to access the site to post this message, if you're IP banned. So, um, yeaaaah...

But normally, if you get an IP banned message and haven't done something, it's as Pescado says - someone else had that IP, did something wrong enough to get IP banned, and sometimes, we have to ban a larger range than a single person. Or we ban a single IP and eventually that person switches IPs and someone else gets it. We don't like to IP ban people because sometimes innocent people can get caught in it, but IP bans are preferrable to letting a persistent troublemaker do whatever they want on the site.

19th Mar 2010, 03:12 PM

BajanK

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Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 24

I'm Bajan and my name starts with a K. You're overthinking it.

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Originally Posted by Inge Jones

The user's name is an anagram of "a ban jk" ie "a ban joke"

19th Mar 2010, 03:19 PM	#7
HystericalParoxysm Retired Moderator Join Date: Tommorow Posts: 21,335 Thanks: 331826 in 311 Posts 46 Achievements View My Journal	Unfortunately if an IP was banned it was because it was absolutely necessary to stop someone from accessing the site who needed to be removed. Someone else who uses your same ISP caused issues, and through their behavior, has made it so our only option to keep them off MTS is an IP ban. As IP bans are our last line of defense for troublemakers, they are permanent. Sorry.

19th Mar 2010, 05:24 PM	#8
BajanK Original Poster Test Subject Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 24	I don't think its right that because of someone else, I can't acess this site. There's absolutly nothing that can be done?

19th Mar 2010, 05:30 PM	#9
HystericalParoxysm Retired Moderator Join Date: Tommorow Posts: 21,335 Thanks: 331826 in 311 Posts 46 Achievements View My Journal	It's not fair, but it is, unfortunately, necessary. The only other thing that can be done is for you to use a different connection - library, work, friend's house, something like that.

19th Mar 2010, 06:05 PM	#10
G.O.C. What just happend? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,761 2 Achievements	You could always ask your ISP to give you a "static" IP!
	Life is for LIVING so, LIVE it and have Fun Please use "spell check" when posting!!! Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

19th Mar 2010, 11:17 PM	#11
Ghost sdoj Site Helper Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,606 Thanks: 77 in 1 Posts 6 Achievements View My Journal	Isn't it sad that trolls get back with such ease and innocent bystanders don't?
	I am Ghost. My husband (who made the account because I was too shy) is sidneydoj. I post, he downloads, and I wanted to keep my post count. Group for Avatar Makers******** My 2012 Yearbook entry Come visit Custom Sims 3!

20th Mar 2010, 09:32 AM	#12
Inge Jones Mad Poster Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 6,851 Thanks: 7426 in 17 Posts 18 Achievements	Bajan is posting. I don't really understand why he feels he has a problem.
	simlogical Please do not PM me with questions about modding. Please post in an appropriate forum and send me a link to the thread if you would like me to try and help.

21st Mar 2010, 02:33 AM	#13
Ghost sdoj Site Helper Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,606 Thanks: 77 in 1 Posts 6 Achievements View My Journal	If he's posting from his phone it means he can't download. (Unless he gets a flash drive and downloads to the flash drive from a friend's house or the library.)
	I am Ghost. My husband (who made the account because I was too shy) is sidneydoj. I post, he downloads, and I wanted to keep my post count. Group for Avatar Makers******** My 2012 Yearbook entry Come visit Custom Sims 3!

21st Mar 2010, 09:18 AM	#14
Vampire_of_Death Banned Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,910 Thanks: 6337 in 54 Posts 18 Achievements View My Journal	The thing is that most libraries block this site because of "nudity" because it has an underwear section. Really is a shame. This might help, but not sure if it will work because of the large scale ban. http://whatismyipaddress.com/static...e-my-ip-address

21st Mar 2010, 12:12 PM	#15
J. M. Pescado Fat Obstreperous Jerk Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3,153 Thanks: 8589 in 38 Posts 14 Achievements	This is why I generally only ban registrations from an IP. If they can't register, they can't really do anything anyway, and it avoids harming existing users.
	Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill because they pissed me off.

21st Mar 2010, 12:15 PM	#16
HystericalParoxysm Retired Moderator Join Date: Tommorow Posts: 21,335 Thanks: 331826 in 311 Posts 46 Achievements View My Journal	Vampire_of_Death - This has nothing to do with a restriction on their end like a library filter or whatever - it's because someone else who uses their same ISP did something stupid here and got an IP ban. And we had to ban a range because their IP was dynamic. Pescado - We generally do it that way too - but with the ease of someone, say, registering an account at a friend's house to bypass the registration restriction (or using a public login like those posted on Bugmenot), it won't cover everything. And in this case it's a new registration anyway, so only banning for new registers wouldn't have really helped them - they were able to register using an alternate means of accessing the site. It's a new account. Unfortunately, our choice as staff is between inconveniencing a handful of people who may be caught in an IP ban that wasn't their fault... or between inconveniencing many people who have to deal with the troublemakers who warranted the ban in the first place. In any case, I'm going to mark this answered - very sorry if you've gotten caught in an IP ban and didn't do anything.

22nd Mar 2010, 06:16 AM	#17
Vampire_of_Death Banned Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,910 Thanks: 6337 in 54 Posts 18 Achievements View My Journal	Yes, I got that, I was talking about him not being able to use the site at a library because of their filters etc. Sorry for the confusion.

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