To the Admins...

[martyo]

There is a rumor being floated that some of us (me included) were flagged so that we would purposely have trouble logging on.

I contacted one of the admins and was thereafter immediately able to get on line.

I asked privately (twice) what the deal was on whether the rumor was true and got no response to my inquiry.

So, admins, what's up?

[RCSignals]

I think it's just a rumour, based on hysteria, paranoia and Chicken Little complex.


Nothing new here

[martyo]

Originally Posted by RCSignals

I think it's just a rumour, based on hysteria, paranoia and Chicken Little complex.


Nothing new here

Nonetheless, 91 views and yours is the only reply I got. And, no offense, you aren't even a moderator.

My question still stands.

[Black_Noise]

just adding my 2 cents (and i know im not an admin either) but beside being a pain in the rear, what harm or good would it do to block you so you cant get on?

[martyo]

Originally Posted by black_03

what harm ..... would it do to block you so you cant get on?

It makes it a pain in the azz for the particular user to log on.

Originally Posted by black_03

what ..... good would it do to block you so you cant get on?

It makes it a pain in the azz for the particular user to log on.

[bigslim]

I know what Marty is trying to say.

If I clear my cookies I have no problem zipping through the site. If I log with my user name it goes very slow or not at all.

I have yet to see any of the administrators answer this question. Btw, it is not just the two of us but quite a few others having this problem.

If I'm going to be blocked or inconvience then please send me back the remaining money I have contributed.

[DefyantExWife]

Hi Marty,

I had the same exact thing today. Then poof... it was back to normal.

It wasnt affecting Charlie's lap top in the other room, and when I did finally get through to the site, I got a message that "searching" for anything was no longer an option.

But yet at the same exact moment, Charlie's lap top, like I said, had nothing of the sort. My snafu lasted a minimum of 8 hours. I tried to check on the site in the morning, then painted all day, and tried again around 6 pm.

In any case... I think I saw Mark start a thread about Ebay. Gots to check it out. Hopefully its not about car stuff

[RCSignals]

Originally Posted by martyo

It makes it a pain in the azz for the particular user to log on.



It makes it a pain in the azz for the particular user to log on.

Earlier today I opened a new window and used it to start mm.net. It gave me a screen that said I had to log in.
I closed the window and started a separate Tab to open mm.net, and mm.net came right up without having to log in. Does that mean I was 'blocked purposely' for 1 or 2 minutes?
I don't think so.

I've been admin/mod on a few boards and i've never seen an option to just make 'logging in difficult' for some users. You can Bann using a few methods, but that's it.

Again, this is more of the same of what has been going on lately with certain people. Hysteria, paranoia, and Chicken little syndrome.
'Somethings wrong, must he mm.net against me.'

[gonzo50]

Originally Posted by bigslim

If I'm going to be blocked or inconvience then please send me back the remaining money I have contributed.

According to your member status, your dues have expired......you only have stars minus the flags by your avatar.

[martyo]

Originally Posted by RCSignals

Again, this is more of the same of what has been going on lately with certain people. Hysteria, paranoia, and Chicken little syndrome.
'Somethings wrong, must he mm.net against me.'

Duncan: I don't have a problem with you so I hope you won't be offended when I tell you I don't think you know what you are talking about.

Meanwhile 220 posts, a few hours later and not a word from an admin in this thread. Hmmmmm.....

[Smokie]

Originally Posted by martyo

There is a rumor being floated that some of us (me included) were flagged so that we would purposely have trouble logging on.

I contacted one of the admins and was thereafter immediately able to get on line.

I asked privately (twice) what the deal was on whether the rumor was true and got no response to my inquiry.

So, admins, what's up?

Marty why anyone would want to block a cool guy like you is totally beyond me....say it ain't so.

Happy New Year big guy.

[AstroVic]

Originally Posted by RCSignals

I've been admin/mod on a few boards and i've never seen an option to just make 'logging in difficult' for some users. You can Bann using a few methods, but that's it.

Don't think it's possible, eh?

Look here and you'll see that you're completely wrong.

Not only is it possible, but it seems incredibly LIKELY that this is exactly what's been going on.

Why is it that only the MCM.com guys seem to be having this problem and nobody else? But, then again, seeing as how most of the owners of this site spend half their day trolling around MCM.com, maybe it's not all that surprising after all.

And why is it that nobody (owner/admin) on this site has bothered to issue a reply to Marty's question? He wasn't being rude about it. In fact, nobody's been rude about it. The people on MCM.com, who are the apparent targets of these shenanigans, haven't even been rude about it. They're baffled by the situation, but that's about as far as it goes.

Marty simply asked a question and the people in the know on this site apparently don't seem to want to respond.

[Marauder386]

I just tried myself to come on to the site...would have had to log on, but closed window, kicked in my TCP optimizer, rebooted and came back to the site as normally happens...I dunno what to say. I didnt think about it until I read this thread...

8)

[FordNut]

I haven't had a problem lately, but I was having similar issues a couple of weeks ago. I found that opening the command prompt window and issuing this command:

ipconfig /flushdns

fixed it for me.

[merc]

Originally Posted by FordNut

I haven't had a problem lately, but I was having similar issues a couple of weeks ago. I found that opening the command prompt window and issuing this command:

ipconfig /flushdns

fixed it for me.

I guess the Unix version is

kill -s admin 123