Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Miserable users

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The ever popular "miserable users" hack for vb 3.6. Basically a way to really annoy anyone you don't want visiting your forum. This version is based on the vb 3.5 version. Credit to Zzed, and KuraFire for the pre 3.5 versions.

When classed as miserable, a member suffers ;

1. Slow response (time delay) on every page (20 to 60 seconds default).
2. A chance they will get the "server busy" message (50% by default).
3. A chance that no search facilities will be available (75% by default).
4. A chance they will get redirected to another preset page (25% & homepage by default).
5. A chance they will simply get a blank page (25% by default).
6. Post flood limit increased by a defined factor (10 times by default).
7. If they get past all this okay, then they will be served up their proper page.

Note: All the above options are set in the vBulletin Options.

To install this hack simply download the xml file to your pc and then import it into vbulletin as a product - then create your 'miserable users' usergroup and set the value of this group, and your preferred other settings, in the hacks settings area (vBulletin Oprions > Miserable Users). To make a member suffer just edit their profile to add them to the miserable users group (it will work as either the primary group or as a secondary group).


History:

v2.10 - First vb 3.6 version, minor changes to code.
v2.11 : Dependancies updated for 3.6.0 Gold.
v2.12 : Updated for Version Checking.

[Msfantastico]

Thats hilarious! lol nice nice

[alexgeek]

Wow this annoying. I love it!

[skill]

Thanks, installed this it works like a charm on dynamic IP users.

[jambo_1969]

Simply the BEST mod EVER.

[R-D]

Thanks Paul, this mod is great!

Spent about 30 mins IP, username and email banning some idiot who kept coming back, then got the brainwave to install Miserable users, it got rid of him in about a minute.

[almqdad]

hi

when Miserable Users try to login I get these kinds of errors

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.5:

Invalid SQL:

UPDATE session
SET lastactivity = 1203043811, location = '/forum/', loggedin = 2, inforum = 0, inthread = 0, incalendar = 0, badlocation = 0, useragent = 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1) ; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506)'
WHERE sessionhash = '0672947f996ee385659c003c1d598521';

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away

any adjusment I need to make

[Paul M]

I would guess you have a very short mysql timeout and high MU delay settings.

[Caerydd]

Just a post to say thank you, it's working perfectly ^^

You're on the 'to donate to' list.

[SeanKM]

Hi guys

Somehow I’m completely blowing it. This is the first mod/hack I’ve tried to install and I followed the directions to add it as a new product.

Download to desktop
Unzip
Go to Plugin-products system/
upload the XML file from your computer
browse select file MU.xml
import the XML file from your server = blank
Allow Overwrite = yes

Hit import

I get this error “No file uploaded and no local file found.”

I get exactly the same message when I try and do the welcome message hack.

I’m running Latest version available: 3.6.8 Patch Level 2

I’ve tried this from both my laptop and workstation so it’s not because of an internal firewall.

So I must be missing something obvious I don’t have enabled or???

Lil help for me and my noobieness would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[Kangaroo666]

I too installed the hack on vBulletin 3.6.8 Patch Level 2 today, and it works perfectly. Thanks Paul M, great job.

I imported the XML file from my PC using the admin cp /Plugin & Products/Manage Products and scroll to bottom and select Add/Import Product.
Browse to the file location on your PC and click import.
Create 'miserable users' usergroup and set the id of this group.
You can set your preffered setting for this hack in vBulletin Options / Miserable Users.

Hope this helps m8.