Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Miserable Users

As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

The ever popular "miserable users" hack for vb 3.8.

Basically a way to really annoy anyone you don't want visiting your forum. This version is based on the vb 3.7 version. Credit to Zzed for the original idea.

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:

v3.8.001 - Initial vB 3.8 release.

[thedwb]

It was my fault. In the hack area I did not assign a user group ID number.

Works like a charm now. Thank you. Perhaps the greatest plug-in ever!

INSTALLED

[Nocturnal1]

How do I hide the actual MUG usergroup so that no one can view who is in the MUG user group besides admin/mods?

Installed.

[Paul M]

Turn off the display on forum leaders option in the usergroups settings.

[isatice]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Then you probably did something wrong.

ok i'll give it another try , i love this hack

[PossumX]

Any chance of this mod being updated for vB 4.0 when the time comes?

[cyclical]

Originally Posted by PossumX

Any chance of this mod being updated for vB 4.0 when the time comes?

I also would like to know this, I am upgrading to the beta version of 4 this afternoon. Would hate to not have this feature anymore.

[Paul M]

I will not be upgrading any mods before vb4 is gold, and almost certainly not until after the New Year, even if vb4 is released before then.

[PossumX]

Originally Posted by Paul M

I will not be upgrading any mods before vb4 is gold, and almost certainly not until after the New Year, even if vb4 is released before then.

I would expect nothing less, as we all need to wait for Gold release prior to doing anything live. Thanks, as always, Paul M, your mods are excellent.

[tribedude]

How do I upgrade the plugin from a previous version that I have installed (I think our previous installed version is from 3.4 or 3.7....

[Paul M]

You need to know what your previous version is.

If its the 3.6 or 3.7 version, then installing this will auto remove the previous version. If its older than the 3.6 version then you will need to manually uninstall it in the product manager.