Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Miserable Users

As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

The ever popular "Miserable Users" modification.

Basically a way to really annoy anyone you don't want visiting your forum. 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 they will get redirected to another preset page (25% & homepage by default).
4. A chance they will simply get a blank page (25% by default).

If they get past all this okay, then they will be served up their proper page.

Note: All the above are set in vBulletin Options > Miserable Users.

To Install ;

Download the xml file to your pc and import it into vbulletin as a product.
Ceate your 'Miserable Users' usergroup and set the value of this group, and your preferred other settings, in the modifications settings (vBulletin Options > Miserable Users).


To make a member suffer just edit their profile - add them to the Miserable Users group (it will work as either the primary group or as a secondary group). There is also the option to set ip addresses.


History:

v4.0.1 : 24-Dec-2009 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 20-Jan-2010 : Not released.
v4.0.3 : 26-Jan-2010 : Various updates.
v4.0.4 : 16-Feb-2010 : Fix server busy, phrase blank page message.
v4.0.5 : 18-Feb-2010 : Installer update.
v4.0.6 : 07-Mar-2010 : Changed the way the delay works.
v4.0.7 : 29-May-2010 : Fix error in upgrade section of install code.
v4.0.8 : 06-Nov-2010 : Install code updated.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.

v4.2.0.0 : 24-May-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.2.0.

[Mark.B]

Originally Posted by Paul M

No it doesnt. I was actually aware of that, but no one has ever mentioned it until now.

The main reason I guess is that you cannot post from the archive, its more or less the same as logging out and reading as a guest.

My particular user is also "miserabled" by IP address (as theirs is fixed), so logging out won't do them a fat lot of good.

Not really a problem, just thought I'd mention it. I too had never given it any thought (I don't really 'miserable' people very often) until I noticed this person viewing the archives in WOL, so i thought, 'oh no you don't!'

I guess it's all about whether you just want to stop them POSTING, or don't really want them READING either. I should probably just ban this person but I like being a bit more subtle.

[hardboiled]

Any way to download earlier versions? My god man, not everyone can upgrade and there are a few loose cannons that need to feel this plugin's wrath. Hook it up Paul, 4.0.7!!

[dog-tag]

Thanks very much Paul... some people really deserve this!

[SuperDude]

Lol!! I Love It! )

[mgurain]

It's working on 4.2, but shouldn't this be upgraded ?

Regards,,

[Robru]

Thanks for this update, Paul!

[Disco_Stu]

Works great with 4.2

Thanks. Marking as installed.

Great Mod.

[Big Engine]

Can someone in the Miserable user usergroup ever get to see what they want ? Is there a way to make it so everything works fine like 25% of the time ? Would I just adjust the other percentages to total 75% ?

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Big Engine

Can someone in the Miserable user usergroup ever get to see what they want ?

Yes.

Originally Posted by Big Engine

Is there a way to make it so everything works fine like 25% of the time ? Would I just adjust the other percentages to total 75% ?

Yes, you can set any values you like, they dont need to total 100.

[Big Engine]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Yes.


Yes, you can set any values you like, they dont need to total 100.

Excellent, thank you.......