Miserable Users

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Here is a 3.5 version of the ever popular "miserable users" hack. Basically a way to really annoy anyone you don't want visiting your forum. Based on the original idea & hack for vb2 by Zzed, and the vb3 port by KuraFire.

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:

v2.01 - Released as a product - all settings are in the vB options.
v2.02 - Added option for multiple usergroups to be defined as miserable.
v2.03 - Added option for IP addresses to be defined as miserable.
v2.04 - Updated multiple usergroups code.
v2.05 : Minor changes, no update necessary.

[darcyb]

This is my favorite mod. I've got a genuine troll-stalker who's been flooding my forum with fake identities, attacking members and all kinds of stalking trolling goodness for more than 3 years. With MU, I can reciprocate the annoyances.

Our moderator's group uses this hack like a verb in sentences, "hey, so and so made a new account. Should I mizz it? Yes! Mizz the $%#!@%#$@. User is now mizzed."

Of course, once an account of his/hers is mizzed, we get the joy of then clicking delete in our inbox from the flood of email containing thinks like, "nya nya, your board is down. You see, you really are inferior to me and my web proxy and blah blah blah blah blah". Which isn't much different from the daily email recieved containing the hillarities of, "you'll never keep me out blah blah blah I know more than you blah blah blah I will sue you for defammation blah blah blah here's a photo of me with my sister blah blah blah you think you're so smart don't you blah blah blah I just read a post, isn't so and so and so and so stupid? Bet you didn't know I could still access the forum? That's how smart I am and how dumb you are blah blah blah".

3 years, going on 4 of this daily fun. Amazing what people will throw away their lives doing.

[Salazar]

Since I installed this hack I often get the following error via mail:

mysql_connect() [<a href='http://www.php.net/function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: User myusername has already more than 'max_user_connections' active connections
/www/htdocs/myusername/includes/class_core.php on line 273

MySQL-Error :
Error-Nr. :
Date : Friday, October 21st 2005 @ 12:11:50 PM
Script : http://www.my-forum.net/member.php?u=XXX (it's always the User ID of my miserable user!)
Referrer : http://www.my-forum.net/login.php
IP-Adress : some.ip.add.ress
username :
classname : vb_database

Very strange... any idea?

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Salazar

Very strange... any idea?

Not really, but "User xxxx has already more than 'max_user_connections' active connections" is a mysql configuration error, you have exceeded your allowed connections to the database.

[Evil Chris]

great hack... installed & thanks.

[lairnoc]

installed it and some miserables allready don't come anymore hehe perfect!!!!!!

[PsiNyde]

*installs whilst donning evil grin*

[edit] this hack works beautifully! tested it out a little and got pissed off whie i laughed silly...wonderful work!

[VBUsers]

installed thanks for the hack had this on 3.0.6

[sportsoutlaw]

Installed - cant wait to make another constant spammers life miserable.

[CrossBones]

The funniest hack I have ever seen.

I can think a of a lot of people who should be members of that user-group.

[Argyle]

Much proppage to the author. I don't often get excited about things to do with my forums, but this one has me almost salivating in anticipation for when I do the 3.5.0 upgrade.