How to catch a duper

[Torque]

Hi friends! Since the hot topic lately has been duping, I'd like to go over some of the methodology that may or may not be used on GreaterMUD. We all hate dupes, and since it's an impossible task the only thing we can do is to keep trying. Here are some techniques, but definitely not the sluggers that require more planning:

1.Keylogger - log conversations and extemporaneous inputs. all mundane inputs can easily be filtered out for review

2.Forum binding - bind a forum account to each player, mandatory

3.Name binding - bind a name to a player, mandatory

4.Occasional emails - system to send a response required email to each user. can be automated, and also can be tweaked to reduce user workload

5.Create a third pvp realm that allows dupes - so much information to analyze from that

6.Charge $5 for additional characters (the first being free)

7.Automate a dupe accusing menu. Kind of like a poll menu, you can accuse anyone you want to a dupe. helps with gard to find common denominators

8.Make alignment resting rate to Seedy. Heavily increases the workload on people who dupe (among other things)

9.More meaningful conversations from the sysop(s). How can the sysop possibly know about dupes other than IP check and shitty youtube links on gossip?

10.Implement a party experience tracking system. If Chuck = inparty (Steve), then start ExpCounterParty#001

11.Hold PVP tournies and track who shows up

12.Max stacks to 1 level. Heavily increases workload on people who dupe (among other things)

13.Suspend everyone and require verification to be unsuspended. Realm entrance resumes after 24 hours from mass suspension

14.Penalize party exp further

15.removed

[Torque]

Number 8 is an alignment system change, obviously that wouldn't work on its own since it'd be impossible to go good at that point. Any fix would work, praying at annora is the one I had in mind. It takes evils work to stay evil, so why not take goods work to stay good

[mad]

or use proxyhunter / other various tools on the ip and let it do the work for you. can't catch a real life dupe - ie a computer at a real persons house with a home internet pc.

gardner bans:

VPS, proxy and business ISP's and has admitted this in forums.

you'd know I guess

[Hurricane Omega]

How to really catch a duper:

Piss off every person one at a time until they rage quit and watch how many characters go with them.