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GSOHokie01
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GSOHokie01
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Here's an honest question. Do you IP ban them as well?

I'm not sure how it works today but back in the day when server admins had much more control over gaming servers, we would ban players from a server and then we would add a blanket IP ban on them to keep them from simply creating another account to cause further chaos. It wasn't perfect but it helped keep many of the problem players at bay. We never ran into an issue where someone who was in good standing had their IP blocked due to being similar to the problem player.
Posted: 06/13/2026 at 01:03 AM ET
(In response to this post by Will Stewart)

Thread Replies (66)

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Rocovich thread deleted. List of bans just handed out ...
Will StewartAdmin • 06/12/26 11:18 AM ET
Got to ask: Why even have Lounge boards. TSL is supposed to be about sports
GOHOKEE • 06/13/26 07:10 PM ET
You couldn't handle the Lounge**
bigbadbird • 06/16/26 08:18 AM ET
Hahaha, I actually post on the lounge
GOHOKEE • 06/16/26 07:56 PM ET
The Lounge helps keeps stuff off the Sub Board.**
IB4TECH • 06/14/26 12:40 PM ET
That "issue" fomented the "need" for the Lounge.**
TomTurkey • 06/14/26 08:42 AM ET
I am pretty sure the lounge has the most posts of any of the boards.
VaTechie • 06/13/26 08:43 PM ET
It's the quality that matters
Happy Dog • 06/14/26 08:58 AM ET
Third most. Here are the post stats for this year. **
Will StewartAdmin • 06/14/26 08:24 AM ET
The free basketball board has 2.2 times as many posts compared to football?
AnotherTechW • 06/14/26 09:34 AM ET
No... Just 700 posts per game
Virtual Hokie • 06/15/26 03:58 AM ET
Well, consider the time frame. It includes MBB season, but not FB season.
Will StewartAdmin • 06/14/26 08:54 PM ET
So, from 7/1/2025 to 6/13/2026, basically a year...
HokieNL • 06/15/26 08:23 AM ET
The free football board here is pretty dead (relatively speaking).
Will StewartAdmin • 06/15/26 09:10 AM ET
Would you classify the free Basketball Board as "less dead," perhaps?
HokieNL • 06/15/26 09:50 AM ET
Well, Basketball is done, and Football yet to come, so...
HokieNL • 06/14/26 12:51 PM ET
Send’em over here
Arachnid • 06/13/26 10:45 AM ET
Looks like a Blue Sky and Sabre had a low IQ child...pass.**
hok1eboy • 06/13/26 04:44 PM ET
Could you put a "Delete O Meter" next to our names? 😀**
IB4TECH • 06/13/26 10:43 AM ET
I love that you named names
Happy Dog • 06/13/26 09:45 AM ET
Here's an honest question. Do you IP ban them as well? ◄
GSOHokie01 • 06/13/26 01:03 AM ET
asking for a friend with multiple logins**
bigbadbird • 06/16/26 08:20 AM ET
I can do that, yes.
Will StewartAdmin • 06/13/26 09:37 AM ET
Maybe some longtime posters will see a change and return to
4Maxx • 06/12/26 07:42 PM ET
Ahh crap...that means I'm gone...I can honeslty say I've added little or
JoseyWales • 06/12/26 04:54 PM ET
I'm in that category too. I would like to see that list.**
IB4TECH • 06/14/26 12:48 PM ET
hold my beer.............**
squarerootofone • 06/12/26 08:13 PM ET
Yea, that part made me a little self conscious.**
Coach McGuirk • 06/12/26 05:56 PM ET
Man has to know his limitations...**
JoseyWales • 06/12/26 04:54 PM ET
Especially outlaws. 😉**
HokieNL • 06/14/26 12:55 PM ET
That Q&A had one statement which is not exactly true:
Maroon Effect • 06/12/26 02:15 PM ET
Not to be a jerk about it but you clearly didn't read closely.
Will StewartAdmin • 06/12/26 02:20 PM ET
Heres the passage...**
Will StewartAdmin • 06/12/26 02:44 PM ET
Not a jerk at all
TomTurkey • 06/12/26 06:21 PM ET
That’ll be good**
Maroon Effect • 06/12/26 04:19 PM ET
The $64,000 question, how many posts would Will give our $75 million donor?
HokieToph • 06/12/26 02:13 PM ET
All of them.**
Will StewartAdmin • 06/12/26 02:45 PM ET
Alice Cooper approves this message !**
uber hokie • 06/12/26 01:45 PM ET
Sorry for all of the angst, Will. Forgive me finding humor in all of this.
Coach McGuirk • 06/12/26 01:12 PM ET
Well done sir!**
HOKIE1 • 06/12/26 12:09 PM ET
Bravo ****
GloucesterHokie • 06/12/26 11:43 AM ET
I'm scared to ask how many I've had get deleted.
IV_Hokie12 • 06/12/26 11:41 AM ET
Nine.
Will StewartAdmin • 06/12/26 11:46 AM ET
dang, I tried to add a little humor knowing it was going political
VaTechie • 06/12/26 08:25 PM ET
I think what happened to me recently that confuses me
Marooned • 06/12/26 01:06 PM ET
It's official watch our butt time**
TomTurkey • 06/12/26 06:25 PM ET
Yeah, I should probably stop posting after happy hour.**
Coach McGuirk • 06/12/26 06:31 PM ET
Nobody here, of course, but I find your posts interesting as our voice....
TomTurkey • 06/12/26 06:34 PM ET
Many times it's easier to just delete the post that started the thread.
Will StewartAdmin • 06/12/26 02:21 PM ET
Manager's choice, as the restaurant menu states
TomTurkey • 06/12/26 06:40 PM ET
The survey crew "words of wisdom" have this Hokie lol. Hope to lol vs UM **
seacain • 06/12/26 08:14 PM ET
Irony: deleted - didn't see IV's post below - ditto
TomTurkey • 06/12/26 12:32 PM ET
I believe that’s only on Will’s access. **
RJHokie • 06/12/26 12:38 PM ET
Was is JR or RJ ? I'd be careful for a few minutes. The boards are angry
bigbadbird • 06/12/26 02:04 PM ET
Are you asking who did I ban?
Will StewartAdmin • 06/12/26 02:23 PM ET
I reread it **
bigbadbird • 06/12/26 02:27 PM ET
I hadn't scrolled that far in this thread. Got it.**
TomTurkey • 06/12/26 12:40 PM ET
That might be security that end users don't have. I have recent activities
IV_Hokie12 • 06/12/26 11:54 AM ET
Same**
TomTurkey • 06/12/26 12:37 PM ET
Yeah, I guess I'm seeing it because I'm an admin.
Will StewartAdmin • 06/12/26 12:09 PM ET
Makes sense.**
40ozDistrict • 06/12/26 02:53 PM ET
Users being able to see other users' ban history could have some value
Synaesthesia • 06/12/26 12:54 PM ET
True. Then again I bet even with my deleted posts, they were subposts
IV_Hokie12 • 06/12/26 03:33 PM ET
There used to be a down-vote function...
Culpeper Hokie • 06/12/26 03:30 PM ET
The problem with the down vote function is some posters were using that
VTHokie2000 • 06/12/26 04:19 PM ET
Some considered downvotes as a badge of pride
TomTurkey • 06/12/26 06:30 PM ET
That is true too which adds another dynamic to the conversation.**
VTHokie2000 • 06/12/26 08:21 PM ET