Feral Heart

Help & Guidance => Game Help => Topic started by: Koori on September 28, 2013, 12:24:09 am

Title: IP and/or email blocked by Botscout
Post by: Koori on September 28, 2013, 12:24:09 am
A buddy of mine was trying to make an account here now that registration's open, but even with a fresh, new, clean email and a computer that FH hasn't been on before, they got this: "IP and/or email blocked by Botscout". So I guess they're thought to be a bot? Weird. Any ideas to fix this?
Title: Re: IP and/or email blocked by Botscout
Post by: Kerriki on September 28, 2013, 12:34:38 am
It might be because that your e-mail might be blocked on your wi-fi...? If you could go into further detail that would be great.
Title: Re: IP and/or email blocked by Botscout
Post by: Koori on September 28, 2013, 12:39:08 am
Well, I'm not quite sure what details you want. He made a brand-new Gmail account for this, but I know nothing of his wi-fi.
Title: Re: IP and/or email blocked by Botscout
Post by: Kerriki on September 28, 2013, 12:58:16 am
Could you possibly tell me what this Botscout is? Cause' I've never heard of it before.
Title: Re: IP and/or email blocked by Botscout
Post by: Koori on September 28, 2013, 01:15:03 am
Well, it seems to be something to keep bots from registering on a forum.
Title: Re: IP and/or email blocked by Botscout
Post by: Kerriki on September 28, 2013, 04:53:57 am
Maybe have your friend look into it and see what it's about? If your friend can't find anything, then it's most likely a virus.
Title: Re: IP and/or email blocked by Botscout
Post by: WhiteLightHeart on September 28, 2013, 05:02:51 am
No, I don't think this is a virus or anything. BotScout (a program that helps identify spamming bots vs. real people on the forum) has been giving several users issues lately, and Raz has been wrestling with trying to figure out why exactly it has been blocking some from making new accounts.

I'll bring this to his attention, since it seems to be acting up again. If he can look into it tomorrow, he may be able to fix it, but if it's been a few days and you're still getting the same issue, feel free to send me a PM and we'll see what we can do.

So sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks for your patience, Koori.
Title: Re: IP and/or email blocked by Botscout
Post by: Koori on September 28, 2013, 11:36:55 pm
Oh, that explains it. Thanks for clearing this up. The problem hasn't been able to persist, though, since registration was only up for that small window of time... Hopefully, we have better luck next time it's up. XD
Title: Re: IP and/or email blocked by Botscout
Post by: ShatteredSoul on September 29, 2013, 12:02:14 am
ITS NOT A VIRUS I HAVE THE SAME THING :(((((((
Title: Re: IP and/or email blocked by Botscout
Post by: Koori on September 29, 2013, 08:01:27 pm
x3 Relax, Alexandera. According to WhiteLightHeart, BotScout's just being a butt. With any luck, Raz will have it fixed by the time registration goes up again.
Title: Re: IP and/or email blocked by Botscout
Post by: Twee on September 30, 2013, 10:27:16 pm
My two friends are also having the same problems, it seems to be affecting everyone right now.
Title: Re: IP and/or email blocked by Botscout
Post by: Koori on September 30, 2013, 10:44:32 pm
I really hope it's fixed soon.
Title: Re: IP and/or email blocked by Botscout
Post by: Banderi on October 13, 2013, 12:43:32 pm
A friend of mine is also having this problem.. He tried a couple of times but still can't register as if his email address/IP was blocked; I was able to register perfectly though.

If it can be of help, I can post his IP/email address (maybe via PM to the staff) ;)

Anyways, I hope the problem will be fixed soon, too.. not only for him, but I wish you can figure out what it is and sleep with more ease after all the debugging! ^^
Title: Re: IP and/or email blocked by Botscout
Post by: WhiteLightHeart on October 13, 2013, 07:53:15 pm
A friend of mine is also having this problem.. He tried a couple of times but still can't register as if his email address/IP was blocked; I was able to register perfectly though.

If it can be of help, I can post his IP/email address (maybe via PM to the staff) ;)

Anyways, I hope the problem will be fixed soon, too.. not only for him, but I wish you can figure out what it is and sleep with more ease after all the debugging! ^^
If you have an issue with registration, please make your own thread.

BotScout should have been fixed not long after this post was made in September.

I'm locking this thread, so please PM me so I can help you and your friend with this one. No need to continue trying to solve this on someone else's thread.