Claverhouse
Royalist Freicorps Feldgendarme
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- Joined
- Sep 7, 2007
- Messages
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- Location
- Between the Harz and Carpathians
By Order of the Imperial N T P Council
Administrator Jesin has been relieved of his duties and is no longer a member.
A Snowflake Falls
Poor gentle visionary Jesin went off his head and began destroying the Imperial Database in a frenzy, seizing the cockpot of power and excluding all others, who watched helplessly through the sealed glass doors as the lunatic hacked away at all the forums, threads and members.
Imperial Super-Administrator Ragnar noticed the forums were disappearing at 7.43; going to the admin panel he checked the logs and found Imperial Administrator Jesin had issued kill notices upon all engines and processes. He de-adminned the perpetrator and sent a message demanding what he supposed he was doing. A reply came that he was 'testing a theory'.
Ragnar had enough time to send alerts to the other Imperial Administrators, but immediately was unable to re-enter the Control Room as the unfortunate Jesin had deleted nearly all members including Administrators ( to delete Ragnar meant the configuration had been tampered with ).
The only forum was now 'The Party Room' where Administrator Jesin engaged mainly in conversations with himself; he having created additional members, creatures of his fantasy to chat to.
Ragnar contacted the hosts, and was told to wait.
At 10.48 he issued a 503 so that no-one, including Jesin, could access the site. This worked a few hours, then the nonsensical ramblings began again, so reluctantly --- as it might hinder the host company --- then issued, under advice, a 403 denying access to all.
One is the Loneliest Number
The Administration wishes to thank The Pale Horseman who registered to say to the madman, in 'The Loneliest Member':
Well, congratulations. You did it. You've accomplished your sought after revenge to a forum that you felt obligated to. You gained control of the thing that rejected you. I'm sure you must be enthralled.
Now what?
Assuming that this forum doesn't get nuked, or backlogged to a time when you didn't have control over it; you are now the owner of an empty forum, devoid of any lulz or human interaction.
Yes, your game is futile. This is your true end game. You gained nothing but isolation.
Enjoy.
To which Jesin replied:
You should be named The Preaching Horeseman. You are correct; what's a King without people to rule? The only policies are for myself, but I'm content with such.
The first thread Comrade Jesin started was 'I've Done It'.
All of the contingencies have been implemented. The forum will be restored shortly.
Additionally, I have a lovely proxy to conceal ISP + IP to frame.
The next thread was 'No Opposition'.
I have much prepared to counter each harshly. Submit and don't be idiotic with pride.
This was followed by a conversation between him and his other selves.
The next was 'You', talking to someone in his mind.
I see you, and there are others like you. Think rationally. This is chess and I've had far longer to plan ahead.
The last, towards the end, 'Hi There' may have been directed to this illusion of self or to the technician of the Hosting Company.
I see you. Why hide?
Finally the back-up from before his outbreak was restored and Jesin banned by the technician. It being a Sunday, this took more than 12 hours to implement, but finally the Super Administrator was able to enter the vacated Cockpit.
To little avail, since Jesin now launched a tremendous ddos attack that prevented anyone from viewing the forum. Ragnar was flung back by the force of the storm ( 3.5k error emails arrived in 4 hours until the hosts turned the warning option off ). Again, the only thing to do was to wait it out.
Aftermath
To what extent was the Administration itself to blame ? We are delighted to report 'Not at all'.
Mayhap we took little notice of his prior mutterings, because these were few. His exploit was not only doomed, but trivial: any mastermind can steal a car if they are given the keys. Eventually, you have to trust people, if they break trust that is not an argument for treating the world with suspicion and fright.
What reasons went through his puir demented head none of us will ever know. Did he hate the members ? Mistrust fellow Admins ? Detest the godless nature of discussions ? Was he the hireling of a rival forum ? He is now exiled to a place he can ponder these unrevealed matters.
If one grows to dislike or get bored with a forum it is simple to merely leave, even to join another. Start one even.
Pray for Ex-Administrator Jesin.
Claverhouse
'The Germans have always been a comforting people.'
The Big Bang Theory
Administrator Jesin has been relieved of his duties and is no longer a member.
A Snowflake Falls
Poor gentle visionary Jesin went off his head and began destroying the Imperial Database in a frenzy, seizing the cockpot of power and excluding all others, who watched helplessly through the sealed glass doors as the lunatic hacked away at all the forums, threads and members.
Imperial Super-Administrator Ragnar noticed the forums were disappearing at 7.43; going to the admin panel he checked the logs and found Imperial Administrator Jesin had issued kill notices upon all engines and processes. He de-adminned the perpetrator and sent a message demanding what he supposed he was doing. A reply came that he was 'testing a theory'.
Ragnar had enough time to send alerts to the other Imperial Administrators, but immediately was unable to re-enter the Control Room as the unfortunate Jesin had deleted nearly all members including Administrators ( to delete Ragnar meant the configuration had been tampered with ).
The only forum was now 'The Party Room' where Administrator Jesin engaged mainly in conversations with himself; he having created additional members, creatures of his fantasy to chat to.
Ragnar contacted the hosts, and was told to wait.
At 10.48 he issued a 503 so that no-one, including Jesin, could access the site. This worked a few hours, then the nonsensical ramblings began again, so reluctantly --- as it might hinder the host company --- then issued, under advice, a 403 denying access to all.
One is the Loneliest Number
The Administration wishes to thank The Pale Horseman who registered to say to the madman, in 'The Loneliest Member':
Well, congratulations. You did it. You've accomplished your sought after revenge to a forum that you felt obligated to. You gained control of the thing that rejected you. I'm sure you must be enthralled.
Now what?
Assuming that this forum doesn't get nuked, or backlogged to a time when you didn't have control over it; you are now the owner of an empty forum, devoid of any lulz or human interaction.
Yes, your game is futile. This is your true end game. You gained nothing but isolation.
Enjoy.
To which Jesin replied:
You should be named The Preaching Horeseman. You are correct; what's a King without people to rule? The only policies are for myself, but I'm content with such.
The first thread Comrade Jesin started was 'I've Done It'.
All of the contingencies have been implemented. The forum will be restored shortly.
Additionally, I have a lovely proxy to conceal ISP + IP to frame.
The next thread was 'No Opposition'.
I have much prepared to counter each harshly. Submit and don't be idiotic with pride.
This was followed by a conversation between him and his other selves.
The next was 'You', talking to someone in his mind.
I see you, and there are others like you. Think rationally. This is chess and I've had far longer to plan ahead.
The last, towards the end, 'Hi There' may have been directed to this illusion of self or to the technician of the Hosting Company.
I see you.
Why hide?Finally the back-up from before his outbreak was restored and Jesin banned by the technician. It being a Sunday, this took more than 12 hours to implement, but finally the Super Administrator was able to enter the vacated Cockpit.
To little avail, since Jesin now launched a tremendous ddos attack that prevented anyone from viewing the forum. Ragnar was flung back by the force of the storm ( 3.5k error emails arrived in 4 hours until the hosts turned the warning option off ). Again, the only thing to do was to wait it out.
Aftermath
To what extent was the Administration itself to blame ? We are delighted to report 'Not at all'.
Mayhap we took little notice of his prior mutterings, because these were few. His exploit was not only doomed, but trivial: any mastermind can steal a car if they are given the keys. Eventually, you have to trust people, if they break trust that is not an argument for treating the world with suspicion and fright.
What reasons went through his puir demented head none of us will ever know. Did he hate the members ? Mistrust fellow Admins ? Detest the godless nature of discussions ? Was he the hireling of a rival forum ? He is now exiled to a place he can ponder these unrevealed matters.
If one grows to dislike or get bored with a forum it is simple to merely leave, even to join another. Start one even.
Pray for Ex-Administrator Jesin.
Claverhouse
'The Germans have always been a comforting people.'
The Big Bang Theory
