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Feb 15 2014, 05:24 AM
mr_music

Unable to post anywhere but here

Hi,

I'm not a new player nor have I ever tried to post in forums until today with a couple of suggestions, but I am unable to post there. Reading thru forum guidelines etc all I've found is something about being registered and I should be able to post. If there is something I've missed please point me in the direction of it or the reason I am unable to post anywhere but here.
Thanks
Feb 15 2014, 05:32 AM
HaleElven

There was a rash of spambots bogging down the forums.
Restrictions were put into place to combat this.
Details about the restrictions have been vague at best.

https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthr...47#post7085747
Feb 26 2014, 04:26 PM
xerohero90

I'm having the same problem :( I'm also not a new player and only signed up for the forum today because I wanted to ask about some technical problems I am having with the game. Unfortunately I can't ask my questions. You are not alone.
Feb 26 2014, 04:32 PM
Yula_the_Mighty

Quote:

Originally Posted by xerohero90

I'm having the same problem :( I'm also not a new player and only signed up for the forum today because I wanted to ask about some technical problems I am having with the game. Unfortunately I can't ask my questions. You are not alone.

As a new arrival on the forums you are restricted to a limited subset of the forums. You will have to wait the required number of days to get access to the remaining forums.

My recommendation is that you post your question on a forum you do have access to like this one.
Feb 26 2014, 06:03 PM
kylroy

Couldn't we just produce a shrubbery?
[IMG]http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...amWaitress.jpg[/IMG]
Feb 27 2014, 11:52 AM
Morwen_Cuthalion

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yula_the_Mighty

As a new arrival on the forums you are restricted to a limited subset of the forums. You will have to wait the required number of days to get access to the remaining forums.

My recommendation is that you post your question on a forum you do have access to like this one.

Yula, this was very helpful for me, as I knew I was limited on my posting permissions, but I didn't know for how long. Now I know it's just temporary. Thank you!
Mar 01 2014, 11:52 AM
Hannariel

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_music

Hi,

I'm not a new player nor have I ever tried to post in forums until today with a couple of suggestions, but I am unable to post there. Reading thru forum guidelines etc all I've found is something about being registered and I should be able to post. If there is something I've missed please point me in the direction of it or the reason I am unable to post anywhere but here.
Thanks

I am having the same problem. I was trying to reply to a post regarding the Login hanging on pre-reqs, but found I do not have permissions and have been unable to determine why.
Mar 09 2014, 06:46 PM
stella-bella

do you have to log into the formus every day to get this restriction lifted i have been a member for ages lol
Mar 09 2014, 09:28 PM
Shukar

Quote:

Originally Posted by stella-bella

do you have to log into the formus every day to get this restriction lifted i have been a member for ages lol

You must be remembering the old forums where you could stay logged in for weeks. In this new forum your login lasts only 16 hours. So you need to log in every day if you want to post or see any personalized information. It doesn't matter how long you have "been a member".
Mar 10 2014, 02:06 AM
kylroy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shukar

You must be remembering the old forums where you could stay logged in for weeks. In this new forum your login lasts only 16 hours. So you need to log in every day if you want to post or see any personalized information. It doesn't matter how long you have "been a member".

I neglected to log in for a few days and was still allowed posting finally. Now that I understand why it seems more of a good solution to do what they are doing. Some patience is warranted, but it's a good community.
Mar 10 2014, 02:28 AM
Macroscian

Quote:

Originally Posted by kylroy

I neglected to log in for a few days and was still allowed posting finally. Now that I understand why it seems more of a good solution to do what they are doing. Some patience is warranted, but it's a good community.

Approximately how long was it, in case someone asks?

Those spammers really were dreadful by the way. Over seventy posts from one of the three I saw and I think there were more.
Mar 10 2014, 05:46 AM
CptEurypterus

Quote:

Originally Posted by kylroy

Now that I understand why it seems more of a good solution to do what they are doing. Some patience is warranted, but it's a good community.

+1

Seems pretty logical
Mar 11 2014, 10:19 AM
Sylvan10

Same problem. Have been a LOTRO player for ages, am even VIP atm, but I cannot go to the suggestions topic to suggest a few things cause I am not active on the forums while I am logged in :P
Mar 11 2014, 11:07 PM
Shukar

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sylvan10

Same problem. Have been a LOTRO player for ages, am even VIP atm, but I cannot go to the suggestions topic to suggest a few things cause I am not active on the forums while I am logged in :P

This is not the reason. The Join Date on your post is March 2014, which would indicate that you recently created a forum account. We've had a terrible time with spam posts on these forums so Turbine has locked it down. You will need to wait some unspecified amount of time before you will become authorized to post in places other than here. The length of time you've been playing LotRO isn't relevant.
Mar 12 2014, 05:29 AM
Sylvan10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shukar

This is not the reason. The Join Date on your post is March 2014, which would indicate that you recently created a forum account. We've had a terrible time with spam posts on these forums so Turbine has locked it down. You will need to wait some unspecified amount of time before you will become authorized to post in places other than here. The length of time you've been playing LotRO isn't relevant.

I get that, but that makes little sense. When someone has been playing for years and is a current VIP, it is highly unlikely he's come here just to spam :p
Mar 12 2014, 10:44 AM
Sapience

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Originally Posted by Sylvan10

I get that, but that makes little sense. When someone has been playing for years and is a current VIP, it is highly unlikely he's come here just to spam :p

Your account creation date is March 2014. So your forum account isn't a month old.

I just want to clear something up. This is nothing new.

When we were subscription only, you had to have an active, valid, game account to use the forums at all.

When we went F2P, we knew there were going to be those who would create multiple acocunts, make new accounts when they got existing ones banned, etc. So we put in a system that restricted posting to the new player area for X period of time. Unfortunately when the new version of the forums came online this system broke. An increase in sock puppets made it clear something wasn't working as intended, but then the blast of spammers, with brand new accounts posting everywhere told us that the delay system had gone kablewy. So, I took a look, saw how to put it back in place, and now it' is. The length of time was changed and it now applies to everyone.

Oh, and for the record, yes we did have people in the past who would spend the money to get an account so they could spam or circumvent a forum only ban. Just lats night we had an account with a creation date of 2009 spam the forums with over 100 posts and then come back on two more old accounts (pre 2013) to do the same. So while it's not common, it does happen.
Mar 12 2014, 11:11 AM
Sylvan10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sapience

Your account creation date is March 2014. So your forum account isn't a month old.

I just want to clear something up. This is nothing new.

When we were subscription only, you had to have an active, valid, game account to use the forums at all.

When we went F2P, we knew there were going to be those who would create multiple acocunts, make new accounts when they got existing ones banned, etc. So we put in a system that restricted posting to the new player area for X period of time. Unfortunately when the new version of the forums came online this system broke. An increase in sock puppets made it clear something wasn't working as intended, but then the blast of spammers, with brand new accounts posting everywhere told us that the delay system had gone kablewy. So, I took a look, saw how to put it back in place, and now it' is. The length of time was changed and it now applies to everyone.

Oh, and for the record, yes we did have people in the past who would spend the money to get an account so they could spam or circumvent a forum only ban. Just lats night we had an account with a creation date of 2009 spam the forums with over 100 posts and then come back on two more old accounts (pre 2013) to do the same. So while it's not common, it does happen.

I do realize that. But my forum account is connected to my gaming account, which is several years old. I am not the type to post often, but then I wanted to make a few suggestions that could benefit the game and I decided to pull my weight and contribute. It just stinks I have to sit around on the forum now, waiting to do so. Not knowing how long.
Mar 12 2014, 11:28 AM
Mar-Evayave

How exactly is forum account creation operating? I registered April 15, 2011 and my forum join date also says April 15, 2011, but I barely even knew these forums existed and didn't start becoming active until the RoR beta. The furthest back the forum search will go for my posts is one I made on June 5, 2012, in regards to the RoR expansion bundles. (Sidebar: apparently I've been a wall-of-text poster since my time here began. xD) Is that really my very first post or does the search engine just not go any further back? And regardless of that, it really does seem like my forum account was automatically opened the moment I started playing this game. Is there a box that gets checked saying to create a forum account, or something similar?

Total sidebar, I had to smile when I saw the final paragraph in my (apparently) very first post on this forum:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mar-Evayave

That said, I get the feeling that Turbine is trying to get expansions out fast to keep interest and income. I honestly would be happy to have RoR be pushed back a whole year, if you could fix known issues. I'm in no hurry to reach Mordor. Really and truly. :) Obviously, RoR is coming Sept 5th unless the sky falls down. But if the next year was devoted to fixing known problems, I'd be very, very satisfied.

lol Hello, 2014! ^_^
Mar 12 2014, 12:57 PM
Thornglen

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mar-Evayave

Total sidebar, I had to smile when I saw the final paragraph in my (apparently) very first post on this forum:

lol Hello, 2014! ^_^

This explains everything! It was you! :p

As for the forum account, I know back when I created my account, forums and game were separate logins with different usernames and passwords. I think I was prompted for a forum username when I filled out info for the game account, but I'm bit certain.

Now that the two are under the same username/password, I would not be surprised if both are timestamped at the same moment. Look at the first post in the thread. the person is stamped 2012, but still has the restrictions now, presumably because he or she had not logged in on the forum until recently.

I'd be curious about when Sylvan10 created the game account. If it was before forum/game accounts merged, there may have been no original timestamp and that resulted in a new one at first forum login.

Ain't databases fun?
Mar 12 2014, 01:03 PM
Sylvan10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thornglen

This explains everything! It was you! :p

As for the forum account, I know back when I created my account, forums and game were separate logins with different usernames and passwords. I think I was prompted for a forum username when I filled out info for the game account, but I'm bit certain.

Now that the two are under the same username/password, I would not be surprised if both are timestamped at the same moment. Look at the first post in the thread. the person is stamped 2012, but still has the restrictions now, presumably because he or she had not logged in on the forum until recently.

I'd be curious about when Sylvan10 created the game account. If it was before forum/game accounts merged, there may have been no original timestamp and that resulted in a new one at first forum login.

Ain't databases fun?

It was november 2010. The 13th to be exact :p
Mar 12 2014, 01:19 PM
Thornglen

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sylvan10

It was november 2010. The 13th to be exact :p

Hmm. I think the change was before that. Maybe not by a whole lot, though.
I'm going to stick with my completely made up, unscientific theory for now. Yep.

Whatever the case, I hope the cage door unlocks for you soon. :)
Mar 12 2014, 01:28 PM
Sapience

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sylvan10

It was november 2010. The 13th to be exact :p

My best guess, based on your forum creation date, is that you made your game account and probably never logged into the forums. When you did recently it created your forum account. Thus why your account is showing as March 2014.
Mar 12 2014, 01:32 PM
Mar-Evayave

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thornglen

This explains everything! It was you! :p

lol Regardless of the fact that I still (more or less) stand by what I said almost 2 years ago, I doubt I had any impact on the 2014 plans. xD
Mar 12 2014, 10:08 PM
AztecTemplar

I'm having the exact same problem. Guess I will have to wait for the time to elapse so I can post on other forums.

I don't like that even those of us that have been here for years still have to wait a preset amount of days to post on forums we've previously posted before the revamp :(

*My join date says 2011 and I still can't post anywhere else. :(
Mar 12 2014, 10:17 PM
Mar-Evayave

Don't quote me on this, but I think it's a combination of several things. Not just age of account.

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