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2022-11-05
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|Leeches:
|Who Needs Them Anyway!!!
(o)(o) Having now run a bbs for a few weeks
/ \ I have learnt to tolerate the dreaded
/ | infection that has welded itself to
/ \ * | the Amiga comms scene ever since the
________ / /\__/ first modem was purchased, "Leechitus
_ / \ / / Spongyious". However is letting
/ \ / ____ \_/ / sombody leech from you such a bad
//\ \ / / \ / thing as far as the scene goes, I
V \ \/ / \ / mean did you not write that util for
\___/ \_____/ the masses?, Did you not write that
demo for the masses?, Also where did
you get this issue of the word from, Did you swop it for some really new
title or did you download it from you local bbs that you have a 15-1
ratio on?
I like leeches using my bbs, They must have some use for the stuff they
download else they would not bother? They must upload stuff as well to
get there downloads, I suppose its how you view it, I must admit i like
to get all the new demos utils and stuff but they all come in time so
whats the rush?
Also why not be a little humane and give them unlimited downloads so
they can help themselves to as much stuff as they like? If it gives
them pleasure why not is that not what its all about!!!!
Well actually its not what its all about, while the leech is sucking the
software from the veins of your bbs there are probably ten users
starving from lack of intake, These same starving users are probably the
ones who strive to upload a few bits of stuff that will be of interest
to many more users.
The typical leech on my bbs logs in on a friday night at about midnight
and they download a file list (thats a free download) and log off
straight away, They know that they are at there maximum download level
and need to upload some files (the bbs software works on a file system
not a bytes uploaded system so if they upload an icon they can download
a pile of files that could be 1mb).
Well while the leech is logged off he looks through the global files
list and writes down what he wants, He spots 10 1mb files he wants and
promply writes down the names of the archives on his note pad, Now he
must find some stuff to upload,
Well the leech looks through his cd copy of the multimedia toolkit and
finds a couple of 10k files and shoves them into ram, He calls the bbs
and logs in on his macro key, avoiding the mail area so as not to waste
any time, then he proceeds to upload his 20k of clipart giving him 10
files in credit. The guy goes straight to the download button and types
in his files that he wants, mind you he could not be bothered to type in
a description of his uploads.
Next thing you know the guy downloads about ten megs of pretty new or
really good quality stuff and then just drops his carrier causing the
bbs to crash, What a twit.....
Well I wake up in the morning and the red lights of a guru have been
flashing all night... what a bastard i thing, so i look through my
caller logs n stuff and its the same guy again. after spending mant
hours testing my bbs for bugs that may have caused it to crash I come to
the conclusion that maybe its my pooter. So I get some more ram and
test out everything with a local user (more expense) no problems.
Next thing I decided to monitor my bbs for a few nights to see what the
problem was, I soon found out, So I had a word with the milkman (leech)
and he never called again. Funny really as I gave him a few more
credits and a bigger ratio to try to encourage him and to show him that
we are not all that bad and we only nuke folks when they are really
really bad.
Well I think that about sums it up really, Oh I would just like to say
hello to a few leeches, Since I got shited on I now have a really strict
policy with regards uploading, fine if you want to log in and have your
files all done and ready, its really the wise thing to, But dont think
you can get away with uploading a few shitty files on any of NFA's bbs,
There are rules that must be obeyed and you will find them in this issue
of THE WORD.
Deck The Ripper/NFA