Does someone have your nick and they won't give it back even after you've asked them nicely? Is someone being beyond lame and won't stop bothering people?
The answer (well, kinda...) to your problems, at least on IRC, is Death 2.1--a flooding program made by the ScriptLords. It is used in conjunction with Ircle. And how do you use such a program?
Simply put the Death 2.1 application in your Ircle scripting folder (or whichever the active script folder is set in your ircle prefs). Death works very effectivly with 3 or more clones on IRC. Your best bet is to have each clone on a different IRC server, as this lessens the chance of getting K-Lined for too many clones. Launch Death, select a flood type from the menu bar, enter the user and number of clones you have and presto! The flooding begins.
Death is VERY effective against mIRC users who don't use Flood protection. Death is also effective against the Macintosh bot called "ShadowBot." However, if an mIRC user has flood protection on, your flooding will go pretty much unnoticed. If CTCP Requests are ignored with ShadowBot, once again, your flooding isn't effective. Flooding against Ircle users is somewhat effective as well, if you know you're being flooded, you can easily toggle CTCP requests on and off through Ircle.
Keep in mind that Death is VERY traceable when flooding. It is very wise *not* to flood tons of people, because just a few can gang up on you and icmp flood you until you puke. Death is traceable because the nicks of the clones you flood from can be seen. If someone knows what they're doing, they'll have you nailed against a wall of icmp floods for the rest of your life. :) Be wise when flooding, and use it only when needed (do I sound like your mother, yet?).
Update: Plugs informed me that a new version is being worked on and should be released in the next week or two, and the name "Death 2.0" will be changed to ExcessFlood v1.0.
- Freakman
• What To Do When You're Being Flooded •
This is assuming you're using Ircle 2.6b7...
How do you know you're being flooded? Easy, you'll see CTCP requests scrolling in either your console or front channel, most likely, pings, usrinfo's, version's, uprfle, and other misc. bull crap that shouldn't be appearing on your screen.
What to do? Make sure to configure Ircle so that it has the C.Toggle button in the window for the userlist. This will toggle CTCP requests on and off. With these requests off, flooding is almost non-effective. However, if you're being ICMP flooded, that's something else. The only way to avoid that is to change your ip (if you've got a dialup and a dynamic ip).
Ok, so you know you're being flooded and have done everything to avoid it, now what? Retaliation is an option, ignoring it is an option, but whatever you do, find out who it was (just out of curiousity). Do a /whois [nick] (obviously replace [nick] with their real nick). It'll display the person's username@host.mask. Now, what can you do with this info? A number of things, but we won't go into that--next issue I'll elaborate on retaliation to the fullest extent. :)
- Freakman
***I'll put together a full article on how to flood someone, what to do to completely avoid floods, what to do in retaliation, which scripts work the best, etc. etc. All of this will be the main feature in EMC Volume 9!
• LSD v2.0 •
For those of you who don't know what this is...LSD v2.0 is a script (actually, a bunch of scripts) for Ircle 2.6b7.
This is one of the more cleaner/straightforward scripts I've come across, and is why I choose to use it. There are basically shortcuts for every command (kick, ban, bankick, whois, whowas, join, leave, xdcc list, xdcc send, and a few others). It also has some limited war functions (floods, tsunami) and a nice plist feature.
The plist feature is great because it does what it says, lists available files with comments. No advertising of what script is is, simply lists available files, how many gets on each of them, and how much total has been snagged. This is basically a personal thing, I really don't care to see what script is being used by a person, I just want to know what files are available.
The xdcc list feature is very cool as well. Simply /xl nick will xdcc list the person, regarless of DCC or CTCP, it'll check first before listing them. It saves a few keystrokes here and there...which is always nice if you're an impatient person, like myself. :)
I *highly* recommend this script if you are at all interested in Ircle scripts. The documentation is very clean and straighforward, which is *always* a plus. LSD v2.0 is offered by SLF-DCC on EFNet (in #macfilez).
-Freakman
• Lameness •
The most recent lamer I came across on IRC this past month is known as the following nicks:
PPC604e, PPC604, RISC604, RISC604e, Riscer, Marky, and Markman
His 'claims' that he's Apple certified, is an assistant webmaster at Apple, is certified in nearly every other thing on this planet are completely false. He's either sophmore or junior in high school with a low self esteem problem...admitting to having no friends, admitting that his mom is a bitch, claiming to have a PowerComputing mac, then saying he didn't, but coming back and saying he did...the list goes on and on.
Complete logs of his actions are included with this issue in text format, that's what those other files are included in the archive.
I won't comment on his lameness anymore, he can easily be voted LAMER OF THE DECADE. Instead, I will create a list of how to avoid being a lamer and common signs of a lamer. As a helper, please refer to the Guide To Lameness v1.0 as well.
-Freakman
How to AVOID Being A Lamer v1.0
Death Threats
Probably one of the most hiddious displays of lameness is threatening someone's life because they either:
- kicked you
- banned you
- deopped you
- made a joke about you
Claiming to be 6'4" 230lbs is BEYOND lameness, and it only adds to your lame rep that you are building up for yourself. In the event that you are 6'4" 230lbs, good for you, nobody else cares, because you will NEVER see any of these people in your entire life. Threatening to kick their asses is nothing more than a cry for help because you can think of nothing better to say or (dare I say) you don't have to balls to simply ignore their comments about you.
Bragging
"Yeah, well I have a PPC 9500/180MP." You know what? I don't care, nobody else is going to worship you, and you gain nothing from the balls that your computer has (in many cases, this could have been purchased by your mommy and daddy). If you have to resort to bragging about your computer to other people, go sit in a corner and play with it.
False Claims
Claiming to be something you're not really pisses people off. I remember one lamer that claimed to be an assistant webmaster for Apple, A+ certified, and all kinds of other hoop-la. Well, it eventually shows that you are lame when you cannot answer questions that other techies know, and if you keep insisting that you are the God that you claim you are...what do you want? Money? Presents? Praise? Nobody cares who you are, and it really matters if you can answer their questions or not. If you hang out in channels that are based on your occupation(s), cool, answer their questions, do NOT brag about all of the stuff you can do.
Kick-Toys
You are (usually) kicked/banned for a reason. If you are kicked, play it cool, rejoin the channel if you want to and lay low for a while. Everyone hates kick-toys, you should get the point after the first kick. Don't rejoin the channel and immediately ask "Why was I kicked?" That'll normally get you kicked again. Don't constantly rejoin after being kicked either, you are being booted for a reason, people will continue to get more pissed off at you the more annoyed you make them.
And for God's sake, turn OFF auto-rejoin!!! This is VERY LAME!
The Day After...
Let's say you spent an entire evening getting kicked, banned, taunted, made fun of like mad and it is the following day now. Do *NOT* go back into these channels and pose as friends to the people who were doing things to you. Do *NOT* ask questions about the day before and why you were kicked/banned/etc. Do *NOT* /msg someone and ask why this and that happened. Go unnoticed for a few days, be smart, don't continue to be annoying.
Lame Attempts at Flooding
Flooding is not clicking on the ping button in Ircle on another user. Flooding is not /msging or /noticeing the user over and over through Ircle. Do *NOT* be lame and attempt to flood someone on a T1, T3, ethernet, ISDN, or 56k from your 33.6/28.8 dial-up line. Could someone on a 300 baud connection flood a 28.8 connection? NO! This is the same scenario as a 28.8 vs. any high speed line, don't do it! It only pisses off whomever it may be, and they'll most likely get a few buddies and flood yer ass off IRC for the entire night.
Colors
Colors are lame, don't use them.
My Pet Peeve: Repeating...
Do NOT ask the same question over and over, it is lame! Do NOT ask the same question over and over, it is lame! Do NOT ask the same question over and over, it is lame! Do NOT ask the same question over and over, it is lame! Do NOT ask the same question over and over, it is lame! Do NOT ask the same question over and over, it is lame! Do NOT ask the same question over and over, it is lame! Do NOT ask the same question over and over, it is lame! Do NOT ask the same question over and over, it is lame!
ASCII Art
This is lame and outdated, don't do it.
"Fake AOL Accounts"
You've got net access already, why would you EVER want to be on AOL? Don't ask, and especially don't /msg random people in the channel asking for fake accounts either.
"Everyone, go to this channel!: #whatever"
"Everyone go to #TRaDeRWaReZ because it is ELEET!" Try again, if your channel was the shit, people would be there. Advertising openly in a channel sucks, people may check it out, but will more than likely leave a minute later. Don't be lame and mass-advertise your channel.
- Freakman
Lamer Examples:
(keep in mind the time at which this took place...VERY EARLY!)
5:06 AM: *xman* do you now any good adress to a hotline server??
5:07 AM: *** xman is ircle@ras-93.wineasy.se (ircle user)
5:07 AM: *** xman is on channels #macfilez
5:07 AM: *** xman is on IRC via server irc.gd.gu.se ([130.241.152.48] Gothenburg, Sweden)
5:07 AM: --> xman No.
5:07 AM: *xman* ok
5:07 AM: *xman* do you now any good ftp adress?
5:08 AM: --> xman No.
5:08 AM: *xman* ok
5:08 AM: *xman* do you now where i can get the game bonkheads
5:08 AM: --> xman Leave me alone.
5:09 AM: *xman* ok
--- --- ---
(Blue comments are that of the author--these are merely put in to point out lameness and make smart-ass comments. :)
Dert: hey
Dert: everyone come to #traderz
*** Dert has been kicked off channel #macfilez by w0lvrine (Advertise elsewhere, lamuth)
•- Channel advertising is lame in itself.
*** FagBoy has left channel #macfilez
*** Signoff: OT112DCC (Leaving)
*** Dert (user@du-3-137.netaxis.com) has joined channel #macfilez
•- What's this? Auto-rejoin after kick??? Arg...
ZoooP: I would like to have C7C
Rubels: now who has Poser 2 again?
ZoooP: so would I
Dert: it's NOT AN ADVEREMENT
Dert: wait
DNGNMSTR: whoever gets the FULL c&c will be like quite popular :)
Dert: it's not an advertisement
•- Repeating, lying...can we say, "L-a-m-e-r?"
Sub-DCC: ** 4 packs ** 5 of 8 slots open Record: 5kb/s
Sub-DCC: #1 8x[13.6M] Adobe After Effect 3.1
Sub-DCC: ^- with kraked production bundle
Sub-DCC: #2 7x [5.6M] Kai's Power Tools 3
Sub-DCC: #3 10x [1.3M] PhotoTools
*** Signoff: QQuinn (EOF From client)
Sub-DCC: ^- Nice Photoshop add-on
Dert: check it out .. they op everyone in #traderz
*** GatorMan (gatorman@nero.in-design.com) has joined channel #MacFileZ
Sub-DCC: #4 5x [211k] Informant Dec
Dert: it's pretty cool
GatorMan: Yo yo yo!
Dert: it's impossible to takeover
•- Anything's possible, "Dert."
*** Dert has been kicked off channel #macfilez by MsLilith (That's called an advertisement)
*** ZoooP has left channel #macfilez
*** santoki (archive@lucid.cba.uiuc.edu) has joined channel #macfilez
*** Dert (user@du-3-137.netaxis.com) has joined channel #macfilez
•- Auto-rejoin after kick...
*** Signoff: CloudNine (Connection reset by peer)
Kowe: Hey! Whois offering Hotline via dcc?
Dert: FUCKIN SHTI
Dert: look
Dert: it's cool
*** lizard-x has left channel #macfilez
Dert: if u dont' want to see it fine
•- The ol' reverse psychology trick, eh?
Sacred: any hotline sitez up?
Dert: it's not like it's my channel or shit
•- Yeah sure, pal.
--- --- ---
PPC604e is a breed of Internet users we like to call "lamers". In my
opinion, he is the God of lamers. When you look in the dictionary under
the word "lamer", you see PPC604e's picture. I've known the lamer for a
few weeks now, and in the first 5 minutes I talked to him, I could already
suspect his lameness. He said that he has a "T5" connection to the
Internet because his Mommy (who all of PPC's enemies have gotten with, BTW)
works for Pacific Bell. For one, T5's don't exhist. Heck, even if they
do, do Pacific Bell employees regularly get a fiber optic line that is
faster than a T3? Nope, I don't think so. A T1 or a T3 would cost more in
one month than PPC's mommy could make in a year.
Another example of lameness from PPC: The guy said that his "FlashROM"
modem protects against floods. Maybe it has something to do with the
Flash? Flash flood? Who the hell knows, but what we do know is this guy
is a lamer and on top of it, really unintelligent. PPC thinks of himself
as some sort of elite hacker and the moron couldn't even find out my IP
from my domain name! Quite an elite, huh? He is also a lier. He tells
everyone he has a Power Tower Pro until he finally admitted he has a Quadra
840AV, he says he has IRCop status on the Undernet. Also, he said he works
as an assistant webmaster for Apple. If you ever see PPC604e (he hangs out
on Efnet), make sure to say hi and ICMP flood him while your at it. =)
- CHRP
And now, we bring you....
( > are Wackadoo's entries to the conversation)
"PPC: First Contact"
---------------------------------
*** PPC604 is PPC604e@ppp-206-170-1-162.snfc21.pacbell.net (PPC604e)
*** on channels: #ntbbs
*** on irc via server irc.mindspring.com (Mindspring Enterprises IRC Server)
<PPC604> hey freakman
<PPC604> sup
<Freakman> werd
<PPC604> freakman, is there a EFent administration webpage I can report
complaints too??
<PPC604> huh/
<PPC604> ?
<Freakman> ok, reconnect to the server with Chunder as the username, not Pimp
<Freakman> complaints for what?
<Freakman> jesus christ
<PPC604> no
<Freakman> Yer pissin me off.
<PPC604> just wondering
<cm> what's wrong with EFNet?
<PPC604> sorry for pissing you off, I want to apply for ircops
