Miserable users

ever wonder why you might not be able to log into a forum using vbulletin?


This is the hack Miserable users" (software add-in ) that Vbulletin directs you to. There is the new version 3.6 out there now but is very similar. This is what happened most of the time. there is also another hack which works by Host range. It is also below.
If you find yourself slogging through a board...that pages won't load, that when they do, it takes forever...you may be a miserable user.

This mod is an alternative to banning, and if you are addicted to a given board it may be a good one. A five percent chance that a page ill load is better than a zero percent chance any day.
"miserable users" hack. Basically a way to really annoy anyone you don't want visiting your forum. Based on the original idea & hack for vb2 by Zzed, and the vb3 port by KuraFire.

When classed as miserable, a member suffers ;

1. Slow response (time delay) on every page (20 to 60 seconds default).
2. A chance they will get the "server busy" message (50% by default).
3. A chance that no search facilities will be available (75% by default).
4. A chance they will get redirected to another preset page (25% & homepage by default).
5. A chance they will simply get a blank page (25% by default).
6. Post flood limit increased by a defined factor (10 times by default).
7. If they get past all this okay, then they will be served up their proper page.

Note: All the above options are set in the vBulletin Options.

To install this hack simply download the xml file to your pc and then import it into vbulletin as a product - then create your 'miserable users' usergroup and set the value of this group, and your preferred other settings, in the hacks settings area (vBulletin Oprions > Miserable Users). To make a member suffer just edit their profile to add them to the miserable users group (it will work as either the primary group or as a secondary group).
you can ban ISP ranges with "deny from atl.bellsouth.net" as an example. Don't use IP's, use host names! This would include AOL issues, verizon, comcast etc. You would be surprised how unique some member IP ranges are.

Using this code where you wrap a conditional (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=200894) around the community link in the navbar template prevents users assigned to a user group (suspended) from viewing a forum or forums. No ban message needed.

Asshats!
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