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Posted: October 2, 2008 01:22 pm  | |||||
      IRC Nickname: Hyperion Group: Ex-Member Posts: 1636 Member No.: 978 Joined: June 23, 2008 Total Events Attended: 141    | Wow, i'm so glad i got through before that. Googled that shit. But never the less, the math part was easy X1 - X2 = X3 -> X3 / HP = ANS Tbh i had to do the security code 2x, i couldn't see it. --------------------    Dragon boots:29 Whips:2 | ||||
Posted: October 2, 2008 01:37 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Havochaha Group: Ex-Member Posts: 2257 Member No.: 106 Joined: January 5, 2008 Total Events Attended: 113 | Keep first two get rid of the third one ( I did all 3 questions in under 2 minutes :$) -------------------- Havochaha Perm Banned Oct 1st 2009 Havochaha Unbanned February 13th 2011  http://www.erepublik.com/en/referrer/Omar+Dandan How to Make 10m an Hour | ||||
Posted: October 2, 2008 02:33 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Dilz Group: Banned Posts: 1403 Member No.: 973 Joined: June 23, 2008 Total Events Attended: 151 | Tbh looking at that may put off potential members from joining. I like the first question, but the other two seem farfetched --------------------  LOLPNS  Perm banned. | ||||
Posted: October 2, 2008 02:57 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Samurai-JM Group: Emeritus Posts: 3204 Member No.: 117 Joined: January 11, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | Have we EVER had a problem with spam-bots though? If we did I didn't notice it lol. First 2 were easy, last one I SAID WTF?! -------------------- -=}¤- Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici -¤{=-  W I N N I N G | ||||
Posted: October 2, 2008 04:10 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Ahrims Group: Guest Posts: 229 Member No.: 273 Joined: February 26, 2008 Total Events Attended: 29 |
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Posted: October 2, 2008 04:31 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Abs Group: Emeritus Posts: 2071 Member No.: 4 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 97 | I am Against it. Totally. http://www.wildernessguardians.com/forum/i...?showtopic=6364 ~Abs --------------------  "I may not agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Wg Council & Secondary Leader - 21/10/07 to 24/12/08 Msn: [email protected] | ||||
Posted: October 2, 2008 04:44 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Danltn Group: Guest Posts: 268 Member No.: 734 Joined: May 31, 2008 Total Events Attended: 29 | Just make that CAPTCHA a bit better and call it a day done, it's totally ridiculous. Dan -------------------- I'm just Dan.  | ||||
Posted: October 2, 2008 04:47 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Banned Posts: 2447 Member No.: 114 Joined: January 8, 2008 Total Events Attended: 149 | I'll admit. I would have totally failed the geometry. (But I read here first) And with my slow connection... I don't really click more links than I need to. -------------------- | ||||
Posted: October 2, 2008 05:12 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Zlat Group: Clan Friend Posts: 2781 Member No.: 9 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 60 | lmfao --------------------   | ||||
Posted: October 2, 2008 05:48 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: ``Pete Group: Banned Posts: 913 Member No.: 775 Joined: June 6, 2008 Total Events Attended: 49 | The fuck, i'm sure there's no need for that in a registration form. Totally against it. -------------------- Mikel Arteta  Tim CahillNothing But The Best | ||||
Posted: October 2, 2008 06:04 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Dalejamesw Group: Banned Posts: -1280 Member No.: 14 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 222 | Lmao wasn't expecting that. -------------------- | ||||
Posted: October 2, 2008 06:22 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Rage|Mike Group: Clan Friend Posts: 1948 Member No.: 1238 Joined: July 29, 2008 Total Events Attended: 132 | Nice idea Robbie, are the YT Links random? Because it may accidently link to porn if that's the case. I like everything else  --------------------  MSN: [email protected] IRC: Rage|Mike at SwiftIRC and SeersIRC Drop me a comment, click to view my RSC profile! Proud to be ex-Wilderness Guardian.  | ||||
Posted: October 2, 2008 07:12 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Matt|Multi Group: Emeritus Posts: 668 Member No.: 49 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 12 | Looking back at the 3rd question, it seems fine Robbie, I was just exhausted the first time. As to the people who say it's too much work, seriously? 30 seconds with a calculator is hard? It's not like we're asking for vector calculus or differential equations, this stuff is pretty common knowledge. -------------------- Born at sea, baptized in blood your fame will never die. Your Division is one of the best if not the best division in the history of American arms -Gen George S Patton on the 45th Infantry Division  | ||||
Posted: October 2, 2008 07:23 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Kero2|bryan Group: Guest Posts: 1302 Member No.: 91 Joined: January 2, 2008 Total Events Attended: 26 | lols i luv the rick roll youtube link thats a classic -------------------- Best pure f2p Guardian  Post here http://www.wildernessguardians.com/forum/i...owtopic=20&st=0  | ||||
Posted: October 2, 2008 08:00 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Mickey Group: Emeritus Posts: 5305 Member No.: 48 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 282 | Something I forgot earlier: Aren't the people that post porn actual people anyway? I'm sure there's at least a few of them that can do those questions. Make them Runescape related, then potential members know about the subject and porn posters don't so can't register. --------------------    | ||||
Posted: October 2, 2008 09:29 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Rage|Mike Group: Clan Friend Posts: 1948 Member No.: 1238 Joined: July 29, 2008 Total Events Attended: 132 |
The majority of them use bots to spam it up, this is intended to avoid bot spamming, there is no stopping to human spamming without making it real tight/lawsuite. -------------------- MSN: [email protected] IRC: Rage|Mike at SwiftIRC and SeersIRC Drop me a comment, click to view my RSC profile! Proud to be ex-Wilderness Guardian. | ||||
Posted: October 2, 2008 09:52 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Kiwi011 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3052 Member No.: 40 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 21 | if you cant answer the questions you are fucking retarded and need to stop playing runescape. Simple as that. Personally if you don't no what a hypotenuse is just google the word ffs. Seriously, if you can't spend 5minutes filling out an application to our forums why are you on the forums anyway...... Great Idea Robbie. Personally I love it. --------------------  | ||||
Posted: October 2, 2008 10:16 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Pazenon Group: Emeritus Posts: 1477 Member No.: 33 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 79 | Although the questions are piss easy to some of us, to others they might not be. It looks as it is a requirement to have that knowledge if you want to register on this website; let alone join WG. If you want to weed out bots, I'm sure the first question is enough. -------------------- | ||||
Posted: October 3, 2008 03:07 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: RobbieThe1st Group: Founder Posts: 770 Member No.: 2 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 49 | First off, Thank you Eugene for being the first person who disagreed with me civily. I don't take too well to being told, in TXT-speak, that my idea is going to kill us all because none of us can handle grade-school math. Having gotten some proper feedback, it looks like: Question  1 is going to stay,Question 2 may stay, or may be changed.and Question 3 may be removed, or simplified. I really want to have three validation questions, one being a Youtube thing like what I have, and at least one being a simple math question, preferably RS-related.The third can be a simple math or simple grammar/capitalization. Really, what I would like is to set up an application that takes perhaps 5 minutes of work, that a 12-year-old that isn't a complete dropout can complete - This will not limit our possibles much, only removing those without a clue - or those not willing to spend 5 minutes(who are just as likely to use the account once and forget about it). I am going to add a bunch of information on the page, including little help links explaining exactly the instructions to prevent confusion. I also am going to change the error messages - As it is now, if you fail a single one of the three questions, or the Capcha image, it gives you one error message. I will set it up with error messages for each wrong answer, so people know what they are doing wrong. I also got a good idea from you all - Making a fairly simple test on Math, Grammar, and WG History a requirement to become a Member - You can become a Trial without it, but to become a full Member, you have to take the test and pass it with, say, 85% - easy enough as it will be a multiple-choice test with not much possibility of getting stuff wrong. Suggestions? Comments? -RobbieThe1st -------------------- Old Avatar - Paypal donation link  I am left handed, and proud of it! Retired from RuneScape. Old forum posts: 2275(s4+s10+wg.com)+1759(z6 old account)+474(z6 new account) Total: 4508 Join date: 4/16/05 | Get Firefox 3.5 now: http://www.getfirefox.com | RobbieSwich for Firefox | ||||
Posted: October 3, 2008 03:12 am | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Kiwi011 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3052 Member No.: 40 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 21 |
I remember our old tests, I seemed to do well on them all the time, but seriously.....from what I heard hell of a lot of people failed them.....even ones IN WG. -------------------- | ||||
Posted: October 3, 2008 03:16 am | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Banned Posts: 2447 Member No.: 114 Joined: January 8, 2008 Total Events Attended: 149 |
I like that. The one test that we tried... Was pretty outdated, and I'm not even sure if it checked what was really in there... Sorry to say, I failed the test remarkably! (around 65%) Multiple choice will allow people to at least give a reasonable guess if they know that some of the answers are wrong. -------------------- | ||||
Posted: October 3, 2008 01:14 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Rage|Mike Group: Clan Friend Posts: 1948 Member No.: 1238 Joined: July 29, 2008 Total Events Attended: 132 |
Thing is, not everyone in WG is English, so some people may have problems with Maths and Grammar, WG History sounds good though as it means they actually read the forums. -------------------- MSN: [email protected] IRC: Rage|Mike at SwiftIRC and SeersIRC Drop me a comment, click to view my RSC profile! Proud to be ex-Wilderness Guardian. | ||||
Posted: October 3, 2008 01:17 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Mickey Group: Emeritus Posts: 5305 Member No.: 48 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 282 |
But still, a simple couple of questions about Runescape would be enough and potential members wouldn't be put off. And if you think I'm against it because I can't do them, I can do them, it's just really allot of hassle to people that can't. -------------------- | ||||
Posted: October 3, 2008 01:24 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Zlat Group: Clan Friend Posts: 2781 Member No.: 9 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 60 | I seriously hope you delete this... -------------------- | ||||
Posted: October 3, 2008 08:51 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Yingy Group: Clan Friend Posts: 2205 Member No.: 27 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 21 |
I agree with this, Robbie... what you need to take into concideration is that some people will have mental disabilities such as Dyslexia. Robbie, i have Discalcular (Numerical Dyslexia) and i found number 3 difficult. Question one and two are fine but the 3rd is over the top. You do outstanding work for this forum but this is over the top, if i was to register with the forums now i would be screwed and i would end up giving up on joining the Wilderness Guardians. I truely hope you reconsider adding atleast number three on there and remove it. -------------------- Friend's Forver The Long Road Ahead - 91/99 Prayer   | ||||
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