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testebr · Halfop Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 86

Hi,

In my trivia channel user still using cheater with auto reply. Example:

on *:text:*Wha*is*xxx?*:#:{ msg # sexy }

How to I can prevent it? Any form to encode my question text?

metroid · Owner Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 771

If you "encode" the question then how will the other people read it?

Simply kick the guy using a script.

testebr · Halfop Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 86

no one solution when user select the text to copy but return mixed/strange text?

Sir_Fz · Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:45 am Post subject:

I remember a Trivia script which used to add ctrl-codes and other hidden characters to the questions so cheat scripts don't match them. If adding ctrl-codes is the solution then I can write you a piece of code to do it, if you need some other extra characters then you'll have get me a list of them because I don't know which characters these are.
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testebr · Halfop Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 86

hmm, good explain. But, I don't know what is 'ctrl-codes'.

Can you provide me one example?

ps: I'm using this trivia script by souperman.

Thank you!

Sir_Fz · Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject:

What I meant by ctrl-codes is color (ctrl+k), bold (ctrl+b), underline (ctrl+u)...etc
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testebr · Halfop Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 86

dont work because mirc ignore colors, bold, reverse and underline :/

you can tet with my code, just add to remote.

Alchera · Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject:

testebr · Halfop Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 86

in function "on text". See my first por.

speechles · Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:03 pm Post subject:

testebr · Halfop Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 86

Really this idea work fine, but today one friend create this example:

Sir_Fz · Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:41 pm Post subject:

Then do some research and try to find some characters that won't be seen (Try searching the forum first as this has been discussed before).
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speechles · Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject:

As well, if people are inclined to cheat, they will find a way to cheat everytime. Rather than adapt to defeat them learn to spot cheaters (your examples show no delay, instant answer in this case = inhuman response == cheater) and ban them from further participation in your trivia, either via the trivia ignore, or via eggdrop internal ignore, or ban them from your channel. Eventually they will get smarter and use randomized timers in the human-response time frame to disguise their scripts (this of course makes it near impossible to spot, but others now have opportunity to also answer making it at least more fair).

When you finally find 'invisible' characters to use, those can be easily mapped out into nulls by cheaters just as easily as you saw $strip() does control characters. The mirc code to do so is really this simple, $strip($remove($1-,%invis_char_1,%invis_char_2,%etc)). You now have both control characters and invisible characters effectively stripped. In the long run your better off removing cheaters from participating entirely than trying to adapt to control them.

Or to be entirely fair to all. When a cheater is spotted, to be nice allow them to remain in the trivia, but as a consequence they have their score set back to 0 (which most trivia scripts allow admins to change scores). This allows cheaters to begin as new joins/nicks and compete further, but constantly is a reminder to all that if detected they will be considered cheaters and 'fined' all their accumulated points. If you have prizes or things of this nature in your trivia contests, this is a valid option as well. Elect a few @op/mods in your channel as trivia guards and this can be your enforcement.

rapattack · Voice Joined: 18 Aug 2011 Posts: 6

I'd like to have a code snippet that inserts controlcodes... Smile