So ever since the latest round of foolishness with DRG, the comment spam to this blog has gone from 1 or 2 entries a day to almost 50 a day. You know, comments full of nonsense words and dozens of links to all kinds of crap sites, that sort of thing.

Usually none of them are actually posted, thanks to automated spam blocking software, but I was curious as to why the sudden increase. Of course I would never accuse DRG servers of directly targeting a site they don’t approve of without proof. I did learn something interesting though.

Remember ‘DeathBG’, who was an obvious shill for DRG? His IP information tracks back to here:

OrgName:    RIPE Network Coordination Centre
OrgID:      RIPE
Address:    P.O. Box 10096
City:       Amsterdam
StateProv:
PostalCode: 1001EB

Country:    NL

I looked up the info for the IPs of the last 10 spam posts - 8 of those 10 IPs resolved to the exact same information.

I’m sure that’s just a coincidence though.

(Which reminds me - I always keep redundant copies of TheMook.Net archived off-line, so no worries there … but if the site does get hacked, I think we all know from where such an attack would come).

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DRG Servers does not seem very happy - they reported my site to my server host (as is their right of course) as “abuse”.

My server host reviewed the site and reasonably concluded I can post whatever I want (within the normal legal limits).

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I can’t believe it - checked my email the other morning and there was actually an email from Lee at DRG Servers! Their last contact with me was a full year ago.

For those not familiar with the way our SoF2 clan was treated by DRG Servers, it is more fully explained in these three posts: DRG Servers - Avoid At All Costs, DRG Servers - Update, and DRG Servers - Still Unprofessional.

Here is the email I received from Lee/DRG:

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It would seem I jumped the gun a bit on announcing I would be offline indefinitely. An 11th hour reprieve was thrown my way by a dear friend, and my net access looks to be stable for at least another month or so.

I. Am. Very. Relieved!

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Howdy All.

Unfortunately, my cable will be going dark on June 12th, and I have no idea when I’ll be able to get it back up again. This coupled with the fact that I may need to move as well means it’s possible I could be offline for as long as 2-3 months.

TheMook.Net site is still paid up until September, so it isn’t going anywhere - but I won’t be able to access it, so there will be no updates for a while, either to the site itself, the MookUI compilation, the Soldier of Fortune server, or anything else. Naturally you are all still welcome to use the message boards and anything else you want for as long as they are up.

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