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    Please note that Gavin121 is an AI Spambot.

    The Admin Staff have been notified and pending removal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kup View Post
    Please note that Gavin121 is an AI Spambot.

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    Really?

    What are the signs to look out for Kup for these A.I Spam Bots?

    I thought it was a little odd that he posted his introduction in Grapple's Creative section.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hursticon View Post
    Really?

    What are the signs to look out for Kup for these A.I Spam Bots?

    I thought it was a little odd that he posted his introduction in Grapple's Creative section.
    What it does is word match TF related words and sentences in a current thread to those in blogs or posts from other TF boards in order to form what deceptively seems like real on topic posts. This is how it hides the fact that it is a spambot and not a real person. It is very clever.

    For example I googled his post above and found the following:

    http://www.mikethepod.com/revTFUGalvatron.htm

    Read the 2nd paragraph on the link, it's the same as the spambot's now deleted post.

    Sky Shadow deserves credit as he spotted it first.
    Last edited by kup; 29th September 2010 at 12:20 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirge View Post
    Spambot post removed (and followups editted to tidy up).
    Cheers Dirge, I was worried about what was going on when I suddenly couldn't reply to Kup.

    Quote Originally Posted by kup View Post
    What it does is word match TF related words and sentences in a current thread to those in blogs or posts from other TF boards in order to form what deceptively seems like real on topic posts. This is how it hides the fact that it is a spambot and not a real person. It is very clever.

    For example I googled his post above and found the following:

    http://www.mikethepod.com/revTFUGalvatron.htm

    Read the 2nd paragraph on the link, it's the same as the spambot's now deleted post.

    Sky Shadow deserves credit as he spotted it first.
    Well done guys on spotting that, what tipped you off Sky Shadow?

    That is a pretty Bastardly effective method of looking like a legitimate post, it appears pretty darn human huh?

    Gotta say though, it's a pretty extraordinary form of Spam, so much effort for such pointless means.

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    So did you end up sorting out that cannon joint Hursticon?

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    Oddly, my Galvatron is great to pose and his joints are tight. Its trying to get him back to tank mode where it all 'tanks'. :P
    That in mind, Galvatron could have been so much better as a Voyager... they really missed the boat on this one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lint View Post
    So did you end up sorting out that cannon joint Hursticon?
    Actually Lint, it was Hammerstorm that was having issues with his Galvatron whereas I've been lucky enough not to have anything go wrong with mine.
    Your interest is appreciated though dude.

    Quote Originally Posted by gekisou View Post
    Oddly, my Galvatron is great to pose and his joints are tight. Its trying to get him back to tank mode where it all 'tanks'. :P
    That in mind, Galvatron could have been so much better as a Voyager... they really missed the boat on this one.
    I agree Gekisou, he should've been a Voyager, but, for some reason their almighty marketing intellect dictated that there were too many Tank Transformers at the time.

    Personally, I don't care how many there is of a particular vehicle, just so long as they differ from each other in some way more than just paint applications.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gekisou View Post
    Oddly, my Galvatron is great to pose and his joints are tight. Its trying to get him back to tank mode where it all 'tanks'. :P
    That in mind, Galvatron could have been so much better as a Voyager... they really missed the boat on this one.
    I don't know why they don't just upsize and rerelease this mould, à la the difference between Ultra and Super Energon Galvatron.

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