Activiation Period

Guys - I thought it would be nice to come over to this site and start some productive discussions about things I enjoy and decided to register on May 2, 2007.

Once I registered, I had to wait for my account to be validated for 4 days. I find that a very long time to wait for a simple forums activation. Heck, I got my Newegg shipment faster than my account here.

I am not trying to be a :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: for my very 1st post but found that the process for becoming a member here was a little annoying to say the least. I hope you guys can speed this up for future members eventfully.

I'd say it's better to wait to be activated, than have idiots and spammers about on the forum. If anything, that is probably the best deterrent to the sort of thing XS wants to prevent, while genuine members are left unaffected.

Four days is nothing compared to the amount of knowledge you will gain once you are here.

Welcome to XS :toast:

-Alex

i think the reason activation takes longer is to prevent those that are banned from trying to register with a new username. it just takes a little patience. you can basically read everything here anyways without registering, so you just had to wait to post

I think Fugger is the one that does all the activations, i could be wrong though.

mines was pretty quick :)

Mine also took a week or so, I registered last Wednesday I believe and got activated today. But I suppose the wait is worth it, we at daclan had been getting board at toms because of all the n00bness and so I wanted to come to a place a bit more 1337 if you know what I mean

I check them all. Sorry for the delay.

it's cool, I didn't mid too much since I knew I was going to enjoy it here, tomshardware is a bit too boring for my tastes (even know I have over $5k posts there)

Thanks for the welcome...Now you guys are forced to here my Linux obsession...

pff 4 days.. i signed up with 2CPU & [H] like 3 WEEKS ago.. & still havent been activated

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Originally Posted by ex2cib

i think the reason activation takes longer is to prevent those that are banned from trying to register with a new username. it just takes a little patience. you can basically read everything here anyways without registering, so you just had to wait to post

I think Fugger is the one that does all the activations, i could be wrong though.

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Makes sense to me. My activation took a few days, i didn't mind to much. At least I was still able to read topics :toast:

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Originally Posted by tiro_uspsss

pff 4 days.. i signed up with 2CPU & [H] like 3 WEEKS ago.. & still havent been activated

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I would give up waiting after 3 weeks. :)

We get so many new members daily and we have to check alot of things to verify a new member. We do this to keep spammers out so it may take a day or 2 to get people activated but its worth it.. Sorry if anyones activation was a little longer but its for the good of the site to keep it nice and clean:D

Hey guys, you also have to keep in mind I am trying to distract the admins as well, cause well we know they just sit there and toss the BS all day, playing assorted FPS via LAN in Fuggers basement ;-P. ( I KID I KID!)


<<<<<<<<<<<runs and hides behind MovieMan's Cloverton Rig.

I am a multi tasker:D

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Originally Posted by njkid32

I am a multi tasker:D

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Looking at goat :banana::banana::banana::banana: and surfing the forum is NOT multitasking.

Look who's talking have you seen your avatar and title lately?:rofl:

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Originally Posted by njkid32

Look who's talking have you seen your avatar and title lately?:rofl:

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Yeah, my avatar is just fine :-p.

though, my title really doesn't matter.

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Originally Posted by phelan1777

Looking at goat :banana::banana::banana::banana: and surfing the forum is NOT multitasking.

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:mad:

:D :D

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Originally Posted by blossa

:mad:

:D :D

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@ Blossa, I don't think you saw my TEMP Avatar earlier, it was a joke between Admins(NJKID) and me.

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Originally Posted by phelan1777

@ Blossa, I don't think you saw my TEMP Avatar earlier, it was a joke between Admins(NJKID) and me.

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Na, I did not see it. No problem.

Btw, I see goat :banana::banana::banana::banana: live (here at home) and surfing the forum almost everyday. ;)

:shakes:

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Originally Posted by blossa

Na, I did not see it. No problem.

Btw, I see goat :banana::banana::banana::banana: live (here at home) and surfing the forum almost everyday. ;)

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:hm:

btw, nj, the smilies need updating

:kitten2:

seems like thats a lot of dead kittens

:kittenhat

As you can see we have so many members here right now, so you should know better that administrators have a lot of things to do. 4 days aren't enough for administrators to get their tasks to be done.. All you have to do is just be patient. :)

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Originally Posted by apexracing

I'd say it's better to wait to be activated, than have idiots and spammers about on the forum. If anything, that is probably the best deterrent to the sort of thing XS wants to prevent, while genuine members are left unaffected.

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Wait, you're saying XS doesn't have an overload of spammers and idiots?