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Question about automatic ban lifting

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  • 17-11-2008 2:11pm
    #1
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    At what stage can a user expect their automatic ban lifting?

    Should it be at around the same time of the day as the ban was applied?

    For instance, should a one week ban applied at 14.00 on the 1st, be automatically lifted at 14.00 on the 8th?

    Or is more random than that?


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    hullaballoo
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    As far as I know, it's around the same time, give or take an hour. I think the system is usually more user-biased, so the ban should be lifted earlier rather than later.

    I think CuLT might have more of a definitive answer though.


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    CuLT
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    Any time between 14:00 and 15:00 usually, there's a rather large drift sometimes for a couple of reasons.

    As the script runs hourly, if the ban was applied at 14:59 it would also be lifted the following week at 15:00.

    Also over time the time difference between database and web servers drift somewhat, so after two or three months there might be a 5 minute lag, etc.


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    Just FYI.

    There was a +48minute difference in the one I was referring to.

    ie, the ban was for 1 week + 48 Minutes, oh, the huge manatees.


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    CuLT
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    Yeah, +/- an hour.


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