The new dude isn't new.

[Unknown Entity]

There is a message saying "Welcome to our newest member Zack:.)." But... I clicked on their name to go to their profile and endded up on an inactive older members profile. Name had changed from the above to Zack96.

I took some screen shots... Sorry, I think they are going to be a bit big.





But yeah. I've noticed it before, but thought nothing of it. There used to be a guy called ???? or !!!! or something, but I remember when I went to his profile, his name was just a bunch of numbers thrown together.

I've probably got the wrong end of the stick, and done something funny, but I don't think I have. :S

[Neo Nagisa]

People have probably brought their hacking programs and tools or w.e into TFF forums. I used to do that kind of stuff elsewhere with Wpe Pro, Wpe 0delay and whatnot. But they aren't useable on phones Dx. And anyway, I am against hax0rs now. Do what MySpace did(TRIED to do)
Block Wpe and other programming tools from being used on the site.
This is the only answer I could come up with o.o

[Unknown Entity]

Hmm... and how do I block 'em?

[Neo Nagisa]

Ahh. The tricky part. You see, the reason MySpace had almost always failed in blocking it, is because they have to put exactly what part they want to block. And the hax0rs can easily tweak it, and make a by-pass for that block. And then when that gets blocked, they tweak it again, so on and so forth.
I never learned how to block it. And neither did MySpace, because they completely removed the chatrooms in which Wpe was used. But people still use it there for other things. :/ Idk.. I'll look into that.

[Midnight Panda]

Its possibly a broken link, or when you get a name change the system thinks your a new member.

[Ryu-Kentoshii Hirokima]

That is most unusual...Hmmm :S I'm Not sure what happened, or how it can be fixed, oh Well.

[Silver Spyro]

'Dun get it... Sorry? xD

[Darkdragoon]

hm.... IDK... But i looked at -balthier- or whatever his name is and it said he wasnt new either.... Hm...

[Unknown Entity]

I found something similar today while editing my friend list. I clicked on my friend Rasler+'s profile, and came up on Rasler's profile (we've not added each other as friends).





I'm aware that the + next to someone's name on the online list means I have them as a contact or friend, but the + in this case was part of his name. I've tried adding in the + in the URL (like I did that time with the albums when they played up), but I'm welcomed by this message: "This user has not registered and therefore does not have a profile to view."

Neither users are all that active, but it needs to be mentioned.

Can I request that no one replies to this thread unless you are going to help/provide something constructive. People spamming up ma thread... dayam.

[El Gatopod]

Dude, that shit must be a troll.

[bahamuts heir]

I think I know what's wrong back when I couldn't activate my account I had two contacts but they couldn't respond to my friend requests i still had a profile and all but I couldn't post anything at all since I was unable to post I was still considered a noobie, so I bet they are having the same problem I had and in case they are reading just email the administrators and tell em that's how I got mine activated

[Unknown Entity]

Dude, that shit must be a troll.

No. Both members were well known by different parties.

I think I know what's wrong back when I couldn't activate my account I had two contacts but they couldn't respond to my friend requests i still had a profile and all but I couldn't post anything at all since I was unable to post I was still considered a noobie, so I bet they are having the same problem I had and in case they are reading just email the administrators and tell em that's how I got mine activated.

Hmm. I doubt this is the same thing. It has something to do with symbols in the names. They're getting changed or being ignored completely.

EDIT: Might I add that I doubt this could be answered by newer members. It needs an Admin. >>;

[Alice]

I'm pretty sure it has to do with the symbols in the name.

There used to be a guy called ???? or !!!! or something, but I remember when I went to his profile, his name was just a bunch of numbers thrown together.

Yep, I recall ????. If you clicked into his profile, it would take you to what seemed, technically like, a non-existant member with a name that seemed rather messed. I don't recall it correctly but I'm pretty sure it was just as you said. A bunch of random numbers.

The VMs people had sent him weren't visible on the profile page, but if you looked at the VMs he had sent to the other members on their pages and clicked into the VM conversation, every message he'd received from whatever member was visible, unlike on his 'profile'.

I'm taking a guess here that the symbols in the member's name confuses the forum, causing the symbols to change into numbers. However, since Zack:.) is a member and Zack96 isn't, it treats Zack96 as an entirely new member.

As I said, it's a guess, but it's the closest I can think of.

[chaosweapon]

The problem must be the special characters in the username. When htaccess rewrites the address, special characters are removed or replaced. Therefore two usernames can have the same url.

Check this link to understand what I mean: http://thefinalfantasy.net/forums/members/zack.html
This produces the same result: http://thefinalfantasy.net/forums/members/zack--.html

[Unknown Entity]

1) Not happy this was marked as "Answered", especially as the "Best Answer" given was crap.

2) Zero's Answer was the best, as it IS the symbols messing it up. So if this is going to be marked as "Answered", please change it to his post. I wouldn't have been stupid enough to select the first answer.

3) Problemo was never solved. Still can't access Rasler+'s profile (not that it matters as he's not active, but still, for other members who might encounter the same problem if they sign up with symbols).

Thanks.