Weird Troll Spamming Chat

[Reisen 1,973]

http://www.mediafire.com/?d4j0oxexc7atdgx

Demo should clarify what this guy does. his name obviously hints that he is the one behind all of the spam.

He seems to use certain commands to do that, don't know which ones but he should be banned for spam/trolling

He seems to be using a tool or something because suddenly he seemed to have mistyped and a weird command popped up instead of a name:

Edited August 8, 2013 by Monet

[Computer 588]

Reviewing...

In the demo others join in as well saying "I am faggot".

[Reisen 1,973]

Reviewing...

In the demo others join in as well saying "I am faggot".

No. check the demo again, their names are not colored. it's him using their names for his troll binds

[Computer 588]

BANNED STEAM_0:1:56261072

BANNED STEAM_0:1:6014931

BANNED STEAM_0:1:53624668

EXPIRES AUG 11, 2013, 3:00 AM

Previously suspected individuals have been cleared.

[Reisen 1,973]

Oh god no dude, unban them.

" :" is the only one behind all of this. You just banned the people that got trolled by him

Edited August 8, 2013 by Monet

[Ruby 9,039]

I will be taking over the investigation, considering I was on the server at the same time and was able to grab more information. Unbanning the Steam ID's ACG banned in the meantime.

Edit 1: Steam ID's ACG banned were both applicants and in game with me, so they were not spamming. I've reverted the bans for them. The original ban I placed on the guy who was spamming stays.

Will continue researching...

Edit 2: Yep, it's pretty clear to me what happened now.

Condump for anyone interested, so that they can follow: http://pastebin.com/zq2JnZAC

STEAM_0:1:56261072 has her Steam name as a combination of some Unicode characters which render the name as nothing in TF2. It is pretty obvious what happens right at the beginning of the demo, where console says:

 

Bucket-Rah :  Spit

 : :  





Bucket-Rah :  I am faggot. Spit


Crystalitar :  monet???

 : :  

 



Crystalitar :  I am faggot. monet???

Caught it yet? No?

The script ":" is running echoes every line someone says, prepends it with "I am faggot." and adds a series of line breaks before that to clear the chat window. To someone not being attentive, this looks as if the people she is echoing have hacked their name to be white and are saying "I am faggot." before anything they say. This is what led ACG to place bans on Bucket and Crystal a few posts above.

So, basically, how this works:

1. look for someone's chat message

2. grab it, add author's name and 10 new lines in front of it so that chat clears

3. relay that message and hope that admins ban everyone except you.

I have to admit, they almost had us fooled.

:sunglasses:

Almost.

Permanently banned STEAM_0:1:56261072 for chat abuse and exploiting.

Thanks to ACG, Lena and Crystal for helping me out

Edit 3: Also banned STEAM_0:0:57399133, STEAM_0:1:46698773, STEAM_0:0:7563142 for being alternative accounts of the one I banned.