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Gamesquad will be moved to a new server 1PM - 2PM Monday afternoon, US central time, the 28th. There should not be an interruption in access but don't be surprised if it does occur.
 
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The change occurred today, just minutes ago. If you have problems, doing a refresh may help.
 

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The migration to a new server is complete according to the server host company.
 

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Seems fine to me. New IP but the usual level of spam to hunt and kill.
 

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But I got my best, most vicious spam hunter and spam killer on the spam killing job! ;)
Given how much he used to report it, I always thought just making him a mod and allowing him to kill was a better option. It is one of the reasons I thought he would be a good mod, You're welcome. ;) -- jim
 

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Early on as a mod, I looked at the post times for the Indian/Pakistani spammers. Most seemed to be roughly in the 1pm-6pm local time slot. That suggested to me that most were kids/teens using internet cafes, libraries or school/college PCs rather than their own home machines. Covid dramatically slashed the amount of spam, from a dozen or two per day to 1-3 per day, though that since has crept up to 4-6 occasionally. That seems to fit with my earlier guess as such places would be closed or severely restricted. Their commonly awkward English phrasing would match that spammer model as well.
 

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Oh, I almost forgot, GS's time is still about 6.5 hours out.
 
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