QAD was dragon510 who had several 'friends' [their alt accounts] get freebies, lowball on imps, and do guilt trips. It was a nightmare because they were block evading with their multis and continued to do so when they came back as QueenAquaDragon. Even having them blocked people still were being targeted and harassed. It left a lot of g1 imp users uncomfortable with their behavior once the puzzle pieces fell together. It is one of very few times a user has needed to be a community announcement it was that bad. [One of their many accounts was pjsparkles67 that would even beg for g1 imps.]
Yeah there is an unspoken 'don't message these people' for g1 imps due to no reply, they don't breed, and whatever reason. We kind of go 'hey have you messaged X before?'. There are micro groups within the g2 community so it doesn't always work as sometimes folks will do their own thing for studs or bday nests but yeah.
Way back when the server was in its baby form a hacker came on posing as a g1 imp owner and tried to worm into the community. THANKFULLY the original owner returned back after so many years hiatus and was able to stop from having their non-progen g1 imp sold. We dogged on support to help with that. There another very old g1 user hatched and their stuff was put on another g1 account. Thankfully they got their stuff back and was unlocked. The reason I know that is because the hacker wore a 1/10 limited accent that the victim's g1 imp had and put it on display. Kinda ??? but I am glad the victim got their gear and account unlocked.
Really the goal of searching g1 imps besides posting whoever has their kids up on the AH is to make sure old folks that return don't get scammed. Finding them sometimes a mod will send a 'hey your stuff is worth a shit ton welcome back! if you want to take part in this community here you go!' DM. Goal is to prevent QAD-type users to not scam the oldbies returning. People do not realize the volume of DMs that many users have collected over the years begging for freebies or trying to con them into giving them their imps.
No RMT that I have seen personally. It has gotten pretty big since I've rejoined though and taken in g1 collectors and some other tight-knit groups.
Imagine begging for G1 imps. This guy sounds like they were a nightmare and I hope they are not still lurking, seeing one of my friends on the site has a G1 imp.
Yeah I remember that hacking incident. The original account creator was very lucky to get their stuff back, because I think other victims did not or were not even aware that their accounts were stolen. That guy confiscated and sold a lot of old accounts including other accounts with g1 imps, one of which was likely sold to another G1 person who was banned during a previous RMT crackdown. Think the same idiot hacker got a hold of someone's Boolean, shuffled it between accounts, and tried to get it auctioned by someone else at one point. I'm glad the mods of this server got rid of this b**** quickly before more damage was done.
Sadly staff did not give them back some of the KS items that were funneled off from the victim from what I have been told. And that is very unfortunate to hear that there was even more accounts involved. I've seen FR staff shut some down in the past year and a half and I'm hoping it is a crackdown to prevent more items from being funneled from hacked users.
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Re: Slightly Impish G2 Imp Thread Drama?
(Anonymous) 2024-07-05 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)QAD was dragon510 who had several 'friends' [their alt accounts] get freebies, lowball on imps, and do guilt trips. It was a nightmare because they were block evading with their multis and continued to do so when they came back as QueenAquaDragon. Even having them blocked people still were being targeted and harassed. It left a lot of g1 imp users uncomfortable with their behavior once the puzzle pieces fell together. It is one of very few times a user has needed to be a community announcement it was that bad. [One of their many accounts was pjsparkles67 that would even beg for g1 imps.]
Yeah there is an unspoken 'don't message these people' for g1 imps due to no reply, they don't breed, and whatever reason. We kind of go 'hey have you messaged X before?'. There are micro groups within the g2 community so it doesn't always work as sometimes folks will do their own thing for studs or bday nests but yeah.
Way back when the server was in its baby form a hacker came on posing as a g1 imp owner and tried to worm into the community. THANKFULLY the original owner returned back after so many years hiatus and was able to stop from having their non-progen g1 imp sold. We dogged on support to help with that. There another very old g1 user hatched and their stuff was put on another g1 account. Thankfully they got their stuff back and was unlocked. The reason I know that is because the hacker wore a 1/10 limited accent that the victim's g1 imp had and put it on display. Kinda ??? but I am glad the victim got their gear and account unlocked.
Really the goal of searching g1 imps besides posting whoever has their kids up on the AH is to make sure old folks that return don't get scammed. Finding them sometimes a mod will send a 'hey your stuff is worth a shit ton welcome back! if you want to take part in this community here you go!' DM. Goal is to prevent QAD-type users to not scam the oldbies returning. People do not realize the volume of DMs that many users have collected over the years begging for freebies or trying to con them into giving them their imps.
No RMT that I have seen personally. It has gotten pretty big since I've rejoined though and taken in g1 collectors and some other tight-knit groups.
Re: Slightly Impish G2 Imp Thread Drama?
(Anonymous) 2024-07-05 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)Yeah I remember that hacking incident. The original account creator was very lucky to get their stuff back, because I think other victims did not or were not even aware that their accounts were stolen. That guy confiscated and sold a lot of old accounts including other accounts with g1 imps, one of which was likely sold to another G1 person who was banned during a previous RMT crackdown. Think the same idiot hacker got a hold of someone's Boolean, shuffled it between accounts, and tried to get it auctioned by someone else at one point. I'm glad the mods of this server got rid of this b**** quickly before more damage was done.
Re: Slightly Impish G2 Imp Thread Drama?
(Anonymous) 2024-07-06 12:52 am (UTC)(link)