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Lucky Starr wrote:A few more cases, most are probably inactive for a long time, but I'm posting them all the same.

1. Not very sure about this one, but better checked out:
Suspects: Foxtrot_095 (ID 1917318), Prometheus_095 (ID 1919995), Maelstrom_095 (ID 1919996)
Reasons: similar names, fairly new IDs
Collaterals: one other member of the same alliance, tazystar2000 (ID 1919478)

2. {also read Note below} All three are fairly new (but apparently inactive) accounts, first one's member of an inexistent alliance:
Suspects: MALP (ID 1915892), MALP1 (ID 1918385), MALP2 (ID 1918386)
Reasons: names, IDs, deleted alliance (?)
Collaterals: none found

3. Probably the usual inactive and unimaginative multi:
Suspects: b1gr3d (ID 1915879), b1gr3d3 (ID 1916176)
Reasons: nothing more than hits the eye... hits it quite hard
Collaterals: none

4. Could be just friends using similar names... but, since when do I buy that...
Suspects: betovizuet (ID 1909785), DRbetovizuet (ID 1913793)
Reasons: obviously, their names; new IDs (there seem to be more and more newbie multis)
Collaterals: no commander(s)/officers/alliance(s)

5. Can't believe there are so many trying it...
Suspects: berbatov (ID 103653), berbatov2 (ID 1913885)
Reasons: acute lack of imagination on their behalf
Collaterals: none

6. Adding one more, because of its considerable age:
Suspects: kammo|PyRo (ID 17447), kammo_pyro (ID 17448)
Reasons: the names are a reason; consecutive IDs make it all the more probable
Collaterals: none

Note
I'll probably be back next week, with a more complicated (for me) issue I like to call 'The Hungarian plot' (no offense whatsoever intended to [AG]s, members of Hungarian Command or other veteran players born in Hungary) concerning a massive number of inactive accounts in the 60k+ area, unless it is solved by adminMark due to some people's obvious stupidity (see 2. and maybe others on the list as well) - in which case, I would appreciate knowing it so I can take some credit

Lucky Starr wrote:Still here
Got a few ones, the usual stuff; still working on that investigation I mentioned, but RL has to come first

1. Pretty obvious, I'd say...
Suspects: ncmct (ID 1913528), ncmcttt (ID 1913530)
Reasons: as usual, names and IDs
Collaterals: none

2. Could be connected to my current investigation, then again I'm not that lucky...
Suspects: The Balogh series (IDs 1913954, 1914425, 1914436, 1914442, 1916292)
Reasons: similar names (especially 2 of them, almost identical), pretty close IDs, same name for a planet on 2 different accounts
Collaterals: one of them has a CO, nightwolf226 (ID 1913683) - as far as I can tell, has nothing to do with the multi

3. An older one I had to look up...
Suspects: meaningless series (IDs 1912045, 1912047, 1912048, 1912050, 1912059, possibly more)
Reasons: accounts with long, meaningless names and close IDs, probably created to serve as planet farms
Collaterals: none found

Will be back the next few days

Lucky Starr wrote:

Lucky Starr wrote:Still here
Got a few ones, the usual stuff; still working on that investigation I mentioned, but RL has to come first

1. Pretty obvious, I'd say...
Suspects: ncmct (ID 1913528), ncmcttt (ID 1913530)
Reasons: as usual, names and IDs
Collaterals: none

2. Could be connected to my current investigation, then again I'm not that lucky...
Suspects: The Balogh series (IDs 1913954, 1914425, 1914436, 1914442, 1916292)
Reasons: similar names (especially 2 of them, almost identical), pretty close IDs, same name for a planet on 2 different accounts
Collaterals: one of them has a CO, nightwolf226 (ID 1913683) - as far as I can tell, has nothing to do with the multi

3. An older one I had to look up...
Suspects: meaningless series (IDs 1912045, 1912047, 1912048, 1912050, 1912059, possibly more)
Reasons: accounts with long, meaningless names and close IDs, probably created to serve as planet farms
Collaterals: none found

Will be back the next few days

^ Those... and some more IDs to be checked out. I have to admit I'm not very sure about them, it's somewhat difficult to believe someone would waste time for at least several days in a row to create more and more accounts for no reason, but who am I to judge the limits of human stupidity? And the fact is the accounts listed below are all inactive accounts (65k+ ranks) with Hungarian names (in most cases the origin is fairly obvious for anyone speaking Hungarian) with close IDs (created in a few days' time). If I'm mistaken and this is just a wild goose chase (I don't think it is, otherwise I wouldn't have posted), I'd like to apologize for wasting an admin's time... if not, I've a feeling there'll be quite a few multi accounts to be deleted.

So, here's the list (part of it):
1913661, 1913668, 1913688, 1913695, 1913716, 1913722, 1913725, 1913729, 1913732, 1913748, 1913753, 1913783, 1913797, 1913801, 1913808, 1913834, 1913880, 1913891, 1913945, 1913948, 1913959, 1913972, 1914069, 1914100, 1914103, 1914113... and so on, the list is even longer and there are also some active players among my suspects, but this should do it. If my theory is correct, anyway. If the entire list is needed, I'll be happy to post it here.

Thanx in advance.

Lucky Starr wrote:[...] some more IDs to be checked out. I have to admit I'm not very sure about them, it's somewhat difficult to believe someone would waste time for at least several days in a row to create more and more accounts for no reason, but who am I to judge the limits of human stupidity? And the fact is the accounts listed below are all inactive accounts (65k+ ranks) with Hungarian names (in most cases the origin is fairly obvious for anyone speaking Hungarian) with close IDs (created in a few days' time). If I'm mistaken and this is just a wild goose chase (I don't think it is, otherwise I wouldn't have posted), I'd like to apologize for wasting an admin's time... if not, I've a feeling there'll be quite a few multi accounts to be deleted.

So, here's the list (part of it):
1913661, 1913668, 1913688, 1913695, 1913716, 1913722, 1913725, 1913729, 1913732, 1913748, 1913753, 1913783, 1913797, 1913801, 1913808, 1913834, 1913880, 1913891, 1913945, 1913948, 1913959, 1913972, 1914069, 1914100, 1914103, 1914113... and so on, the list is even longer and there are also some active players among my suspects, but this should do it. If my theory is correct, anyway. If the entire list is needed, I'll be happy to post it here.

Thanx in advance.

Lucky Starr wrote:Hi adminMark, have you by any chance discovered something about this?

Lucky Starr wrote:[...] some more IDs to be checked out. I have to admit I'm not very sure about them, it's somewhat difficult to believe someone would waste time for at least several days in a row to create more and more accounts for no reason, but who am I to judge the limits of human stupidity? And the fact is the accounts listed below are all inactive accounts (65k+ ranks) with Hungarian names (in most cases the origin is fairly obvious for anyone speaking Hungarian) with close IDs (created in a few days' time). If I'm mistaken and this is just a wild goose chase (I don't think it is, otherwise I wouldn't have posted), I'd like to apologize for wasting an admin's time... if not, I've a feeling there'll be quite a few multi accounts to be deleted.

So, here's the list (part of it):
1913661, 1913668, 1913688, 1913695, 1913716, 1913722, 1913725, 1913729, 1913732, 1913748, 1913753, 1913783, 1913797, 1913801, 1913808, 1913834, 1913880, 1913891, 1913945, 1913948, 1913959, 1913972, 1914069, 1914100, 1914103, 1914113... and so on, the list is even longer and there are also some active players among my suspects, but this should do it. If my theory is correct, anyway. If the entire list is needed, I'll be happy to post it here.

Thanx in advance.

I'll be posting more of my findings this week, if all goes well; I'd just love to see this solved, whether I am proven wrong or not.
Cheers and keep up the good work