Question for ASS attendees: spreading the faith

[Daytona]

Been seeing a lot of new member registrations here lately and it's got me wondering...

ASS seems to have been very successful this year, especially with the sheer number of cars that showed. Were there any other non-Alermod Alero owners (or friends/family of owners) that showed up at any point during the weekend? And did ASS result in them becoming members here?

Would seem a big coincidence with the rash of new registrations if that weren't the case.

[heineck]

umm aunty patty

[Daytona]

^Ok. That's 1...

[[ion] C2]

yeah there were a few aleros not from the forums that showed up at homecoming

[Redog]

And all those Aleros where more so "parked" in a parking lot, not really being shown :rolleyes2:

That includes "Mr 510" from IL

[heineck]

01aleros friends kyle and sarah where there

[zoL]

I think we had some guy show up with 2 kids on Friday (during the Alero show) in his Alero.

[Oldsnut]

Wolf from Minnesota showed up with his Final 500 but he does not own a computer and I don't know if you would really want him on here, just ask Scot or MO.

[Alerosaint]

And all those Aleros where more so "parked" in a parking lot, not really being shown :rolleyes2:

That includes "Mr 510" from IL

Yeah they were overshadowed by our ASS awesomeness.....lol

[PappaSmurf]

There was that new guy Smurf... apparently he isannoying with like 3 votes on the poll. HAHAHAHAHAHA\I started the freaking poll you morons and I think I know that whoever voted for me did not attend ASS 09. I know this because Aunty patty is currently in second place for most annoying and the people at ass didn't vote for her. So there, HA. and Ha. hahahahaha.
Dont worry auntie patty, they are just mad that you didnt get them any coffee. I guess they did save $15.01 though. ROTF
If you feel bad or say sorry one more time for that I will get the sexual tiki impression to come haunt you. LOL
-Smurf-

[Oldsnut]

Yeah they were overshadowed by our ASS awesomeness.....lol
Or they were like "Who the hell are these freakin Nutjobs" yup that is it. Did any of them besides Wolf talk to anyone in our group?

[Oldsnut]

If you feel bad or say sorry one more time for that I will get the sexual tiki impression to come haunt you. LOL
-Smurf-
Something tells me that she might not hate that.

[PappaSmurf]

I wasn't the one who did this! just to make that clear. I was theone that pointed out that it sounded sexual though. THat shit was a funny ass night. I Learned a lot about Bdyman and STILL to this very day have as much respect and trust for him as the day I became an aleromod member. HE IS A GOD when it comes to ANY kind or work with the car we all drive. He will DEFINITELY be working on my parts. WHy would I pay anyone else?
-Smurf-

[99alerogirl]

some guy came by at both the alero show and homecoming, he's had his alero in his garage and was looking at getting it out soon. he was asking us a lot of questions and we told him about the site... he seemed really interested

[Oldsnut]

He will DEFINITELY be working on my parts. WHy would I pay anyone else?
-Smurf-
This is so wrong in many ways! :lol: :lol:

[Oldsnut]

some guy came by at both the alero show and homecoming, he's had his alero in his garage and was looking at getting it out soon. he was asking us a lot of questions and we told him about the site... he seemed really interested
Or was he just staring at your Boobs?

[PappaSmurf]

I was staring at her boobs and tell her that Bdyman was going to work on my parts. LMAO She was so turned on at this point that she was sweating...Or maybe it was because we were freaking outside all day in an oven. LOL
-Smurf-

[Ryan from Ohio]

Daytona,

Im assuming you are getting many new members with weird names and using hotmail and gmail domains?

I get the same thing on my forum. Multiples per day...

Most of them are spammers holding there place waiting to be activated/used.

[[ion] C2]

One of the new members is NickAlero2000 since he was banned for trying to change his e-mail address or something.

[Oldsmo-pimpin]

2X post. Delete.

[Oldsmo-pimpin]

C2;473717']One of the new members is NickAlero2000 since he was banned for trying to change his e-mail address or something.

Here I am. lol

[[ion] C2]

sup newb

[Daytona]

Daytona,

Im assuming you are getting many new members with weird names and using hotmail and gmail domains?

I get the same thing on my forum. Multiples per day...

Most of them are spammers holding there place waiting to be activated/used.

I know about the spammers. It's my main job here to review all new registration attempts; I ban those guys' IP addresses and deny their registrations.

My original post here was about all of the other legit registrations that have been coming up. Figured there might be a connection between a bunch of them and ASS.

[Nate's Alero]

can you acctually tell who is a spammer?

[[ion] C2]

If we had CAPTCHA in the registration we wouldn't need to have moderators filter through every single registration attempt, and it would automatically annihilate the spammers. The new version has worked very well on the forums I've operated.

[PappaSmurf]

I would THINK that ASS has something to do with new members, LOL.
-Smurf-

[Daytona]

can you acctually tell who is a spammer?

Yep. Won't say here in case any would-be spammers are lurking, but there are quite a few red flags that come up when they try to register (call it my "Daytona Algorithm" :rolleyes2: ), plus I utilize some external resources.

My efforts won't necessarily stop asshats, street racer dinks, and douchebags from registering ;) , but the usual spammers & email harvesters - yes.

[Nate's Alero]

Yep. Won't say here in case any would-be spammers are lurking, but there are quite a few red flags that come up when they try to register (call it my "Daytona Algorithm" :rolleyes2: ), plus I utilize some external resources.

My efforts won't necessarily stop asshats, street racer dinks, and douchebags from registering ;) , but the usual spammers & email harvesters - yes.

didint work on me or aleroracing...

[Daytona]

^My point exactly. :lol:

[Nate's Alero]

^My point exactly. :lol:

:haha:

[cherrington17]

yeah, there definitely was an older guy who was very interested in registering. He was asking my a bunch of questions, i rolled up my window and showed him the "aleromod.com" decal. he wrote down the address and said he'd check it out.

so... that makes only 2.

and how can you say any guy was staring at adria's chest. it was only partly visible twice, once being when we all swam.

[heineck]

I remember that LOL, damn pool closin @ 11

[Nate's Alero]

lulz.

[PappaSmurf]

shirt or no shirt, I WAS staring. LOL
-Smurf-

[_01Alero_]

01aleros friends kyle and sarah where there

Yea, and kyle I believe said he was going to make a username for himself... Haven't seen him since we got back in town and I got him back to his house.. But he was all about it, and he and sarah had a great time they said. so that may be 1 more, possibly 2, but i don't think sarah will cause well she doesn't really do the whole car thing, just there to be there....

[heineck]

shirt or no shirt, I WAS staring. LOL
-Smurf-
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3174/2743424372_df35717532.jpg
Prrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuggggaaaaaa! so was I

[Daytona]

I didn't get to see her chest. PICS?!?!?!?!

[Ryan from Ohio]

C2;473736']If we had CAPTCHA in the registration we wouldn't need to have moderators filter through every single registration attempt, and it would automatically annihilate the spammers. The new version has worked very well on the forums I've operated.

Actually there is programs now beating the CPATCHAs.

Its weeding most out. I was getting about 12-24 per day, now Im getting 2-3.

Heres a sample:
Crurmourf attitoubolf2@gmail.com
Poormerssmern ricevipseskip@gmail.com
scleaka scleaka@yahoo.com
beeerkol beeerkol@gmail.com
untortcow niffdrigfrisy@gmail.com

And man, many more...

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

I didn't get to see her chest. PICS?!?!?!?!
*seconded*

**regrets signing up for six years...two would have been just fine**

[jackal2000]

*seconded*

**regrets signing up for six years...two would have been just fine**

owned.

[99alerogirl]

oh dear. haha. this is what i get for not signing in for a few days!

[Psyfox]

I know I'm one of the new members that jumped on the forums simply for Q&A and pointers (it started with WAI vs CAI, lol), so I don't count...but DAMN am I wanting to attend ASS next year. Does the location change every year or is it the same?

P.S. - $10 says I win most annoying next year because of my Alero. :D

[[ion] C2]

Same location.

[Psyfox]

Sounds great. I'm definitely gonna make a huge effort to be there next year.

[PappaSmurf]

Psyfox,
WARNING, don't start saying that you are gonna attend cause ASS 2010 is still awhile away and people on here CHRIS (ION2) will hold you to it and will personally flame you until you internally combust for not showing up. LMAO
-Smurf-

[Psyfox]

I'll drop everything to go to this thing, you have no idea, lol. I'll flame myself if I don't go.

[cherrington17]

Psyfox,
WARNING, don't start saying that you are gonna attend cause ASS 2010 is still awhile away and people on here CHRIS (ION2) will hold you to it and will personally flame you until you internally combust for not showing up. LMAO
-Smurf-

he'll flame you so hard, he'll forget to register for a room!


but in all seriousness... i think we're(the members) the best form of advertising for ASS. As long as we represent the meet/ourselves well enough, we'll get more people showing up.

[PappaSmurf]

HAHAHAHA, And then at the cookout, he turns into the grocery ninja and starts chucking hotdog buns at the people that say they are coming and don't. LMAO

I got one person coming next year from florida and am in talks with another two from bama of going next year. I have already told Scott and Momma Mo that I will be there even if I don't have an alero. LOL
-Smurf-