Hordequester

Done several Zelda and LttP playthroughs with randomizers but.. didn't know there were so many games with them. Thank you.. that FF6 Beyond Chaos one looks nuts lol.

Oh I wasn't claiming they didn't...just saying that the time it takes isn't as important as the experience had during that time. In reference to their differing opinions on battle time.

I think the problem here is that it's not about the actual time it takes but the perception of the time and your experiences in that time. Doesn't matter if the guy takes 15mins if you're just autofiring the same combo over and over.. strategy or not it's a slog once you figure out the pattern. A 5min fight that takes change ups of strategy feels like a longer and more involved fight than 5mins of the same crap.

More comments about characters than votes for them.. strange.

This one was solved by a spambot on my site (was one of the default questions that came with a question pack.. which the botters have access to as well). But, it would still slow down 90% of them..because they're not very bright generally and don't keep their crap up to date. Interpretation questions can be done if their answers are limited enough.. if your question plugin allows multiple answers. Though those can be easier to figure out.

Gau of course.. funny, fast, versatile, and unlimited. He by far was the star of my unoptimized team run saving their asses more than once with speedy Griffon heals.

The typical rule of thumb for the questions is to use a rotating list that is changed periodically with questions that are too vague or too specific for an engine to find the answer to. So, like for my site.. I ask "what is the main color of our logo?" or "What is the name of the third forum on this website?" etc and update them every few months or as I find bots getting through. It can be good to intentionally leave non-obvious typos in the questions. Quirky or clever questions can be programmed for as common answers like "Type {s} [backwards]" could be programmed to be parsed for key phrases and solved. I believe there is already a bot on the market that does that particular style of question. Captchas are definitely great it's just that they are heavily targeted by botting programs so they usually do not last long. The best bots that have bypassed them don't do the spam crap.. they datamine so you never even know there were here but that information then gets passed on to the script kiddies eventually.

Nice new site. Clean and easy to navigate. Oh and the distinct advantage of being able to register... always a plus. Thank you guys for trying to fix things however it goes.