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Jul 2, 2003, 10:56pm

M A T T seems like a commen AW word around here, hes been around a long
time, always wreaking havock in AW, always being banned.....but always
returning.
What is his obsession with AW and why AW?
What is his personal reasons for attcking this program?
I am posting this as an awareness thing, for those new to AW and for those
who forgot, every year M A T T looks for ways to get people to change their
emails addresses on thier cits to one he says to change it to. Please make
anyone you know aware of this, because it allows M A T T to retreave a
persons cit password in HIS email. Also he talks people into giving him
personal info promissing a world or another citizenship as a reward!
World owners you have the best means of making the new comers to AW aware of
M A T T and the tricks he plays on unsuspecting victums, please pass the
word on that M A T T is here!

Jul 2, 2003, 11:02pm

Sorry for the crosspost, i wanted to post seperately, but thats how it came
out

Jul 3, 2003, 12:24am

Just probally revenge, and an obession of showing holes in the AW Software
and such..

Jul 3, 2003, 12:40am

Wow right after you posted this the aw welcome msg changed to a warning
about changing your email addy. I wonder who is off changing the welcome
msg at 10pm at night awi time.

Jul 3, 2003, 1:18am

That'd be me.

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Jul 3, 2003, 1:28am

Maybe he does it for the thrill and publicity, like he's getting in this
post and in the news =P

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Jul 3, 2003, 2:25am

Diabolical. You've bested me this time Mountain Myst, but now I know your
game, and the jig is up. Mark my words, this isn't over.


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Jul 3, 2003, 10:58am

Well, if someone reported his hacking to the FBI, he'd get plenty of
publicity. Maybe he'd be happier then :)

-Brant

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Jul 3, 2003, 11:18am

Actually, from what I hear, M a t t causes trouble in AWI owned worlds
because when he was younger, they banned his citizenship. He got a free cit
from J B e l l, and 20 people signed a petition to get him banned after he
threatened someone. He's been pissed off ever since.

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Jul 3, 2003, 11:32am

if they 'revive' that petition, I'll sign it
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Jul 3, 2003, 11:51am

I think we all would, lol

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Jul 3, 2003, 12:38pm

You mean an online petiton actually worked for once?!

I'm impressed...


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Jul 3, 2003, 12:48pm

M A T T has been around for at least a year and half now and ran many
pointless "Criminal" campaigns, for example:
He stole 3 cits using the "Changing your e-mail address to join my cool uber
secret hacker gang"
Vandalim obviously
Foul insults and abusive language in PG worlds
I believe he set up his own Cracked Uni last year when everyone went haywire
making them
He ran various kiddie mafia type gangs - AWCA, AWCT, AAWA, AWMAFIA,X-CLAN
ETC ETC


M A T T has been reported to PK's, not sure if he was ever suspended, I
think its time to ban him off.

He thrives on attention, simply - report him, then ban him from your world
on Auto Eject and ignore him.


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Jul 3, 2003, 12:52pm

Getting rid of him isnt that easy, lol. He can just bypass all those ejects
with a proxy.

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Jul 3, 2003, 1:43pm

Has anyone given any thought to maybe taking him under their wing and
guiding him into a more productive existance?
It might just be that he needs attention and is getting that attention
through negative actions?
I have seen many folks in here as they grow and are nurtured, become VERY
upstanding citizens in AW:)
Heck, if he's that smart to get citizenships etc, then possibly that
intelligence can be redirected?
Just my 2 cents worth:)


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Jul 3, 2003, 1:54pm

i think it would help , if he got a legal cit , and a small job in some
worlds , so he gets appreciation for doing good things and get more
responsibility , and stay out of trouble .

Jul 3, 2003, 3:46pm

I think its an excellent idea - but it will only work depending on how proud
he is and how willing he is.

Jul 3, 2003, 5:56pm

I think its funny the way he goes around it...

I mean if your going to release a virus, where are you going to do it... are
you going to do it by stealth / trojans.... Or are you going to go to GZ
shouting about a 14kb bot, which means it gets immidiatly decompiled by
about 10 different people within roughly 2 minutes of it being said for the
first time...

And then you have most of AW's security forces mobilised on the lookout for
him about 10 seconds after that... Hell the only better place to release a
virus based on M a t t's logic is say the Symatec AV Labs by putting it on a
floppy disk labeled 'virus'....

I mean struth... of all the places to attack... you attack someplace full of
Server Staff, Programmers, Revsere Engeneers, People who eat Reverse
DNSLookup for breakfast... and last but not least... if all else fails,
Baron and the damned SRT.

I mean talk about pure LOGIC!

- Mark

Jul 3, 2003, 7:09pm

That have been done, so far I know

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Jul 3, 2003, 9:26pm

Unfortunately you can't report M A T T to the FBI unless he committed a
crime personally against YOU. AWI has a responsibility to report M A T T to
the FBI. Unfortunately it costs money, because you need to get lawyers in a
court case, but with all the evidence the FBI could find against M A T T,
AWI could get a lot of money out of it.

Jul 3, 2003, 9:28pm

Or... we could just hunt him down and 'remove his ability to turn on his
computer'

- Mark

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Jul 3, 2003, 9:29pm

That would be nice, but I'm sure M A T T would just get another computer
soon. He needs to be permanently removed.

Jul 3, 2003, 9:48pm

Who said anything about causing the damage to his computer....

- Mark

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Jul 3, 2003, 9:56pm

what if, i download the virus? could i get a lawyer and lots of money? :)

-SWe

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Jul 3, 2003, 9:57pm

ya! we rip off his boy toy!

-SWE

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Jul 4, 2003, 2:29am

[View Quote] > Has anyone given any thought to maybe taking him under their wing and
> guiding him into a more productive existance?
> It might just be that he needs attention and is getting that attention
> through negative actions?
> I have seen many folks in here as they grow and are nurtured, become VERY
> upstanding citizens in AW:)
> Heck, if he's that smart to get citizenships etc, then possibly that
> intelligence can be redirected?
> Just my 2 cents worth:)
>
>

Finally someone with a decent solution! Thanks Bits!!

--
Andras
"It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson)

Jul 4, 2003, 2:43am

I guess if you downloaded the virus, you could call the fbi.

Jul 4, 2003, 3:32am

[View Quote] Won't work, he's too far along.

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--Bowen--

Jul 4, 2003, 3:33am

[View Quote] It doesn't work if you willfully download a viral program that you know
is a virus/trojan/worm.

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--Bowen--

Jul 4, 2003, 6:51am

dunno about trojens/worms/crap..... just know that M.A.T.T.S grudge goes
way back..... lost in prehistory even.

Some ppl get a kick outta creating a pain.... some ppl get a kick outta
doing things for others.... its the way the world works,

I have two sons that suffer from " Comprehension Breakdown Disorder" what
would have been diagnosed a few years ago as aural dyslexia..... this
results in a frustration at the so called lack of attention etc etc etc ....
i wont go into it here

i just regret that MATT feels it important that he takes his frustrations
out on us.

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