account creation (country blocked)

[phantom.omaga]

hi
when a try to create an account it says country blocked...
when i starched the documentation it says that if this error is encountered then open a ticket and have the support staff create and account for you so
could some one do it for me

[calistoy]

Unfortunately, there is no current way to manually create an account for you due to the way the servers are set up. Check back at the main site every now and then to see if your country is ever unblocked in the future.

[stpvoice]

Hello,

Where did you see that information?
Signups are currently blocked from the countries which have shown the most abuse of the service in the past.
We have no way to override the block. You'll just have to check again periodically.

Thanks.

[phantom.omaga]

aahh!!!!!!!!!!! common there has to be a way
could some one from among you create it for me

[stpvoice]

Hello,

No, that would be against the Terms of Service.

[Livewire]

Just to add some background info, the reason we cannot manually create accounts is due to the multitude of inter-communication between the forums, the hosting account, and our hand-coded backend system.

We cannot manually create the links between these systems, and if the country you're from was blocked due to massive abuse, there was a reason for it.

Pakistan made that list due to severe misuse of proxies and porn, if memory serves. Neither of those are permitted in the TOS, and the majority of signups from that location were breaking the TOS within seconds of account creation. We lost all of our tolerance for it, and blocked that country in full. As cruel as it sounds, it does work - we've had a lot less abuse since we added pakistan and 19 others to the signup blacklist.


So, again, about all that can be recommended is to check back at some point in the future. There are currently no plans to remove the country block, so there is no estimated time that it would be removed.