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News from Day 4

Day 4 ended in the world being substantially vandalised by a tourist. During a four hour period the user, whos name is unknown but IP number has been logged, placed over 85,000 separate objects. The updated map illustrates the extent of the vandalism.

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In order to delete the vandalism a propdump was carried out from the server and multiple queries run through an MS Access Script. A total of 4 separate propdumps were carried out until all vandalism had been deleted. Maps from the first and last propdumps are illustrated below.

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The cleared map illustrates the growth which has occurred over the last 24 hour period. A notable feature is the appearance of the word 'Hi' in a clearing of land.

As a result of the vandalism a number of GateKeepers have been introduced into the world. GateKeepers have the power of world rejection, making the environment a safer place.

The world server was noticeably overloaded after the vandalism event. The situation was however remedied in under two hours, resulting in little disruption to users.

The world continues to be open for free building, vandalism has been noted but will not result in the closure of the world to tourists. Many users were clearly irrate at the level of vandalism, while vandalism is beyond control the new scripts make clearance quick and easy.

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