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The forum got a fresh start — spam purge, new anti-spam rules, and what's next - ice - 06-21-2026
Housekeeping post. If you visited recently and saw 150,000 threads of Russian SEO spam and cracked software listings — yeah. That's gone. All of it.
What happened behind the scenes:
- Every spam thread, post and account was purged (the forum is genuinely clean, not just swept under a rug)
- The forum software was updated to the latest version with all security patches
- New account registrations now require admin approval, and automated spam-network checks run on every registration and post
Registration approval usually happens within a day. It's a small speed bump for humans and a brick wall for bots — the tradeoff is worth it after what this place looked like in June.
The plan going forward: guides and discussion threads are being seeded across the sections (GTA 6 news, cheats archives, mod guides, fix-it threads for the classics), and with GTA 6 landing November 19 this is a good moment to build a real community around the series again.
If you registered and got caught in the purge by mistake, just register again — approvals are being watched daily. And if you spot spam that somehow gets through, hit the report button; it gets seen fast now.
Welcome back. Vice City awaits in November.