Tighter security may require our international users to prove they are human

[bumblebee]

To our international users outside the USA and Canada, I apologize for any inconvenience but due to increased "bot" scans and attacks upon marbleconnection.com, you may be required to prove you are human by solving a "CAPTCHA". After you have done that, the site should behave as normal for a week, after which it may ask you to prove again.

This measure will better protect our site and reduce wasted hosting resources.

Previously I had tried to deal with the malicious traffic on a case-by-case basis, but that ended up becoming an endless game of Whack-a-Mole.

If anyone experiences an issue with this tighter security, please let me know.

OK, back to playing marbles...

[akroorka]

Thank you for all of your hard work bumblebee.
This is just a sign of the times and I for one appreciate your efforts keeping us secure here.
I will do what I must to log in if it comes to that in the future. 
Thanks again and---
Marble—On!