Let’s Captcha the Spammers

I really should have done this along time ago as I have let blasians.com go too long unattended. Database has grown to a ridiculous amount,  filled with invalid registrations from spammers with email addresses ending in  .ru .  I was going to rebuild the server but was way too curious where these registrations were sourced. I decided to do a  whois lookup at ARIN on the IP addresses to find they are part of  RIPE. Anyone know the Dragonara Alliance:

% This is the RIPE Database query service.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions.
% See http://www.ripe.net/db/support/db-terms-conditions.pdf
% Note: This output has been filtered.
%       To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag.
% Information related to '194.8.74.0 - 194.8.75.255'
inetnum:         194.8.74.0 - 194.8.75.255
netname:         DRAGONARA-NET
descr:           Dragonara Alliance Ltd
country:         GB
org:             ORG-DRAG1-RIPE
admin-c:         AGAV2-RIPE
tech-c:          AGAV2-RIPE
status:          ASSIGNED PI "status:" definitions
mnt-by:          RIPE-NCC-HM-PI-MNT
mnt-by:          DRAGONARA-MNT
mnt-lower:       RIPE-NCC-HM-PI-MNT
mnt-routes:      DRAGONARA-MNT
mnt-domains:     DRAGONARA-MNT
source:          RIPE # Filtered
organisation:    ORG-DRAG1-RIPE
org-name:        Dragonara Alliance Ltd
org-type:        OTHER
address:         Geneva Place, Waterfront Drive,
                P. O. Box 3469, Road Town, Tortola,
                British Virgin Islands
mnt-ref:         DRAGONARA-MNT
mnt-by:          DRAGONARA-MNT
source:          RIPE # Filtered
person:          Andrey Gavrilog
address:         Geneva Place, Waterfront Drive,
                P. O. Box 3469, Road Town, Tortola,
                British Virgin Islands
mnt-by:          DRAGONARA-MNT
abuse-mailbox:   abuse@dragonara.net
phone:           +41 435.001.009
nic-hdl:         AGAV2-RIPE
source:          RIPE # Filtered
% Information related to '194.8.74.0/23AS44557'
route:           194.8.74.0/23
descr:           Dragonara Alliance
origin:          AS44557
mnt-by:          DRAGONARA-MNT
source:          RIPE # Filtered

Well, let’s see if your spambots have mastered it’s way around captcha. Last invalid registration was…wait I better configure it first!

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