Ouch. To illustrate the problem, here are five I tried just now
◊, after another dozen or so without taking screenshots. So far, nothing has let me log in. (Yes, I am using the right password.)
Thanks for confirming!
Yes, the error message specifies that I didn't enter the captcha text correctly, not that I mistyped my password. Somehow. A few dozen times in a row.
ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NOAs I mentioned above, I'm using my phone, which still has a cookie on it. I'm still unable to log in on my main computer, on which the cookie was erased.
I've never used an audio captcha before; I guess I'll try that next.
ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NOI didn't get told that I got the recaptcha wrong, but I did have an error which might be related. When I logged in this morning, a blank page loaded: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/validate.php.
I waited for a little while and nothing happened. I hit back and refreshed the page, and it recognized that I was logged in.
Well, this is weird. I kept going thru the text and audio recaptchas and it said none of them were correct, but when I went to check something else, I'm suddenly logged in. Also, I never ever want to listen to the audio again, it sounds like a creepy numbers station.
I have the same problem too! After I typed in the correct username, password, and captcha and clicked on "Login" I ALWAYS got led to a blank page! I thought that since the captcha was broken I couldn't get logged in, so I had to go the the main TV Tropes page the hard way by typing in the e-mail again... and wouldn't you know it? I got logged in! Something is very screwy with the captcha login process! Please fix this ASAP.
edited 18th Dec '13 11:07:09 AM by Angeldeb82

I've been sitting here for about ten minutes trying to log on on my main computer (I'm typing this from my phone, which thankfully retains its cookie). Half the captchas are illegible, and the other half steadfastly refuse to allow me to sign in even when the text seems obvious.
I'm not sure how I could document both parts of the problem, so the following is simply a list of my entry attempts since I started keeping track.
...and I'm done with this. Ugh. What's going on and what can I do?
ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NO