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Title: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Tomowolf on January 15, 2013, 10:22:21 pm
As this session brought many "funny guys" which taken someone's nickname's for teh lulz, it could be repaired by "creating" a character before session is coming to an end by forum or by game client, which registers data for future.
Dunno how it would look in script, I'am not much into this, but this might be usable for another session.
Please leave a comment or improve my suggestion.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Cyber Jesus on January 15, 2013, 10:23:58 pm
This would be even better if next session will be one character only, which i hope it will.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Gimper on January 16, 2013, 01:44:45 am
Quote from: Cyber Jesus on January 15, 2013, 10:23:58 pm
This would be even better if next session will be one character only, which i hope it will.
One character? That would would mean remove professions, remove pvp, remove crafting, remove personal bases, etc.. I dont like it...
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: FrankenStone on January 16, 2013, 02:00:02 am
i would love to see that everybody just have one char that means that u need to team up and i can imagine such things as base builders or other chars who could make money with there chars would be hella itneresting
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Gimper on January 16, 2013, 02:40:26 am
well there is no real way to tell if its an alt or not. That's what proxy clients are for.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Marko on January 16, 2013, 04:59:51 am
Tomo, very good idea. +1 to tie character names to forum account.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: LostSoul on January 16, 2013, 08:13:59 am
+1 this is how it should've been.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Handyman on January 16, 2013, 10:13:49 am
Well... there was such idea some time ago... hope it will get in game ;) i've got tired of stolen nickname
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: greenthumb on January 16, 2013, 10:31:10 am
i like the idea very much at least if you can recognize players on forums and in game just by nick. Very useful feature, but iam not sure how this will prevent multiaccounting.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: LostSoul on January 16, 2013, 10:32:22 am
Quote from: greenthumb on January 16, 2013, 10:31:10 am
i like the idea very much at least if you can recognize players on forums and in game just by nick. Very useful feature, but iam not sure how this will prevent multiaccounting.

It will cut it down immensely I'd think.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: racoon on January 17, 2013, 12:00:28 am
so people will register forum alts and will be alting like before anyway
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: LostSoul on January 17, 2013, 04:49:33 am
Quote from: racoon on January 17, 2013, 12:00:28 am
so people will register forum alts and will be alting like before anyway

Not if those accounts are monitored by forum moderators.... But either way, a forum name will gain reputation just as in game names would. Having them linked would stop a lot of needless robberies.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Michaelh139 on January 17, 2013, 08:21:51 am
As if this hasn't been suggested before.

It won't work.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Tomowolf on January 17, 2013, 01:54:02 pm
Quote from: LostSoul on January 17, 2013, 04:49:33 am
Not if those accounts are monitored by forum moderators.... But either way, a forum name will gain reputation just as in game names would. Having them linked would stop a lot of needless robberies.
That what I also meant how it would work - gain/or lose reputation by being active on forum as in game also.

Quote from: Michaelh139 on January 17, 2013, 08:21:51 am
As if this hasn't been suggested before.

It won't work.
What do you mean by that?
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: -Max Payne- on January 17, 2013, 07:07:38 pm
Quote from: Cyber Jesus on January 15, 2013, 10:23:58 pm
This would be even better if next session will be one character only, which i hope it will.

I like this, have 10 chars on a woldmap sucks.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Mayck on January 17, 2013, 07:19:46 pm
Can't be used for enforcing one char per player, players would just make forum alts.

It would probably prevent nick thefts, but it wouldn't help against using similiar nicks like T0mowolf Tomo.Wolf and TomowoIf similiar things at all... I think it would be too much work for such little outcome.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Sarakin on January 17, 2013, 07:29:13 pm
All what you said is correct, but if there were certain character slots reserved for each player(forum account), then the owner could show to others :"Here, these char names represent me and you shouldnt be dealing with other, similar names".
Also it might remove some degree of needless anonymity.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Roachor on January 17, 2013, 07:30:24 pm
I'd like it just so people would get to know each other instead of hiding behind anonymous alts. For such a small community we barely know each other.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Mike Crosser on January 17, 2013, 07:49:12 pm
I wonder what gr1m will do.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: LostSoul on January 17, 2013, 09:40:41 pm
Quote from: Roachor on January 17, 2013, 07:30:24 pm
I'd like it just so people would get to know each other instead of hiding behind anonymous alts. For such a small community we barely know each other.

It's hard to get to know people in game.. I agree...

However the few dedicated people this game does have, I think it's fair to say we get our personalities across in this harsh forum.

But I agree, I feel like in this game where our reputation is EVERYTHING, we should be trying to make a fool-proof way to give ourselves identities without fearing someone is wearing a mask.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Michaelh139 on January 17, 2013, 09:48:05 pm
Quote from: Tomowolf on January 17, 2013, 01:54:02 pm
What do you mean by that?
It isn't obvious enough ?

Forum alts, as others have mentioned.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: greenthumb on January 17, 2013, 09:51:53 pm
Quote from: LostSoul on January 17, 2013, 09:40:41 pm
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thats realy good one, but only one reason to have connected forum nicks with game.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Tomowolf on January 17, 2013, 11:06:33 pm
Quote from: Michaelh139 on January 17, 2013, 09:48:05 pm
It isn't obvious enough ?

Forum alts, as others have mentioned.
And?
Still your nickname with Michaelh139 will be only for that forum account, problem solved, before it started (Simple : If you got already forum account, it will ask you if you want same nickname in game or not.)
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: LostSoul on January 18, 2013, 12:44:09 am
Quote from: Tomowolf on January 17, 2013, 11:06:33 pm
And?
Still your nickname with Michaelh139 will be only for that forum account, problem solved, before it started (Simple : If you got already forum account, it will ask you if you want same nickname in game or not.)

Or perhaps the only way to create a character would be through the forum... when you make an account you also make a character, then it gets put in the game. Make the stats hidden to other players if chosen.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Boon Lived on January 18, 2013, 01:36:48 am
As good of intentions it may be, there will be those who will abuse it.
It wouldn't be worth it.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Roachor on January 18, 2013, 04:28:38 am
Quote from: Boon Lived on January 18, 2013, 01:36:48 am
As good of intentions it may be, there will be those who will abuse it.
It wouldn't be worth it.

How could less anonymity be more abusable?
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: LostSoul on January 18, 2013, 04:35:10 am
In my opinion, the more of a hassle people have to go through to get their characters up and running, the better..

The MORE attached we can get people to their in game characters, the better.
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: Gimper on January 18, 2013, 04:47:38 am
Or why don't we just keep alting like it is.....
Title: Re: Nickname connected with forum name.
Post by: LostSoul on January 18, 2013, 04:55:00 am
Quote from: Gimper on January 18, 2013, 04:47:38 am
Or why don't we just keep alting like it is.....

This is where reading comes in handy.