Smersh

Originally Posted by Super_Ready

Good news guys! These boards will not be following suit (for the foreseeable future, anyway).



As a moderator, I'd suppose Mod08 has a voice of authority about it with regards to the forum itself, unlike Castle.
Source: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=228658

Originally Posted by CactusBrawler

Actually opting into something doesn't mean that the Data Protection Act is null and void, it's a criminal not a civil act and thus can't be wavered away.

Secondly it now turns out any players realID is being broadcast in an unsecured format across Blizzards servers and can be picked up by people using the the 'right' add ons.

Thirdly Blizard have stated they will be clamping down and forcing people to use their actual identity for accounts. How they are going to enforce this I do not know, but they seem to be sure they can do so.

Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum

Heck, You got the name and phone number, why stop there?

You know those stealth "free ringtone blah blah" ads... where the fine print signs you up for a $9.99/month "service" charged directly to the phone bill?

Sign em up!

It's easy. Last I heard, there was a bot that'd do it for you... hit something like 30-40 of these services in 5 minutes.

Sure, they can dispute the charges on the next bill, but the phone company says you gotta dispute it with EACH of the separate service companies... not them. And you can bet those services have STELLAR customer support availability... and that they probably already charged for the NEXT month by the time you get through... and even if they're gonna be refunded, your phone company will be charging you fees if you don't pay the current bill in full....

Yeah. Traceable crank calls... too much work.

Originally Posted by Durakken

Missing the point...

Open communities saying no.
Closed communities would likely flip out even more.

It doesn't matter that the open community's openness is only at a 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 and the closed is a 1 and the RealID nonsense would be an 8... The open communities that are around are saying no across the board...

In other words... The people most likely to support you are saying you are an idiot. More than likely you are an idiot.

We, CoH, WoW, STO, are the most likely to support Blizzard, and are saying Blizzard is an idiot. more than likely Blizzard is an idiot.

Originally Posted by Durakken

There is probably a good number of people with in each community that know each others' name because of a such thing...

Anyways you missed the point...

We are one of the open communities in this regard as is WoW and STO... and we're all saying no...pretty stupid to go against it.

Originally Posted by KaliMagdalene

This is exactly why they shouldn't release real names.

Also, causing bodily harm happens to be illegal.

Originally Posted by Castle

Their EULA/Terms of Service forbid players from revealing their login information, in whole or in part.

With the switch over to Battle.net accounts for login, your login is the email address connected to the account.

To connect to someone using RealID, you must give them the email address connected to the account.

Therefore, using RealID is a violation of the Terms of Service.

Originally Posted by Twilight_Snow

I think you can take the fighting and medicine pools at the same time. Then you can have both soft-capped defense and a self heal.

Originally Posted by Ghost_Ripper

I have Armageddon in it, but was thinking of changing to Oblit, guess not. I can't hit soft cap for his positions either, so, trying diffrent stuff for that as well. I based his slotting and attacks off of your MA/SR build Werner for DPS; however, it only clocks him in with a 34% Melee, 38 Range, and 39 AOE...so pretty far off from that golden # of 45.

Originally Posted by DJ_Shecky

I blame Polaron

Originally Posted by Neofusion

I've been following Local_mans post of his build im level 21 but i have no way of affording any of his slots for a very, very long time what should i do?

Originally Posted by Silencer7

As if I couldn't throw the same argument right back at you. The entire foundation of what you're saying seems to be that receiving an unsolicited tell is annoying, and that therefore anyone who sends a knowingly unsolicited tell becomes "rude."

The first half of that construction is ridiculous because receiving a tell has none of the social connotations or physical awkwardness of any of the analogies people have tried to use. Receiving a tell doesn't place any burden on you to do anything at all, either literally or in the social context of the game. That is why it is different than, say, a co-worker who you are obligated to act cordially toward inviting themselves along on an outing.

Originally Posted by Wicked_Wendy

Ahhh Smersh I swear this is the last time I am posting here or even bothering to READ the thread. You little analogy makes no sense based on what you are griping about. Yeah someone on a public playground walking over to you while you playing Chess, or whatever, and asking if they can join your Kickball game is.. well not necessarily rude just completely stupid.

But that isn't what you original post is about. No one sent you a tell and said "Hey I have a level 60 Warrior-Mage on WOW can I join your team?" A player with the proper AT and powersets to function on a team in COH contacted you and asked if your team had any available slots and IF so could he or she join.

At this point I think it's obvious no matter what anyone says to try and make you see some reason you have your own mindset and while it is perfectly okay for you to recruit sending tells to players asking, perhaps even begging them, to join your team. Players attempting to contact you to try and join are somehow rude and evil. In a previous post responding to one me you state you ONLY contact players solo and supposedly in public areas but that doesn't mean they aren't occupied and could be just as annoyed by you as you are by them. Wentworths is a public area with tons of people buying or selling recipes and salvage. The Tailors shops are public areas with the same flow of players in an out as they design new costumes. For all you know a player, like myself since I am a badger, is soloing as they run from zone to zone picking up all the new exploration badges for the accoldaes and merit and has NO desire to be disturbed or to join YOUR team. They could be in Skyway or Perez street hunting Clockwork to get the last badge they need to earn the Freedom Phalanx accolade or in Striga hunting down the few remaining Warwolves and Vamprii they need for Slayer and Silver Bullet after a Moonfire TF so they can get the Atlas Medallion.

In other word you assume that because a player isn't on a 7 or 8 man team they aren't doing ANYTHING and should be more than happy to join you and your team. In MY opinion that's rude and assumes anything I may be doing couldn't possibly be as important or entertaining as joining you to run whatever mission you decide to do today. Okay I'm done since I know like all the other argumnents here it won't change a thing. Take the advice many have already given you and just HIDE so no one can ever send you a tell again asking to join your team again and live in your own little "private" space. Because THAT is the only one that really exists in this game.

Originally Posted by Fomsie

I am just going to take this one to quote, as you know the rest of what you typed.

No, it is not. It is a place in the mix of electrons that make up a globally accessable MULTI player environment. It is more akin to being a group off in the corner on a playground than being a group in a private dwelling. In fact, if you wish for it to be a private "Smersh only" Treehouse, you can set yourself to be unsearchable, and thus unseen by others. But please do not assume that you are "in a private sector" when you are still openly playing on this playground, just because you and a few others are off in the corner playing kickball. If you are playing and still visible(eg Searchable), then no, you are not in a private area.

The more I read your responses Smersh, the more I think that not only is your initial complaint invalid, I think you are the one who is rude and selfish. You are the one expecting a "small, private sanctuary" in an open, multi person environment, but instead of you taking the steps to allow for your desired controlled environment, you expect others to be just as introverted as you seem to be when it comes to strangers. You seem to have this irrational concept that just because you make a group in an "open playground", that no one can ask in. That is ridiculous.

Believe it or not, it is not rude for a person in an environment that is supposed to promote multi player interaction for a person to ask if there is room for them to play too. How about you either; A)Hide from searches if YOU want to be private once in a group, or B)YOU not be rude and just say "sorry, full". I am not a doctor, but I am pretty sure neither of those will hurt.

And to take the last line of what I quoted... "Someone trying to join in from outside has no idea what is going on inside that private space.". But that is the thing... it is not a private space, it is just a group playing in one part of the playground(since you are all still searchable) that they can find, and they are just asking to play too.

Originally Posted by kilroy64

Bah, still not an issue. Rude is walking up and saying.

"Wow, you really think that costume combo looks good?"

Or "I know your team is lame without me"

Or "When you want to stop messing around with those idiots add me to your team"

Or "yes those graphics do make your butt look big"

Not "Hey, you have any room on your team?"

But did I read the OP say that it is NOT rude to send out blind team invitations?