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Though you can only deceive the slow of wit who don't think to check your global.
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Originally Posted by DarkGob
Now you can impersonate someone even if their name is already taken on a server! Problem solved!
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There are a lot of things in this game that are "legal" or "within game limits" but are still considered griefing; kiting GMs into PI square leaps to mind.
Just because something can be done, doesn't mean it should be done.
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Impersonation is exactly the problem, or would be with non-unique names. The only reason this hasn't been an issue until now is we've gotten a new server (I guess technically NA players got 4 new servers a short while ago, but honestly who cares about those).|
Originally Posted by Daemodand
Impersonation isn't the problem. Getting the names you want is.
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Originally Posted by Biowraith
Though you can only deceive the slow of wit who don't think to check your global.
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Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
That is... insane!!
I guess you two deleted your reserved ones before the friend made theirs? Or do you all three have the name? I would have loved to conduct a bunch of experiments with that situation! Tried sending you tells, making more of the same name, etc. |
First thing that came to mind was that there was some new sensitivity to capitalization - so I tried making the name in all caps, or with a different letter capitalized - no go.
One thing that was interesting - I don't normally see the name - or a speech bubble - when sending private tells. But it was doing it with this. (So the tell would show up above my head, saying Name: Message.)
But, yeah, they're deleted, and the person that wanted it held has it now.
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Because everyone knows how to do that right away. Or is even aware how similar, say, I and l look.
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Originally Posted by Biowraith
Though you can only deceive the slow of wit who don't think to check your global.
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No. I have no problem with someone else getting a name I like first as long as it means I can't be impersonated by someone else that wants one of my names.
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Originally Posted by Daemodand
Impersonation isn't the problem. Getting the names you want is.
This whole thread stands as a list of excellent reasons we should have non-unique naming. |
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I still think you should see if the name Archive is available and go for it.|
Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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Archive is one of the names of a character in the Dresden novels.
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
I still think you should see if the name Archive is available and go for it.
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Yeah, I like Ivy. Fun character.
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Archive is one of the names of a character in the Dresden novels.
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If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
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Apologies to anybody who wanted a character named "The Facepuncher," but I'm camping it until Street Justice comes out.
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Yes it is.|
Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Archive is one of the names of a character in the Dresden novels.
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Also, one name I thought to try for but was taken was OFFLINE. Long ago, I made a character called OFFLINE all caps on a server I normally didn't play on. In the days before global hide I would sometimes want to chat with a few people but not show up on global lists. So I decided to make a character called OFFLINE so that in all global lists while I was logged into that character I would show up as OFFLINE.
I thought it was clever at the time.
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I went on VIP server and took the name "Foo" and I'm purposefully withholding it until I receive money or sexual favours from him to get it back.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Yes it is.
Also, one name I thought to try for but was taken was OFFLINE. Long ago, I made a character called OFFLINE all caps on a server I normally didn't play on. In the days before global hide I would sometimes want to chat with a few people but not show up on global lists. So I decided to make a character called OFFLINE so that in all global lists while I was logged into that character I would show up as OFFLINE. I thought it was clever at the time. |
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Even if you don't know those particular technical specifics, if someone who has otherwise had a reasonable reputation, hasn't acted in a negative manner previously, if that person suddenly appears to be acting that way, who isn't going to ensure they are who they claim to be? In this day and age? On the Internet?|
Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Because everyone knows how to do that right away. Or is even aware how similar, say, I and l look.
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Yeah I know, lots of people. But it's damned depressing to just accept that.
(edit: and even more depressing if it's in a game that actually does allow more than one person to have the same name)
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Originally Posted by The_Foo
I went on VIP server and took the name "Foo" and I'm purposefully withholding it until I receive money or sexual favours from him to get it back.
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Im a little bummed I didnt get Heartbreaker, but then Iv ebeen Heart Breaker on Champion for 7 years now, so I'll live with it. What I found funny was, I was emailing my roomie who was at work, and reseved a bunch of names for him- I think I got 7 or 8 out of 9 or 10 names I tried for him- while my luck on my own account was more 50-50.
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Someone commented in another thread (and I agree) that if someone 'stole' your name, get their global and petition. If they just happened to get a cool name first, tough on you. But if they are camping a dozen 'high profile' names and have a dozen people file petitions on them . . . well, that looks like a pretty strong indication of deliberate harassment to me.|
Originally Posted by Emberly
All that can be said for sure is that some people were faster on the naming draw than others. being certain about malicious intent is pretty much impossible barring a /tell from someone saying "neener neener, got your name".
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Just my opinion, but if I had an oddball name like Grim Grey Snorkler and it was already taken, I'd assume it was deliberate. If you were trying for a name like 'Midnight' (which a friend of mine actually has on one server), you're out of luck.
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Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Apologies to anybody who wanted a character named "The Facepuncher," but I'm camping it until Street Justice comes out.
Yes, I intend to play the character. ----- Also, who's the jerk who didn't try to steal the name Chad Gulzow-Man? I'm a little insulted. |
Texas Justice wasn't Stolen/NameCamped/TakenToActuallyBePlayed either.
EDIT: This makes me feel that I'm more unimportant than what I already believed.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
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If a dozen people all file petitions against someone for having names they want, the only person potentially being harassed is the person with the names.
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Originally Posted by Shadow Walk
But if they are camping a dozen 'high profile' names and have a dozen people file petitions on them . . . well, that looks like a pretty strong indication of deliberate harassment to me.
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Also, who's the jerk who didn't try to steal the name Chad Gulzow-Man? I'm a little insulted. |
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Originally Posted by Emberly
If a dozen people all file petitions against someone for having names they want, the only person potentially being harassed is the person with the names.
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and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
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If people feel they have grounds to petition, I'm not going to say not to. However, I personally do not feel I have appropriate grounds to petition this particular activity. If I felt the people using my global or main name were using either in unethical ways I would, but I have no direct evidence they aren't either playing the characters or camping the names, both of which fall within their rights as players as I believe them to be.|
Originally Posted by Emberly
If a dozen people all file petitions against someone for having names they want, the only person potentially being harassed is the person with the names.
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Everyone else has to decide that one for themselves, though.
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And every one of them is a science origin Dark/Axe Tank.
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strangely enough I have about 20 science origin dark/axe tankers on Exalted , sometimes you just find that perfect powerset and want to play it over and over :P
Excuse me while I continue to add my own levity to the mix...
This actually gives me an idea... I think I am going to make some other people's characters on another server and role-play those characters (not as THE PLAYER, but just the character). It's like getting to play as Wolverine or SpongeBob Squarepants, but without any trademark issues!
Hmm... who to choose...
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