Urgent Issue

[Annie]

I disagree! idk y but i do.

[Masahiro]

Ahaha yeah, this system works for us...

I have to agree with this. Very easy to scam players; a problem for the community and the GMs.

(NOOO, I like my name "ßoßo"...!)

When you suggest that we give players time to switch their names, renaming is fine (no idea how this would be accomplished...), but remaking is unfair to players who may have become elite or have accomplished something significant with that in-game character name. Unless this was re-compensated, I believe we should either keep the alt codes or we rename the accounts.

Also, maybe we could just remove the Alt+255 (and other space character codes) if possible.

OR YEAH, we can just be careful when lending equipment out.

"there is nothign we can do about it"

the above PISSES me off...but ya >> this isnt rant section so i wont elaborate. *cough Zero accountability Cough*

I agree with this over-all its now especially annoying to see 2 guilds with the same identical name only differing by the alt code 255

@Peter

i liek my chr Mar¦o 2 Q_Q and it is elite etc etc QQ but if i must i will re-make for the sake of this =o

(id go for a GM-rename ^ ^ cuz i semi-lazy =o) ;P

Edited May 14, 2010 by Masahiro

[Wish]

I talked with Genesis quite extensively on this matter. It definitely has become an issue. However, we can't really disable ASCII now because of the fact that so many people HAVE used the characters in their name. Apo said that we could give people a set amount of time to rename their characters, or to remake them. This wouldn't exactly be prudent/possible because:

1. Renaming the hundreds (no, I'm not exaggerating) of names that use these characters would probably take weeks.

2. People wouldn't want the other option of having to redo their characters, like Masahiro pointed out, if they're already elite and whatnot. To quite a few people, the elite quest is a large investment.

3. There will be people who choose to do neither, and we'll have people abusing the then messed up names, like the nulls. We can ban them (or give other punishments), but it is more difficult than a normal player. While the names still have the symbols, and while we can use them, we have a better chance of catching offenders.

Like I said, though, we know that this is a real problem. Here are some solutions you could try out:

1. Create a codeword so that your friends will know it's really you. It's a bit cheesy, but effective nonetheless.

2. Add the friends who you would lend your items to (if you must lend your items out) to your friend list. If someone comes asking you for items or for any account info, you could check your friend list. If your friend isn't online, then you know it's a scammer. If they are online, you can PM them and see if you get a response to double-check.

3. Avoid making characters with spaces in the name.

4. If you have a character with a space in the name, also make the other character that could be used for impersonation. (I.e. Your current character: word(regular space)word. Also make: word(alt+255)word and word(alt+0160)word.) This would be rather tedious, but safer. Yes, I know that some people use multiple spaces. However, those are the best ways to negate this that I can think of.

Again, I'm sorry that we can't do this, but it has gone on for too long a time. Doing anything now would bring too great of repercussions. Please, do remember to be very cautious, though.

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