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kb5ixd · Post by **kb5ixd** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 4:34 pm

I would like to see a poll/vote or just a change on usernames.
Username abuse in EM is in need of being addressed.

If you donâ€™t like or donâ€™t want folks to know what you are doing, maybe you should think about it more.

I feel we need to make folks much more responsible for their actions.

Like â€˜usernameâ€™ + ##ll
Where username = registered username, #=number, l=letter

[Edited on 2-11-2013 by kb5ixd]

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 4:58 pm

I do not like the Idea of limiting Usernames.

This is a game and as long as you abide by the rules of the Server you are on, and do not abuse it I do not see a problem. As using different call signs as a Roll Play venue and I do not always want other players to know that I'm on as some players might not like other players and have an intrest on a particular Server but do not want to be bothered by the other players he/she does not like. I agree though that a Player should not use a different tag to use for abusing other players or their work he/she does not like to get back at them!.......Only the Server Operator should and can have some control over abuse and can limit who gets on His/Her Server!....The Server administrator could implement a rule of no Aliases!.....But I personaly would not play on such a Server or play anyway under a different call sign on that Server!

You can Start the poll your self. Click on "new poll" in the right top corner between "new topic" and "new reply"......

zex · Post by **zex** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:06 pm

From post: 158544, Topic: tid=10588, author=Maarschalk wrote:
This is a game

I keep trying to tell him that, maybe you will get through to him

-splosives- · Post by **-splosives-** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:42 pm

yeah, I don't see any problems with usernames. As long as people respect server rules, anything is possible.

Zach · Post by **Zach** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:05 pm

imho, Role Play is a valid reason for having multiple "personas". However if we are talking about simply changing the name in your pilot profile - than I think that is kind of, somewhat, wrong.

Different personas should have different profiles, otherwise you are just changing your name to avoid being inconvenienced when it suits you.. Which goes against the spirit of Role Playing in the first place.

If people want to have separate "characters" they play, then I think they should be unique pilot profiles.

I have to admit though, I am somewhat interested as to what prompted this thread

[Edited on 2-11-2013 by Zach]

Post by **Marvin** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:10 pm

From post: 158553, Topic: tid=10588, author=Zach wrote:If people want to have separate "characters" they play, then I think they should be unique pilot profiles.

I have to admit though, I am somewhat interested as to what prompted this thread.

Highwaymen wore masks so that, when they robbed the stagecoach, nobody would recognize them as the guy who runs the general store.

Busch · Post by **Busch** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:28 pm

That's "How The West Was Won"....

:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P

Rubber Chicken · Post by **Rubber Chicken** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:15 pm

Oddly enough, I agree with kb. I know. Me. The player with 1000 tags.

Mainly because evidence indicates whoever attacked my territory while I was offline using my own alias, was sending me a message. That message being - "I know who you are no matter what tag you use".

If that's the case then that player has access to IP identifying software. There was no other way they could have known it was me.

If that's the case then, players who won't resort to this method will find it nearly impossible to keep character profiles separated if just one of those characters runs on the bad side of an IP reading player.

Basically, if a clandestine war of how to track and or mask IPs and aliases in-game gets kicked off, it's going to totally ruin it for everyone who doesn't have the time, patience, or slimy ethics it takes to play that way.

It's happened in quite a few other online games during their heyday. It would be a real shame to see it happen here.

Cindy · Post by **Cindy** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:44 pm

I honestly don't really like this idea, but I'd have to agree with kb5ixed and R.C. in the end. So many times have I been accused of flying as someone I wasn't, well, it does get old. I don't mind the players who do so just for fun and taking a break from their character to fly peacefully, but I honestly don't think you should be allowed to rename profiles. Make a new profile and work it up if you don't want to be known as "you" and then even if, as R.C. says, someone reads your IP address, it is a different character and treated as that in a role-playing sense. This way fewer players would use one time names only to cause havoc, distrust, and to take revenge on other players. If players would admit to what they did or didn't do, then I wouldn't have a problem with it, but when they use other player's tags and/or blame another player for use of the one time tag, then it does get old rather quickly.

Cargo · Post by **Cargo** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 2:09 am

From post: 158576, Topic: tid=10588, author=Rubber Chicken wrote: Oddly enough, I agree with kb. I know. Me. The player with 1000 tags.

Mainly because evidence indicates whoever attacked my territory while I was offline using my own alias, was sending me a message. That message being - "I know who you are no matter what tag you use".

If that's the case then that player has access to IP identifying software. There was no other way they could have known it was me.

If that's the case then, players who won't resort to this method will find it nearly impossible to keep character profiles separated if just one of those characters runs on the bad side of an IP reading player.

Basically, if a clandestine war of how to track and or mask IPs and aliases in-game gets kicked off, it's going to totally ruin it for everyone who doesn't have the time, patience, or slimy ethics it takes to play that way.

It's happened in quite a few other online games during their heyday. It would be a real shame to see it happen here.

RC, the pilot who used the not so rare tag "+", had a mid rank profile and apologized several times for his poor English. When I asked him why the + sign for a name he replied "His clan wants this quadrant and he feared reprisal from the other clans", he also stated that "I wouldn't understand because Americans know nothing of sharing". He got maybe 4 stations while I was there before logging off and though I don't know how many he got before I logged in, I doubt the damage is too severe.

From post: 158579, Topic: tid=10588, author=Cindy wrote:... someone reads your IP address, ...

IP reading from someone who is not the server admin is highly unlikely if not outright impossible.

Besides this, I think this all got started by my ILoveMyKB pilot profile but I assure you that name is only to profess my love for my Saitek Keyboard, not you kb.

[Edited on 2-12-2013 by Cargo]

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 2:20 am

When ever you play an online game with other players there has to be some ethics on the part of the players, just like your playing a game on some ones personal property a Server so you have to Respect the owners property and play by their rules when you are a guest on their Server. Also respect other players, and remember that there are players of all ages so to watch your language in chat and on team speak these are general ethics and should be aplied to any roll playing profile being it renaming an already existing profile or a new created unique profile!......Abuse will happen regardless but can be controlled if players and Server operators stand up to the abusers regardless if the abuser is their friend or not!
If I see some one that I considered a friend for a long time abuse some one even if that some one is some one I do not like, that person is no longer my friend.

When MMagio was running his Server there was abuse to but he got it resolved very quickly by kicking of the Abusers even if the person was his friend! and the abuse never happened again!.......

Busch · Post by **Busch** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:34 am

And Michael usually followed up the banning with a rather politely poignant u2u or e-mail, detailing one's error succinctly. But always offering a certain penance..... (public flogging)
Some were allowed back.... a very few... Minded their P's n Q's quite smartly afterwards. Tees dotted and i's crossed too!

gotcher 6 Maars...

kb5ixd · Post by **kb5ixd** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:07 pm

I could really really play with this

---> Besides this, I think this all got started by my ILoveMyKB pilot profile but I assure you that name is only to profess my love for my Saitek Keyboard, not you kb.

But I'm just going to smile, however thats was not the reason for this thread.

Dingo · Post by **Dingo** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 1:31 pm

Heh. Username abuse used to drive me up the wall. Until I learned to relax and embrace the darkside. Nice to see this is still an issue!

Deathbane · Post by **Deathbane** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 6:07 pm

Well least on Evochron I dont come online to see:

New username - [420]=NoScope=Maxim-R+MLG+pr0Gamer

[Edited on 28-2-2013 by Deathbane]