PDA

View Full Version : Someone picked my nick...


Vaelin
18-07-2002, 01:35
....hehehehehe, well, remember, if you see me in game, you really are not seeing me...LOL. :lolblue:

...well, whoever taked it..errmmmhhh...well....have fun :wierdblu:

neahm spad
18-07-2002, 01:40
lol, guess they really liked you. :tup:

Vaelin
18-07-2002, 01:43
Originally posted by neahm spad
lol, guess they really liked you. :tup:

hehehehe, who knows maty... ;)

I deleted my account, but after i readed a Kudo's Msg saying better not deleting (cause cheaters etc...), and then i decided to sign up again...a bit late i guess :rolleyes:

Zrbyte
18-07-2002, 03:05
your account might not have been taken, I heard somewhere that your old nickname gets locked down after a deletion until the start of the next game.

Vaelin
18-07-2002, 03:22
...thanks for the info maty!!!
:)

TimeBridge
18-07-2002, 07:54
yep Bro,

Zrbyte is right! that's exactly the reason :wierdblu:
so don't worry about your nick... who else wants to be called "Vaelin"... :confblue: :coolred: :cry: :eekblue: :bigeye:

kudos
18-07-2002, 10:28
Originally posted by Zrbyte
your account might not have been taken, I heard somewhere that your old nickname gets locked down after a deletion until the start of the next game.

ummm... no... I checked this before I posted the advice... I was able to delete Oddyseus from the game, and then rejoin using the same name and email account.

TimeBridge
18-07-2002, 10:33
realy?
so this is absolutely new to me...
ask The Hork... he tried it several times and it didn't work!

greetz
TB

kudos
18-07-2002, 11:45
really.

I deleted the account - I tested the deletion by trying to access the account... got "login failed" message - then signed up again with same name and email - got password in mail + accessed the account.

I even cut+pasted the name to make sure there was no error.
I also had heard before that ppl have had problems rejoining under the same name... but I had no problem at all.

TimeBridge
18-07-2002, 12:26
strange...!
because this was implanted to make sure that people don't delete and join the faction they want...

would be interisting to know if that is possible again...


greetz
TB

kudos
18-07-2002, 13:11
are you sure about that?

the only statement made by Wingee on this Forum about this was given at the start of Game 4, he said...
the choose your legion bug has been fixed

there was no details given of what was done to fix it... I tried to get an explanation from him of what was done, but got no reply...

I know from testing it myself, that it was and is still possible to start a new account (and possibly anytime you are reassigned - like when your base is dead and you die), and if you get assigned to a Faction you don't want, hit back, wait a while, hit the next button again and you can be assigned a new Faction... this is also proved by the number of "veteran" players ships who have had new higher number ID's each game - and btw... most of them still were able to use the same name as before.

that exploit was the most used way of "choosing your Faction", and was certainly never fixed.

TimeBridge
18-07-2002, 13:36
erm... cool!
now i'm REALLY confused! :bigeye: :cry:
it would be nice if The Hork would say anything about that! he had that problem!
well, i know how to choose the faction i want, but the "bug" got fixed so far, that if you hit the back-button, you're not able to choose a different faction! i tried it so far...
as far as i know (and i don't know it better ;)) you can't rejoin as the same nick with same e-mail adress until the game has ended... well there are ways, but not nessecary to post them here, right?

greetz
TB

kudos
18-07-2002, 13:46
as I said earlier... a simple process of *delete account > signup again with same details* worked fine for me yesterday.

2potscreama
18-07-2002, 14:19
Originally posted by kudos
are you sure about that?

the only statement made by Wingee on this Forum about this was given at the start of Game 4, he said...


there was no details given of what was done to fix it... I tried to get an explanation from him of what was done, but got no reply...

I know from testing it myself, that it was and is still possible to start a new account (and possibly anytime you are reassigned - like when your base is dead and you die), and if you get assigned to a Faction you don't want, hit back, wait a while, hit the next button again and you can be assigned a new Faction... this is also proved by the number of "veteran" players ships who have had new higher number ID's each game - and btw... most of them still were able to use the same name as before.

that exploit was the most used way of "choosing your Faction", and was certainly never fixed.

Nice one! Moderators telling people how to cheat the sustem! Bonus!

kudos
18-07-2002, 14:31
it's not new information. in fact it's very well known... all DS members know it at least, and we hear DS has very large membership... I daresay the hawks "Pirates" system has spread that info around a lot and I suspect everyone playing since G2 knows it - when it was posted many times on this Forum.

at this point of time - when the game is clearly in either it's death throes, or a time of serious change - I considered whether posting this and spreading the info further was a good idea.

I decided it was... because if the game gets work done to it, this is one of the things that should be dealt with - and pretending it isn't there by saying nothing won't get it dealt with.... if the game dies it won't make any diference... and if it struggles forward in it's current state, then everyone should have access to this information - the game will be a mess anyway.

TimeBridge
18-07-2002, 14:38
HUH?
if it works like Kudos wrote it is not cheating... or is there something in the rules reading:
"YOU MUST NOT delete your account and try to rejoin..."???

kudos
18-07-2002, 14:47
choosing your faction is cheating... and against the rules..

see Wingee's post here (http://www.infogrames.co.uk/site/showthread.php?s=&postid=7800#post7800)

TimeBridge
18-07-2002, 14:59
THIS i know my friend ;)

just replying to
//
I deleted the account - I tested the deletion by trying to access the account... got "login failed" message - then signed up again with same name and email - got password in mail + accessed the account.
//

see? :)

greetz
TB

The Hork
31-07-2002, 23:05
Originally posted by 2potscreama


Nice one! Moderators telling people how to cheat the sustem! Bonus!

:D Hey 2pot****er can you explain me your comment. What you want hääää....... He will not lose his name and he want help and not soooo cool comments from you.Nothing else for you to do?Some other people to nerv????? :tup:

Same happen me :sour: And I will not lose my name , now I have my old name back........

Ok see yaa ......I´m gone for Holiday :tup:

The Hork !!!!!!!!