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Whats the point of the new Graal###### accounts?
Why can't you choose your own account name anymore?

Is it like we'll run away from Graal and you'll be able to track us down?!
IDK TELL ME.

Not really "new" anymore. It's to prevent "good" names from being taken up by trial accounts.

next thing you know they're going to be sent to concentration camps

Gold accounts should be able to choose there names

Instead of accounts being taken, now it's community names. Same damn thing. Doesn't solve anything.

But in order to get a community name, a person has to have upgraded at least once, so odds are whoever took the name you wanted is either an active player, or at least was at some point.

http://forums.graal2001.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=83719
I've noticed that the last time threads have titles like: "why"; "question" etc.Please use a proper title for your threads, so we have a hint what's your topic.

So yeah.

This thing has also been discussed a thousand times already, use the search function once in a while please.

There are several reasons, one that stands out to me is to give incentive for people to upgrade (choosing their own community name, etc).

There are many Gold members with the Graal#####, at least their Tag.

I find this extremly annoying... for managing accounts. like at Era News, I look at the memberlist and see like 3 Graal######, I have no idea who they are -.-.

Maybe send a big box telling the Gold members to change their name each time the log in? (if they havent changed it already) because atm its only at the login, in a very small place.

Time for a new whats the point:

Whats the point of classics subscriptions having trial mode on UC servers? Most wont upgrade just to develop a server and these UC servers need veteran developers of whom are classic. Sounds like they are trying to make a buck at the expense of development.

The Graal###### is dumb why not just limit the account name of trials to a certain amount of characters or if a gold member decides they want the name the trial would lose it? Since this would be easier for ET's to ban/lock/kick (Zone commands) rather then needing to check the numbers :) Wouldn't make much of a difference for a ET but I find the numbers stupid.

I don't think I've ever seen this system on any successful game ever, go figure.

Don't blame the new system for that, blame the scripters of those servers for not using player.communityname instead of player.account.

Then look at the amount of people that lose the incentive to upgrade because of this ****ty account system.

Besides, what's the difference between choosing an account name and choosing a community name? Nothing.

Doesn't matter. You will always be labeled as just another Graal###### account.

Not if servers learn not to present the account name to public.

This.

"player.communityname" takes too long to type. I'm not joking, either.

Lazyness.

Make a short/small function to return it? Assign the variable to a shorter variable on the player object?

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Opposite (Sun Mar 08 13:49:53 2009):

You Fail.
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You (Sun Mar 08 13:49:29 2009):

nvm my wepon wuz in my locker and he took pic of his ammo and sent me 9999 of it and i thought it wuz money so nvm
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Opposite (Sun Mar 08 13:49:53 2009):

Ok ive banned everyone youve sent me for Hacking Unlimited.


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You (Sun Mar 08 13:50:00 2009):

Sec no..nvm no one was wall hacking that was graal341222

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Opposite (Sun Mar 08 17:18:58 2009):

Ok, Theve both been banned

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You (Sun Mar 08 17:19:55 2009):

oh nvm that was Graal758172, or graal451322 i forget!!

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Opposite (GP) (Mon Mar 09 15:42:47 2009):

Alright hes been banned.


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Opposite (GP) (Mon Mar 09 15:45:12 2009):

Alright hes bee

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You (Mon Mar 09 15:45:38 2009):

plus ive seen Graal561211 wall hacking and hacking money and gold

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Opposite (GP) (Mon Mar 09 17:14:43 2009):

ive already globalled him now i have to unban graal34121


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You (Mon Mar 09 17:17:42 2009):

wait.. no its not i forgot LOL unbanned him
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Opposite (GP) (Mon Mar 09 17:18:17 2009):

z.z ive unbanned them and banned that account.


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You (Mon Mar 09 17:18:52 2009):

Wait i think it was graal73412 not them LOL

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Opposite (GP) (Mon Mar 09 17:19:00 2009):

Is everything done?


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Opposite (GP) (Mon Mar 09 17:31:08 2009):

Ok i have banned them.


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You (Mon Mar 09 17:31:55 2009):

my bad but Graal736251 was on that logged off with my weapons or was that Graal914825? na think it was Graal157424, or Graal62342

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Opposite (GP) (Mon Mar 09 17:31:59 2009):

Yes i have seen him on earlier


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You (Mon Mar 09 17:32:05 2009):
Mass Message:

has anyone seen Graal451231 on? oh nvm that was Graal451236
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Well, of course there are ways to get around it. But, I just wouldn't be able to call myself a Graal developer if I actually did any of them. :cool:


I'm joking, btw.

I take offense.

Yet the scripters have to account for tons of new things. A lot of times, players will have a community name of '0' or null, which means that a lot of commands on servers can't simply be changed (e.g. on Era, Events Team members can say :gather <acc> or say :gather and click someone; saying :gather then clicking gathers anyone with a glitched community name of '0'). Plus, when displaying, you have to check if the player has a pc:##### account (trial), because community name just says 'guest', which makes them impossible to identify, especially in profiles (for example, staff trying to ban someone would have to look them up in RC, which becomes difficult when they are in a GMAP (for example) and have a name like 'unknown'.

You've also got to store two separate arrays for, like you said, in the business flags. One for accounts (if the player's community name changes, which is more than possible), and one for community names (so people can see the "friendly" name). The same checks apply here (for the null community name, PCIDs, etc).

It's so much extra work for scripters than it should be. Trial accounts should simply be pruned after a time period of inactivity.
Agreed. The way this was implemented was horrible. findPlayerByCommunityName()? Seriously?

player.communityname would only work if the account has set a community name correct?
Since many players don't realise they can nor do they realise how to.

That's freakin' great stuff!

That.

Also,

While you go ahead shortening all the scripting functions (;)), it would be great if the global command (/global communityname <acc/cname>) could be shortened to /global cname or something similar (everyone has access to this global command, not just global staff).

Though if you give everyone access to this, they'd be able to constantly change their communityname. (Correct me If I'm wrong) I recommend making the Community name box stand out a little more on the login screen.

cry moar, i've been straight up insulted by moderators and told them i took offense and they didn't even apologize.

*gives you the attention you crave*

It's so people like you upgrade

wait wait, so my scripts might fail for Graal#######'s if I use player.account??? that cant be it