Originally posted by keltco
Yea +1. After 2 seasons you get wiped.. Get rid of the extra load on the servers.
-1. Sometimes we come back.
Yea +1. After 2 seasons you get wiped.. Get rid of the extra load on the servers.
-1. Sometimes we come back.
Forum > Suggestions > Give a players name up after a long period of inactivity.
Originally posted by Outlaw Dogs
I have to agree with Mick Foley.
Yeah, Mankind tells it the way it is.
+1
doobas™
I have to agree with Mick Foley.
Yeah, Mankind tells it the way it is.
+1
doobas™
Dub J
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Keep in mind the suggestion is to take back player names, not usernames. That was something I added later in the thread.
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Originally posted by All American Dude
Keep in mind the suggestion is to take back player names, not usernames. That was something I added later in the thread.
Yeah just player names .
Keep in mind the suggestion is to take back player names, not usernames. That was something I added later in the thread.
Yeah just player names .
Dub J
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There are a ton of them. I would guess that at least 95% of them were just multis created for referral flex.
It's my understanding (and I could be wrong) that the requirement for new users to remain active a few days after they sign up for the person that referred them to get the flex was because this was being abused so badly.
It's my understanding (and I could be wrong) that the requirement for new users to remain active a few days after they sign up for the person that referred them to get the flex was because this was being abused so badly.
Edited by All American Dude on Jan 12, 2012 12:30:28
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Originally posted by keltco
Yea +1. After 2 seasons you get wiped.. Get rid of the extra load on the servers.
+1 If they do come back they can always make a new screen name.
Yea +1. After 2 seasons you get wiped.. Get rid of the extra load on the servers.
+1 If they do come back they can always make a new screen name.
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Originally posted by All American Dude
Keep in mind the suggestion is to take back player names, not usernames. That was something I added later in the thread.
What, then, if someone's player becomes noteworthy? I like to think if I ever built a truly great player his name and everything about him would persist even in retirement, even if I left the site forever.
I'll admit it's highly unlikely I'll build such a player, as I'm not patient enough to get the very most out of ALG's. But that's not the case for every single person. A few players will be notable. I have some who are notable to me, even though not to GLB as a whole, which is why we're given the option when we retire a player whether to keep his name or release it. I think Bort understood intuitively what I'm talking about. I usually release the name, but if a player's persona matters to me I don't.
As to accounts, anyone who wants to close the accounts of inactive agents is being disgusting. I paid for the flex in my account, and I should be able to use it years after I paid for it if that's what I want. Anything else is theft. It might be different for accounts only used once with no flex in them or something, but not in any other cases.
Keep in mind the suggestion is to take back player names, not usernames. That was something I added later in the thread.
What, then, if someone's player becomes noteworthy? I like to think if I ever built a truly great player his name and everything about him would persist even in retirement, even if I left the site forever.
I'll admit it's highly unlikely I'll build such a player, as I'm not patient enough to get the very most out of ALG's. But that's not the case for every single person. A few players will be notable. I have some who are notable to me, even though not to GLB as a whole, which is why we're given the option when we retire a player whether to keep his name or release it. I think Bort understood intuitively what I'm talking about. I usually release the name, but if a player's persona matters to me I don't.
As to accounts, anyone who wants to close the accounts of inactive agents is being disgusting. I paid for the flex in my account, and I should be able to use it years after I paid for it if that's what I want. Anything else is theft. It might be different for accounts only used once with no flex in them or something, but not in any other cases.
Dub J
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How is a player going to become noteworthy if he's not even on a roster? Most people only sign one season contracts...three seasons is the max.
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Originally posted by Ken1
Originally posted by All American Dude
Keep in mind the suggestion is to take back player names, not usernames. That was something I added later in the thread.
What, then, if someone's player becomes noteworthy? I like to think if I ever built a truly great player his name and everything about him would persist even in retirement, even if I left the site forever.
I'll admit it's highly unlikely I'll build such a player, as I'm not patient enough to get the very most out of ALG's. But that's not the case for every single person. A few players will be notable. I have some who are notable to me, even though not to GLB as a whole, which is why we're given the option when we retire a player whether to keep his name or release it. I think Bort understood intuitively what I'm talking about. I usually release the name, but if a player's persona matters to me I don't.
As to accounts, anyone who wants to close the accounts of inactive agents is being disgusting. I paid for the flex in my account, and I should be able to use it years after I paid for it if that's what I want. Anything else is theft. It might be different for accounts only used once with no flex in them or something, but not in any other cases.
I don't think anyone wants to close inactive accounts. Just be able to clear their players names and/or their user name. And only after long periods of inactivity.
I can't see how it would hurt to clear out names for long inactives, they would still come back to all of their flex and a system could be put in place for them to easily rename all of their dots and enter in a new user name.
If you want to prevent your dots from being renamed and/or keep your user name it is pretty easy to log in once a year.
Originally posted by All American Dude
Keep in mind the suggestion is to take back player names, not usernames. That was something I added later in the thread.
What, then, if someone's player becomes noteworthy? I like to think if I ever built a truly great player his name and everything about him would persist even in retirement, even if I left the site forever.
I'll admit it's highly unlikely I'll build such a player, as I'm not patient enough to get the very most out of ALG's. But that's not the case for every single person. A few players will be notable. I have some who are notable to me, even though not to GLB as a whole, which is why we're given the option when we retire a player whether to keep his name or release it. I think Bort understood intuitively what I'm talking about. I usually release the name, but if a player's persona matters to me I don't.
As to accounts, anyone who wants to close the accounts of inactive agents is being disgusting. I paid for the flex in my account, and I should be able to use it years after I paid for it if that's what I want. Anything else is theft. It might be different for accounts only used once with no flex in them or something, but not in any other cases.
I don't think anyone wants to close inactive accounts. Just be able to clear their players names and/or their user name. And only after long periods of inactivity.
I can't see how it would hurt to clear out names for long inactives, they would still come back to all of their flex and a system could be put in place for them to easily rename all of their dots and enter in a new user name.
If you want to prevent your dots from being renamed and/or keep your user name it is pretty easy to log in once a year.
Dub J
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Originally posted by Ken1
As to accounts, anyone who wants to close the accounts of inactive agents is being disgusting. I paid for the flex in my account, and I should be able to use it years after I paid for it if that's what I want.
This is the username I wanted http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=61651 . Seriously? He spent money here and will return to this site?
These are the kind of accounts I'm talking about:
http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=38392
http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=279842
http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=8688
http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=291700
http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=419230
That was just a random sampling of accounts from one page after I searched the name "Bob". I didn't even look at 1/4 the links on that page.
As to accounts, anyone who wants to close the accounts of inactive agents is being disgusting. I paid for the flex in my account, and I should be able to use it years after I paid for it if that's what I want.
This is the username I wanted http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=61651 . Seriously? He spent money here and will return to this site?
These are the kind of accounts I'm talking about:
http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=38392
http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=279842
http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=8688
http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=291700
http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=419230
That was just a random sampling of accounts from one page after I searched the name "Bob". I didn't even look at 1/4 the links on that page.
Dub J
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Keep in mind there's a decent chance many of those accounts I linked are inactive multi accounts. Remember when Boltz was perma banned and he come back with a slough of his inactive multis one after another? He boasted to have well over 50 multis that had been lying around that he had created for referral flex and how they came in handy after his perma.
That is really what you're defending, Ken.
That is really what you're defending, Ken.
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Originally posted by Ken1
As to accounts, anyone who wants to close the accounts of inactive agents is being disgusting. I paid for the flex in my account, and I should be able to use it years after I paid for it if that's what I want. Anything else is theft. It might be different for accounts only used once with no flex in them or something, but not in any other cases.
User that plays for a while and then goes inactive for a very lengthy amount of time is not the same thing as an account that was created and then went immediately inactive for 4 years.
As to accounts, anyone who wants to close the accounts of inactive agents is being disgusting. I paid for the flex in my account, and I should be able to use it years after I paid for it if that's what I want. Anything else is theft. It might be different for accounts only used once with no flex in them or something, but not in any other cases.
User that plays for a while and then goes inactive for a very lengthy amount of time is not the same thing as an account that was created and then went immediately inactive for 4 years.
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Why not just eliminate the requirement to have unique player names? I don't see much downside to allowing multiple players to have the same name.
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