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Title: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER on February 24, 2014, 08:43:08 pm
Lets be honest here, half of rosters are now comprised of names like "SandysGayDad", "HUGEF4GTRON9000", and "Hospitaller_Kesh". Now I'm not saying I don't enjoy that, but aren't the devs like tryhard nerds trying to encourage roleplaying? Previously only like 1/5th of rosters had totally stupid names, now its like half. I don't really see the point of having it except for allowing people to sign up for AI villages.

What do you nerds think about it?
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: MURDERTRON on February 24, 2014, 09:29:38 pm
Quote from: GOBBLIN KING GREAT LEADER on February 24, 2014, 08:43:08 pm
Lets be honest here, half of rosters are now comprised of names like "SandysGayDad", "HUGEF4GTRON9000", and "Hospitaller_Kesh". Now I'm not saying I don't enjoy that, but aren't the devs like tryhard nerds trying to encourage roleplaying? Previously only like 1/5th of rosters had totally stupid names, now its like half. I don't really see the point of having it except for allowing people to sign up for AI villages.

What do you nerds think about it?

Was commander chat really a good thing?
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: Butan on February 24, 2014, 09:32:16 pm
More like the anonymous sign ups should be added after the AI fiefs are taken.

Abusing AI roster decisions is bannable, but humans do rollcalls (+ those who do can see the real names) and trolls/betrayals and subsequent dramas fit perfectly with strategus  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: Matey on February 24, 2014, 09:33:08 pm
i like anonymous sign ups but to avoid confusion it should really just list anonymous people as "Anonymous" instead of letting them troll people and cause shit by signing up using other peoples names and so on.
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: Utrakil on February 24, 2014, 09:33:31 pm
I think if you want to go anonymous it's fine. But there should be no name for you then.
Every anonymous player shoud get assigned a number and that's it.
e.g. Anonymous 01
That would solve the problem with pirating names, using to long names, or creating stupid(offending) names.

edit: damn Matey was typing faster
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: Corsair831 on February 24, 2014, 09:57:59 pm
anonymous sign ups are awesome i love that feature

you play a lot of battles on strat and being forced to fight on the same side every damned time is boring as hell

it's also bags of fun having psyuednyms
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: Sandersson Jankins on February 24, 2014, 11:04:28 pm
I reckon the intended main purpose of this was to avoid the inevitable mid-late game barrage of "omg wtf you are betraying us" and "y r u not fighting 4 us?!?!" etc etc over steam or voice communication when you sign up for the "wrong" side.

The purpose I enjoy more is crude and silly psuedonyms, which is more than likely going to be the actual main purpose of this feature.

(my opinion is that it is a good thing, but I am obligated to vote for the third option for obvious reasons)
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: KaMiKaZe_JoE on February 25, 2014, 03:11:18 am
It's great I love poopy names and gay shit. I'm sure medieval people would have thought similarly.
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on February 25, 2014, 10:20:21 pm
Yeah I'm sure there was a lot of poop, fart and gay jokes in medieval times.  I think it's a great feature...wish I could play in strat battles myself...still leveling up my next gen:
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: PhantomZero on February 25, 2014, 10:35:57 pm
Anonymous sign ups are great because you can fight without people accusing you of betraying alliances or ~non-aggression~ pacts simply by being a merc.
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: Peppovitch on February 25, 2014, 10:42:18 pm
One potential issue is the possibility for people to sign up for the ai anonymously, and then purposely not show up.  Although players could do this anyways,  the pseudonyms make it harder to see who the culprits are.  Don't know if it's a problem yet,  but the anonymity of signing up will sure make it easier.

It won't be a problem once the ai fiefs are taken, but there are a lot of castles/cities to take.
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: Keshian on February 25, 2014, 10:59:43 pm
Quote from: Peppovitch on February 25, 2014, 10:42:18 pm
One potential issue is the possibility for people to sign up for the ai anonymously, and then purposely not show up.  Although players could do this anyways,  the pseudonyms make it harder to see who the culprits are.  Don't know if it's a problem yet,  but the anonymity of signing up will sure make it easier.

It won't be a problem once the ai fiefs are taken, but there are a lot of castles/cities to take.

I think the ai being able to hire 91 people versus 51 for players solves a lot of this.  Even with the no shows you should equal parity in numbers as most of the ai castles and cities should get close to max signups.
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on February 25, 2014, 11:01:21 pm
Quote from: Peppovitch on February 25, 2014, 10:42:18 pm
One potential issue is the possibility for people to sign up for the ai anonymously, and then purposely not show up.  Although players could do this anyways,  the pseudonyms make it harder to see who the culprits are.  Don't know if it's a problem yet,  but the anonymity of signing up will sure make it easier.

It won't be a problem once the ai fiefs are taken, but there are a lot of castles/cities to take.

That's why they have like twice the amount of people who can sign up for AI since there's no roll call...I still think it's better than the alternative (where people are scared to sign up because they get badgered or threatened by people that signing up for AI is tantamount to an aggressive act towards their faction).
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: Keshian on February 25, 2014, 11:06:30 pm
We need to fix it so it just shows the generic battle banner instead of your clan's banner though.  That would help with what Huseby is talking about.
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: Peppovitch on February 25, 2014, 11:15:34 pm
Quote from: Keshian on February 25, 2014, 10:59:43 pm
I think the ai being able to hire 91 people versus 51 for players solves a lot of this.  Even with the no shows you should equal parity in numbers as most of the ai castles and cities should get close to max signups.

Ah ok,  I did not know that.  Definitely does help.
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on February 25, 2014, 11:29:33 pm
Quote from: Keshian on February 25, 2014, 11:06:30 pm
We need to fix it so it just shows the generic battle banner instead of your clan's banner though.  That would help with what Huseby is talking about.

I haven't seen it in practice, so I didn't know that.  It does kind of defeat the purpose if your faction banner still shows up when you go to play.

But if you know that, it's easy enough to choose another banner before you join the battle as an anonymous person.
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: PhantomZero on February 25, 2014, 11:33:53 pm
It also announces you if you have purple text. But again, you can turn that off. It's just a pain in the ass to do if you are doing it a lot.
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: To Kill A Dead Horse on February 26, 2014, 03:18:53 am
I honestly don't see why people haven't signed up as farmer_nate or Spookisland yet......... they were both heroes of cRPG by making any server they are in that much more enjoyable (maybe not for the greatest reasons.... but still).
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: Sandersson Jankins on February 26, 2014, 03:47:37 am
Quote from: To Kill A Dead Horse on February 26, 2014, 03:18:53 am
I honestly don't see why people haven't signed up as farmer_nate or Spookisland yet......... they were both heroes of cRPG by making any server they are in that much more enjoyable (maybe not for the greatest reasons.... but still).

I tried to sign up with the pseudonym SpookIsland and it gave me a message saying "pseduonym not available"

clearly spook lives
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: Huey Newton on February 26, 2014, 04:28:12 am
im gay and don't have the right to vote, sorry
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: Snufalufagus on February 26, 2014, 05:04:04 am
How does one attain heterosexuality, and the right to vote?
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: Jona on February 26, 2014, 10:30:32 am
Quote from: PhantomZero on February 25, 2014, 11:33:53 pm
It also announces you if you have purple text. But again, you can turn that off. It's just a pain in the ass to do if you are doing it a lot.

You can also simply go to edit character, and then select a standard native banner instead of clicking "use clan's banner." Sure having to turn off your title announcement and changing your banner can be tedious, but for all the true nerds that want 100% anonymity, it works.
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: chadz on February 26, 2014, 10:37:25 am
I'll fix both to work automatically, though
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: Canary on February 26, 2014, 10:50:22 am
STILL WON'T HIDE MY TELLTALE PING.
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: cup457 on February 27, 2014, 01:11:34 am
Quote from: Canary on February 26, 2014, 10:50:22 am
STILL WON'T HIDE MY TELLTALE PING.
just turn some porn downloads on so youll have normal ping
Title: Re: Are anonymous sign ups really a good thing?
Post by: Mae. on February 27, 2014, 03:37:51 pm
They're a great thing because I've enjoyed fighting alongside PrincessJasminesButthole