Melee: Battlegrounds Crowdfunding - Name Reservation Reward

[chadz]

So there was a question that came up in our heads today.

M:BG will be a lot about personalisation, obviously, and a part of that is your own name. So we'll offer a reward level that allows you to reserve your own name. It will most likely be "first pledged first served"

The question that popped up is - what do we do if there is a conflict. What if some troll reserves the name of someone else just to fuck him over. Any ideas?

[Clockworkkiller]

Post names that want to be reserved here, so if someone has a probelm they can bring it up.
Assuming this will only be a probelm with people who want to reserve their crpg name, (cuz I don't see how anyone else can troll-steal a name you haven't even used before)

Then check crpg.net (admins and such have the ability to see what characters belong to what accounts right?)
And just figure who is the rightful owner of the name. Then Ask them if they are fine with their name being taken.

[F i n]

Make it ultra expensive so trolls won't spend their money

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[KaMiKaZe_JoE]

Make it ultra expensive so trolls won't spend their money

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This. I wouldn't worry about someone paying money just to fuck with someone.

And if that happens, they can PM you or someone else about it.

[Clockworkkiller]

But if you make it too expensive no one would reserve a name anyway because no one would want to pay too much money just so they don't have to add a underscore at the end of their name

[Taser]

But if you make it too expensive no one would reserve a name anyway because no one would want to pay too much money just so they don't have to add a underscore at the end of their name

You underestimate the power of a name.




And the willingness of people to spend money on completely trivial things.

[Clockworkkiller]

You underestimate the power of a name.

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
 

[Jack1]

you could release the game as a registration-portion only to the obvous people who might have that happen, as in panos, canary, hetmen etc.

[Taser]

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."

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[Jona]

I have no idea how Kickstarter works, but I am assuming that you get some sort of email confirmation proving that you supported a project. You can have anyone in crpg who has a name conflict make a forum post showing the important part of the email to prove that they purchased the name-reserving option. You will be able to see their forum account/in-game name, and if they couldn't reserve that name, then you know someone else stole it.

The important question is will you guys be allowing any and all names to be reserved? Will you have any sort of guidelines/restrictions that a name must meet? Personally, I would rather not see "L337_K1LL3r_69" running around in a medieval-era game. Ban the use of any and all numbers, imo.   

[Smoothrich]

Ask yourself, "What Would Chris Roberts Do?"

Never dwell on the consequences of what you offer in your crowd sourcing campaign. Instead, think of all the possibilities that new, more expensive levels of investment could bring to your fans.

[Molly]

Another question is:
Did you even figure out how naming will work in your game? I could imagine that those kind of details aren't really on your plate right now.

Will it be just one name field with 25 letters? Name and surname? How many letters are allowed anyway? What about "_"? Do you wanna use that like we have to now? Like mentioned before, will you allow numbers in the name field? Are Scholar names already reserved?() Is only the exact string reserved or some combinations of a basic name? Are there titles? How will those work in combination with names? And so on...

Naming gonna need its very own rule set...

[Kaido]

Troll abuse.Doesn't matter how expensive it will be.You didn't get to experience real trolls on this mod maybe because its just a mod and not a standalone game.

[Polobow]

Everyone that registers a name that already exists in cRPG, should verify it with his cRPG account. Every other name should be first come, first served.
If someone not in cRPG coincidentally registers a name that is in cRPG, he gets put in 'reserve' or 'on hold'. If that name is not taken after the kickstarter/other time date, he gets it anyway. You could send a message to that name holder in cRPG.

[Kalp]

Are Scholar names already reserved?()