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Re: Question for those changing their usernames

2015-02-13T13:56:36+02:00

Another thread that would be interesting is "What is the point of smurfing"? What is the motivation to go to the hassle of creating a new account?

Statistics: Posted by Flynn — 13 Feb 2015, 13:56

Re: Question for those changing their usernames

2015-02-12T11:10:06+02:00

One thread that would be intresting to have, on that note is : is smurfing under control on faf or not?

Statistics: Posted by tatsu — 12 Feb 2015, 11:10

Re: Question for those changing their usernames

2015-02-12T10:18:51+02:00

System is fine, no need to change it, people should be able to change their user name.
If we remove it more people will probably smurf.
If you want to know who someone is just query it.

Statistics: Posted by Man_At_Arms — 12 Feb 2015, 10:18

Re: Question for those changing their usernames

2015-02-10T23:18:56+02:00

To weigh in here... Yes the time to change names should be increased to something like 2-3 months, its just annoying honestly.... and really unintuitive for how to check someone's past names (I know the option exists, I have no idea where it is, its hard to figure out where it is even knowing it exists, I'm not going to remember it if you tell me, and why can't I just right click a name in the lobby and get a tab with past names?)

Anonymous games is a completely separate thing, I would love to see automatch become anonymous and only know who I was playing against after the match was over (I do want to know my opponents though, I just don't necessarily need or want to know that during the match). I also don't see any harm in making an option in the lobby that a host could set to run a team game anonymously, but again, I want to know who I played against after the fact, you can keep whatever advantage you think you gain from being unknown during the game (and it certainly did make me play a bit better during galactic war not knowing who I was going to face).

Statistics: Posted by Rogueleader89 — 10 Feb 2015, 23:18

Re: Question for those changing their usernames

2015-02-10T17:56:49+02:00

this feature is really boring...

1 week time should be extended to 3 months or more at least...^^

Statistics: Posted by Hellcat — 10 Feb 2015, 17:56

Re: Question for those changing their usernames

2015-02-10T17:51:48+02:00

Mad`Mozart wrote:
Well, seeing how people are parkinsoning about balancing their teamgames i reckon that anonymity would cause huge cancer breakout simple cause you wont be able to see their rating too Aeolus will be washed away by a shitstorm of unprecedent scale.

Meh setons is already random faction random position which is balanced by rating, therefore if it was not a mandatory option it would be fine, like an option in the lobby to "enable anonymous mode", so then people can still balance manually and not play that way if they wish.

Statistics: Posted by galacticfear — 10 Feb 2015, 17:51

Re: Question for those changing their usernames

2015-02-10T17:14:52+02:00

Mad`Mozart wrote:
Well, seeing how people are parkinsoning about balancing their teamgames i reckon that anonymity would cause huge cancer breakout simple cause you wont be able to see their rating too Aeolus will be washed away by a shitstorm of unprecedent scale.

Could always set it up so that if you put "random spawn" the system still does its' own "balance" still based on the hidden ratings - Or don't hide ratings, so some will know who specific people are, but not everyone will know. Or you can keep the rating in the game-lobby, but have it hidden once the game is launched - changing associates of rating/name once launched so people in-game don't know which player the uber-rated dude is

Statistics: Posted by VoiceofReason — 10 Feb 2015, 17:14

Re: Question for those changing their usernames

2015-02-10T16:54:43+02:00

Well, seeing how people are parkinsoning about balancing their teamgames i reckon that anonymity would cause huge cancer breakout simple cause you wont be able to see their rating too Aeolus will be washed away by a shitstorm of unprecedent scale.

Statistics: Posted by Mad`Mozart — 10 Feb 2015, 16:54

Re: Question for those changing their usernames

2015-02-10T16:44:44+02:00

I'd love to play for a Week on FAF where everything is entirely anonymous except when we are in Aelous. Would be an amazing FAF experiment! Make it happen? (Poll Somewhere Maybe?)

Statistics: Posted by VoiceofReason — 10 Feb 2015, 16:44

Re: Question for those changing their usernames

2015-02-10T16:44:26+02:00

galacticfear wrote:
I would imagine everyone being anonymous on setons would be highly amusing, and probably a significant advantage for me as I wouldn't be automatically double or triple teamed ;P And I would lie and say I was someone else even to my own team so no one ever trusts whether I am on their team or not, it would be beautiful.

I really want this to be an option in lobby

Statistics: Posted by Blodir — 10 Feb 2015, 16:44

Re: Question for those changing their usernames

2015-02-10T16:40:47+02:00

I would imagine everyone being anonymous on setons would be highly amusing, and probably a significant advantage for me as I wouldn't be automatically double or triple teamed ;P And I would lie and say I was someone else even to my own team so no one ever trusts whether I am on their team or not, it would be beautiful.

Statistics: Posted by galacticfear — 10 Feb 2015, 16:40

Re: Question for those changing their usernames

2015-02-10T16:27:52+02:00

VoiceofReason wrote:
when I know I am against someone crazy good and l33t, and they know I'm not - I'm paralyzed with fear and inaction.

"For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill."

- Sun Tzu

Statistics: Posted by Col_Walter_Kurtz — 10 Feb 2015, 16:27

Re: Question for those changing their usernames

2015-02-10T16:01:47+02:00

That was my favourite part of Galactic War, always being anonymous really changed the way I played; The more the uncertainty, the more challenging I expected my player to be and the harder I would try, and try also to be ridiculously unpredictable - Funny enough at the same time, when I know I am against someone crazy good and l33t, and they know I'm not - I'm paralyzed with fear and inaction.
I would absolutely love to have anonymous Ranked, faction, rating, and name - But that's just me, I know the higher rated folks more than likely depend on knowing who they are facing - Maybe changing that isn't a bad idea?

Statistics: Posted by VoiceofReason — 10 Feb 2015, 16:01

Re: Question for those changing their usernames

2015-02-10T11:05:50+02:00

Vee wrote:
Actually this anonymous ladder thing seems great. Maybe even hide faction in the top right corner)

IMO display the faction that was clicked, so if you click random you get the random icon. That way random has a tiny advantage

Best idea of the whole thread!

Statistics: Posted by RoLa — 10 Feb 2015, 11:05

Re: Question for those changing their usernames

2015-02-10T09:56:14+02:00

(sorry for digging thread i try to catch up with threads i post and & then forget to check later...)

FAF is not the Darknet, you are not here for privacy, being anonymous or whatever. You are already anonymous regarding your private life unless you choose same account name as Facebook or something like that. Remember your freedom stops where the one from others begins. (sorry for my bad english wording)

For a lot of reasons i prefer a secure system with strong user auth instead of some open thing where everyone is anonymous. You would see MUCH MORE hate / insults / racism / free violence / rage-quits. Smurfs & multi-accounts are already very annoying.

Changing nickname once every 3 months is a cool feature, but being able to change every week mainly promotes stupid behaviour. Regarding humor, like i said in OP it was funny 2 years ago but nickname private jokes are getting old. (unless you can display real account name all the time + custom nickname in which case you get the "best" of both ideas)

Regarding the game strategies, the game gets better by having fixed usernames like several peoples demonstrated it here. Of course you would have ton of cheese and people doing the same shit over & over again if it was completely anonymous, you can't really argue against that. I dont want a game where people go for cheese 80% of the time be it ladder or team.

And seriously if you have to change your name or if you notice better success rate after changing then you are just a terrible player that got way too good at a very limited range of strategies, i feel sorry for you, and you are the kind of guy i really like to crush in tons of different ways just to prove how a bad player you are. If you really think giving your name + all your replays to someone helps him a ton to win against you, then again you need to completely rethink the way you play this game.

I wouldn't mind a feature to keep a replay secret if some players want to train cheese strategy for a tournament or just be free to create amazing BOs without risking them be stolen by other competitors. Everytime we had to prepare a tournament it became an issue. But only for that matter.

I never changed my name since i'm on FAF and i REAAAAAAALLY think you just can't tell how i will perform from my name. I dare anyone here to look at all my games on one particular map+spot and come tell me he knows what to expect from me exactly. You will just notice i tend to be agressive instead of ecowhory on small maps when the game is launched before 2AM. So i am going to attack you ! Yay great piece of intel who would had figured...

I pay for that playstyle since i rarely have excellent bo/strats and even when i have one i forget them in a month or so by not overdoing them. I lose offen by trying new stuff. But at least i'm not predictable. For those of you that do the same thing offen and get kicked sometime because the opponent knows you, well you also get free wins by being extremely good at your "move". So like me, you have pros & cons, you just can't have only pros i'm afraid. Its natural balance of things.

Now if one is too lazy to change playstyle or at least have 2 different playstyle and switch to the other one at least 20% of the time just to don't get automatic counter-BO from your opponent, then probably you just deserve to lose to your laziness.

As for ladder it could be kinda cool to not know name/rating/faction of opponent yes & no, as i don't play ladder much i don't really have an advice.

EDIT : re-reading the full topic & my first post in page 1 i was pretty much right, only the rating didn't get evocated

Statistics: Posted by Poch — 10 Feb 2015, 09:56