New account in FAF
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What could be the moderators' reasons for giving a player permission to create a new account?
We all know that FAF is played by players who had accounts before. We will not call them by nicknames and in no case ask anyone to ban them.
But I'm asking the moderators to add reasons to the rules based on which I can create a new account for myself.Sorry for my English. I use translator
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Sign up for that
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I'm making a new account to make an instructive "Road to x ladder rating" video series.
Any objections?
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@waffelzNoob I have no objections. I'm just asking you to moderators to make a list of reasons why a player can get a new account. At the moment, there are no such reasons in the rules. Even hiding your nickname and changing it often is forbidden.
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I don't see any valid reason for hiding this information.
P.s; I repeat. I'm not calling for anyone to be banned. -
I think you know more than the mods, because if the mods knew of players with multiple accounts, they'd ban them
I only know a few people who used to have alt accounts but those were banned -
@waffelzNoob said in New account in FAF:
I think you know more than the mods, because if the mods knew of players with multiple accounts, they'd ban them
I only know a few people who used to have alt accounts but those were bannedSurely...
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Please elaborate.
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I mean theoretically if you buy supreme commander on Steam under a second account and then Steam link that account they cant stop you.
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@Skrat There are no hidden rules. Rules exist for a specific purpose. Since there can be exceptional cases, there can also be exceptions. These are at the courtesy of the moderation team.
There's a rule to prevent additional accounts of the same player. One purpose of this rule is to enable and improve competitive play, especially in the lower brackets.
If I understood correct then in this situation a player returned who requested to have his account deleted a few years ago. That means he can't restore the old account. The only way to play again would be to create a new account. What weighs more in this situation: should we allow a high rated player return to improve the overall competitive scene at the cost of temporarily scuffing the lower brackets?
This decision is at the courtesy of the moderation team. At the time of writing I think the rating already corrected itself. It seems to me that the right decision was made here. And I hope to see the player in question in upcoming tournaments.
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So I could request to have my account deleted and come back on a new one a few years down the line?
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@waffelzNoob said in New account in FAF:
So I could request to have my account deleted and come back on a new one a few years down the line?
There's no guarantee, but you're free to try
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Didnt know FAF rules were supposed to have exceptions!
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Take note Steam/GOG Link info stays even on deleted accounts. So even if you were allowed to make a new account after deletion, you won't be able to use your old Steam/GOG.
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@Jip @Deribus I'm glad that some players are coming back (such a player is not 1, we all know that) I will be glad to see them in tournaments. But I believe that such decisions by the moderator team should be public. It is necessary to indicate his previous nickname in the profile of such a player. Or give all players the opportunity to be anonymous, hiding their nickname.
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@Skrat I don't see the need for such measures. Nicknames are meaningless (to me) to identify people since they get changed too often. And being anonymous just means casters (and their viewers) no longer know whether they're watching their favorite player. What does it achieve, except for more bureaucracy and complexity that isn't even related to the game itself?
A work of art is never finished, merely abandoned
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@Jip There are only 2 options.
- Nicknames are not important. Then give all players the opportunity to be anonymous. So that the nickname is not visible
- Nicknames are important, then don't make obscure exceptions.
There is no bureaucracy or complexity involved.
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Making players anonymous is the definition of complexity. It is technically not a trivial feat. A huge rework of how FAF operates (in a technical fashion, 'under the hood'). And it's a very unusual feature too. There's no other game that I am aware of that has this feature.
There was nothing obscure about this. The situation was exceptional. A decision was made that is in favor of the competitive scene. Why is it that you can't appreciate that?
A work of art is never finished, merely abandoned
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@Jip I know games where a player can hide their nickname. For example WOT.
But that's not the point. I appreciate the decision. I don't appreciate secrets. If the situation is exceptional, the moderators can simply write about it so that it is public.
I don't see any good reason why one player can hide his past nickname, but the other can't. And I don't see any problems from the fact that information about his past will be public. It's not difficult, and it's honest.
The more secrecy there is, the more questions there are. Is not it so?
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@Jip Not so long ago, the moderators wanted to change the nickname once every six months, which the entire community was unhappy with. We don't allow nicknames like |||||| precisely because nicknames are important. This is the position of the community, which is written in the rules
