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Iamien
Democracy of Klingon Brothers R.A.G.E
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Posted - 2010.11.06 04:57:00 -
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Edited by: Iamien on 06/11/2010 04:59:29 I know there are reasons to not do this, but I believe the reasons to do it far outweigh them.
Characters, Corporations, and Alliances all save to the same name spaces. A lot of these names are taken by trial account players that tried eve in the early days when Eve was completely different and will likely never return(at least to the same account)
What I am suggesting is an extremely selective purge of character data for those that have never subscribed, and whose accounts have not logged in in the past 3 years. If you want to be even more selective you can delete only characters with less than a weeks worth of skill-points. These characters have very little invested in them and are littering the name space.
The benefits given would be that new characters would have a greater identity to them as they would not have to be as obscure in naming or be enumerated(Enumerated pilot names seem to break the sense of identity).
At the very least could we get a bit of research on how many characters these parameters would encompass or any thought on if this will ever be managed.
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Aineko Macx
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Posted - 2010.11.06 06:42:00 -
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Originally by: Iamien What I am suggesting is an extremely selective purge of character data for those that have never subscribed, and whose accounts have not logged in in the past 3 years.
Good idea. It would also be interesting to know how much purging CCP already does. ________________________ CCP: Where fixing bugs is a luxury, not an obligation. |
Ric Adburr
0ccam's Razor
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Posted - 2010.11.06 06:42:00 -
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I like this idea. While certainly non-essential to gameplay, it would be nice to clear things up for new players, or those of us who want to snatch a famous name taken by some guy who played for 2 weeks in 2005. What a bastard.
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Iamien
Democracy of Klingon Brothers R.A.G.E
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Posted - 2010.11.06 07:50:00 -
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captain foivos
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Posted - 2010.11.06 08:19:00 -
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Originally by: A Man With Common Sense I like this idea. While certainly non-essential to gameplay, it would be nice to clear things up for new players, or those of us who want to snatch a famous name taken by some guy who played for 2 weeks in 2005. What a bastard.
This.
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JcJet
Pretenders Inc Tower of Dark Alliance
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Posted - 2010.11.06 08:24:00 -
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+1 Just delete all chars with some formula, like this: trial: 6 monts, 1 times payed: year, 2 times: 1.5 years... ...6 times - never. ---
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Symlin Raahn
Killer Koalas R.A.G.E
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Posted - 2010.11.06 09:33:00 -
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yehp ттт ттт ттт ттт ттт ттт т Growing old is mandatory. т Growing up is optional.
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Abdiel Kavash
Paladin Order Fidelas Constans
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Posted - 2010.11.06 12:06:00 -
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Leaving for 6 months and getting your stuff back is one thing, but characters and corporations from 2003 taking up the names (and corp tags!) are another. One possible solution is to use the mechanism applied to offensive names: rename the characters/corps to Caldari Citizen ######, and allow them to petition for a name change when they come back. ___________
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Double Dee
Perkone
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Posted - 2010.11.06 12:53:00 -
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why? so you can be the one to snatch up the name with an alt and sit in a corner chuckling to yourself?
what a colossal waste of programmers time and money.
not supported.
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Pankas Carter
Chaos Theory Alliance
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Posted - 2010.11.06 13:04:00 -
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Originally by: Double Dee why? so you can be the one to snatch up the name with an alt and sit in a corner chuckling to yourself?
what a colossal waste of programmers time and money.
not supported.
Not only do I support this for the original intent, this kind of data should be 'housekept' anyways else you get an ever-expanding set of database tables.
Oh, also: red on gray is so damn annoying. So now you're pink. --
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Niyrah
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Posted - 2010.11.06 13:23:00 -
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Supported.
With the coming of DUST 514 the namespace is about to get crowded. There will be mass frustration if every DUST player has to settle for their 5th choice on a name because some 2003, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 EVE account is holding their preferred choice. If they haven't been back in 2 years then they should have "storage" added to their name like "closed" for the corps. If they Re-Sub they can pick a new name or use their old one if its still available.
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Running missions
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Posted - 2010.11.06 15:23:00 -
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Originally by: Niyrah Supported.
With the coming of DUST 514 the namespace is about to get crowded. There will be mass frustration if every DUST player has to settle for their 5th choice on a name because some 2003, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 EVE account is holding their preferred choice. If they haven't been back in 2 years then they should have "storage" added to their name like "closed" for the corps. If they Re-Sub they can pick a new name or use their old one if its still available.
this, but i dont think dust will use the same system, it will just go by Xbox live gamertag
Originally by: CCP Adida
Originally by: WMunny Is it cheating for a new player to buy ISK using PLEX?
It's against the EULA and can be actioned by GMs.[/ |
Icarnus
Interstellar Dynamics
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Posted - 2010.11.07 20:25:00 -
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Agreed.
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Machete Visor
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Posted - 2010.11.07 20:29:00 -
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should be part of the normal course of maintaining the game, and hence, not a waste of programmer time and effort.
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Selinate
Wardens of the Void
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Posted - 2010.11.07 20:40:00 -
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Sounds like a good idea to me. Supported.
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Lykouleon
Trust Doesn't Rust
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Posted - 2010.11.07 21:06:00 -
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Quote: Lord Makk > Our pilots are masochist buttjockey
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Bilbo Baggin
The Scope
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Posted - 2010.11.07 22:25:00 -
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Edited by: Bilbo Baggin on 07/11/2010 22:27:03
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Voddick
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Posted - 2010.11.08 02:06:00 -
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Supported.
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Darveses
Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2010.11.08 02:42:00 -
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Yarr.
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Dr BattleSmith
PAX Interstellar Services
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Posted - 2010.11.08 04:40:00 -
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Edited by: Dr BattleSmith on 08/11/2010 04:42:53 From past experience of CCP running SQL queries that tell them "This will only adversly effect 1% of clients".
Not a good idea, they'll mess it up.
edit: btw I have important legit alts holding corp ceo roles that would be killed by this query.
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Aineko Macx
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Posted - 2010.11.08 06:56:00 -
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Originally by: Dr BattleSmith edit: btw I have important legit alts holding corp ceo roles that would be killed by this query.
Your CEO alt is on a 3+ year old trial account?? ________________________ CCP: Where fixing bugs is a luxury, not an obligation. |
Maxsim Goratiev
Imperial Tau Syndicate
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Posted - 2010.11.08 10:33:00 -
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Edited by: Maxsim Goratiev on 08/11/2010 10:36:16 Edited by: Maxsim Goratiev on 08/11/2010 10:35:15
Originally by: Aineko Macx
Originally by: Dr BattleSmith edit: btw I have important legit alts holding corp ceo roles that would be killed by this query.
Your CEO alt is on a 3+ year old trial account??
Leading a corp like that takes some real skill
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Bunyip
Center for Advanced Studies
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Posted - 2010.11.08 12:16:00 -
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I had an idea similar to this while I was on the CSM, but couldn't garner enough support. My concept is to remove all characters that are both over six months old and that have less than 2 million SP. This will clear up a great deal of space, and still let people keep their old characters.
The only downside to this is that ISK sellers will have a lot more names to work with. However, many of the names held in stasis deserve to be released to the playerbase.
Supported
"May all your hits be crits." - Knights of the Dinner Table. |
Kenpachi Viktor
Tribal Liberation Force
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Posted - 2010.11.08 13:56:00 -
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Originally by: Aineko Macx
Originally by: Dr BattleSmith edit: btw I have important legit alts holding corp ceo roles that would be killed by this query.
Your CEO alt is on a 3+ year old trial account??
Why do the alts have to be deleted? All that is needed to free up the name space is, a name change - same as what is done for any name that is reported for EULA abuse or being offensive.
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Adunh Slavy
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Posted - 2010.11.08 14:06:00 -
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I would suggest not deleting anything. Simply rename them. Add a string to the name "Joe Blow" would become "Joe Blow - Retired".
If the player returns, they can do a name change.
The Real Space Initiative - V6 (Forum Link)
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Iamien
Democracy of Klingon Brothers R.A.G.E
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Posted - 2010.11.08 14:32:00 -
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Originally by: Kenpachi Viktor
Originally by: Aineko Macx
Originally by: Dr BattleSmith edit: btw I have important legit alts holding corp ceo roles that would be killed by this query.
Your CEO alt is on a 3+ year old trial account??
Why do the alts have to be deleted? All that is needed to free up the name space is, a name change - same as what is done for any name that is reported for EULA abuse or being offensive.
Please read the post. Any character on any account that has ever bought game time would not be affected. Re-names would also work.
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Cyrus Doul
Infinite Covenant
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Posted - 2010.11.08 14:45:00 -
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Edited by: Cyrus Doul on 08/11/2010 14:45:16
Originally by: Bunyip I had an idea similar to this while I was on the CSM, but couldn't garner enough support. My concept is to remove all characters that are both over six months old and that have less than 2 million SP. This will clear up a great deal of space, and still let people keep their old characters.
The only downside to this is that ISK sellers will have a lot more names to work with. However, many of the names held in stasis deserve to be released to the playerbase.
Supported
didnt know that the isk sellers used names other then aijtm3490375 and stuff along those lines. and to the guy with the ceo roles. Just log the accounts on. that way they dont meet the i havent been used in three years deadline.
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Ordavion
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Posted - 2010.11.08 23:30:00 -
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Edited by: Ordavion on 08/11/2010 23:29:58 Yes Please! More names for Active, Paying players.
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Lost True
Paradise project
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Posted - 2010.11.09 05:00:00 -
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Sedilis
Lead Farmers
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Posted - 2010.11.09 16:36:00 -
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Edited by: Sedilis on 09/11/2010 16:45:05 +1
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