EBANK Ricdic
Eve-Tech Savings n Loans
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Posted - 2008.08.14 14:39:00 -
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Edited by: EBANK Ricdic on 14/08/2008 14:40:51
 Originally by: Seeing EyeDog
I also find it funny how people are bringing up mentions of peopel impersonating In-Game investment personalities. Howcome theres protection against losing your ISK to an imposter, but theres none whatsoever for losing your ISK to these outright scams of IPOs and "Banks"??
It's one or the other, CCP...make a decision, and apply it universally.
CCP has the same rules for everyone. If you believe someone is impersonating your character (not just some random joe with a similar name) then you should petition them.
There have probably been about 10 EBANK Ricdic characters created with differnt naming variations such as :
EBANK Ricdlc
EBANK Ricdics
EBANK Ric****
EBANK Riddic
In every single case I have petitioned and the character has had a forced name change imposed. My reasoning when petitioning is that the person is not only trying to impersonate my character however they are also using the Eve Online fonts to try and trick players into sending cash to the wrong player. Ingame EBANK Ricdic and EBANK Ricdlc are almost idential.
Now, in a few of these cases people took my bio, they took my corp name (exact same name is allowed) and the ticker was slightly changed such as VBANK or EB4NK. Also the character picture was emulated.
The eula quite clearly states that impersonation is not acceptable of "any player". I would suggest anyone who isn't a "celeb" and has a failed petition (with a clear case of impersonation) escalates to a senior GM. GM's abide by the EULA with all players, no-one gets special treatment.
I am disturbed by the amount of people suggesting this should be an allowed mechanic. It's extremely easy to almost perfectly imitate another person or entity in Eve due to the fonts in use which should be a blatant exploit for clear-cut impersonations. These people aren't relying on the stupidity of other people, they are using the graphical interface and play on letters to fool people into these situations.
I am glad the OP got renamed and I suggest ANYONE else who is being clearly impersonated by another to immediately petition to CCP. The Eve terms are quite clear about this and have been since Eve started. Play by the rules or quit Eve (same thing I say regarding macro miners and isk seller/buyers as there is no difference). In both cases and the OP's case the rules are being broken, end of story.
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