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Exciting News for the Shroud of the Avatar Community!

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by FireLotus, May 16, 2016.

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    Welcome to the community, Berek!
     
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    So I suppose this bottle of Knappogue Castle, 1951 actually could be a significant bribe.

    Good to know. :)
     
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    Berek Portalarian Emeritus Dev Emeritus

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    I taught first in Weinfang, then at Peking University in Beijing, and finally for most of the year in Shenzhen near Hong Kong. I've heard of Chongqing! I may have been there before.

    1 - I'll ask the team!

    2 - Well, I'm not a marketing expert, but you do have a valid concern here. We'll have to weigh carefully our verbiage at R32.

    3 - It will be restarted! In fact, I just had a nice lunch with Starr regarding this very idea :).
     
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    :eek:~The Secret's Out!'~:confused:

    Berek is Actually Sherry the Mouse's Husband...
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    Imprisoned in China for stealing the Emperor's Cheese...
    The pointy ears are a dead giveaway... :cool:

    ~Time Lord~:rolleyes:
     
  5. Link_of_Hyrule

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    This is kind of a non-issue and the reason I say this is post wipe when everyone has a character they can always easily change character names using some sort of system that satisfies the requirement of three character name place reward. This is very easy to do because most likely behind the scenes characters are stored via a number instead the name and if not they are connected to the account and can easily be switched over.
     
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    You can delete your character and make a new one. You're not really forced to keep the name you have now. However, players who have played in early releases have effectively reserved an early name for themselves IF THEY WANT IT. They can also just use a different character name after the final wipe.

    This is a benefit with no real downside. I'm not sure why people are upset.
     
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    All characters are getting wiped so no names are reserved at all. But like I said above it's not really an issue because Portalarium can change character names any time they need to.
     
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    I think it was mentioned during the telethon that they're not doing a social wipe and while characters themselves are being wiped, if you've been using a name in game, it is effectively reserved for you now.
     
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    Social Systems and character names are completely different systems because the social system is done at the account level so it doesn't matter what you name your character if you're friends with someone you will always be their friend. When they wipe the characters if I login 5 minutes before you and pick the name ender andrew and you login 5 minutes later too bad too sad I just stole that name from you.
     
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    Regarding Point 2 - The release - I also feel it is critically important to clearly separate the final wipe with the grand release in the eyes of the media and new players. SOTA really does need to launch with a big bang to capture the attention of the media and leverage Lord Bs status. BUT, the game/quests etc need to be in a very solid state for that to happen.
     
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    ~Our Most Wise Brother Carlin Always Speaks the SOTA Gospel~
    "How TRUE, True, true, in every word of it in truth!"
    ~Time Lord~:rolleyes:
     
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    Honestly, I'm pretty sure the majority of people that care about Lord British are probably already backers of the game. But, they should definitely put together a great trailer get it approved by the community before releasing it and make sure the release is done right. Having a new recruit program that offered in-game items (but not pledge credit) would be amazing to have again I think as long as it's done very carefully and doesn't create problems again.
     
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    Strawberry shortcake... without nuts. (Edit) thats my favorite lol... yours? Ummm I'll guess outmeal raisin cookies?

    oh and btw, I'm sorry for being so rude... I will try being nicer... I'm originally from Boston.
     
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    Love oatmeal raisin cookies!
     
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    We have a great bakery for them down here in San Antonio...
     
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    Hah, everyone does even me and I'm picky... I cheated tho I searched your name and scanned through your blogs, you like baking cookies for family and friends lol
     
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    Congratulations and welcome Berek!
     
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    So the issue is that it seems people have been told their current names are safe in-game, which means they won't be able to be taken by others at final wipe. At the same time, some had been testing out the naming system, and lost their names to others while testing (not having known about this early persistence of the names).. So that's why this is a problem.
     
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    Great catch Duchess! Excellent, excellent reads. +1000

    Welcome Berek, whose hands I suspect are still intact.
     
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    We'll figure it out! Is there another thread we can move this discussion too perhaps?
     
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