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| Sunday, October 28th, 2007 |
| Issue: 46 |
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Editor: Nyxxified |
| Family Accounts; Unknown Players Or Dupes? |
OneAndOnlyE |
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Banned for nothing?
Imagine: after months of extensive OC-ing you finally get the message which enables you to become State Don. Just after you click the button and become a State Don, you receive a donation from a random person, who happens to share the same IP as you, according to the Family Accounts page. Farewell State Don account, farewell Nation Don aspirations. Now, this example might seem a bit far-fetched, but actually represents a real situation well. The fact that you can get banned for interacting with an account you have never heard of all becomes possible because of the new Family Account Rules BSF2000 has instated.
How does it work?
Simple. On the Family Accounts page (just below the BootCast page), there is a section containing accounts which use the same IP as your current account. That this system isnt flawless (yet) can easily be derived from the fact that not only not all of your accounts are listed (due to IPs changing), your IP may coincide with another players IP-address, rendering any form of interaction illegal, therefore risking a (permanent) ban. To explain this I will use an example given to me by LifeGotBanned, whos brother got banned for interacting with his already banned account. LifeGotBanned got banned for accidentally making another account and not informind Mods about it. Seeing as IPs rotate a lot (especially in Jordan), you may get banned for say, sending another player money while unaware that you two share an IP address. Which of course leads to the question: How can we tell dupes from legitimate players?
The truth
We cant. As with any rule, some people may feel theyre getting treated unjust by getting banned for interaction with unknown accounts. Until people decide that duping is not worth getting banned for, and they decide that actually playing the game is much more fun and rewarding than simply cheating (probably never, some people dont learn), rules like this have to be enforced to maintain a status quo.
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