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Would this idea help ?

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#1 fs_badjoe

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 10:26

Well it not exactly suppose to be in this section (should be in suggestion) but im gonna say it here.

As we know the scam season is back yet again and many PHAILED ppl met their doom, but heres a way to prevent it. We should have a "Refreshable Headline" at main page (Between the status bar [name/exp/FSP/golds] and the latest news) where the cows could add messages like these :

"Never give out passwords to anyone. Game Administrators will and would never ask you to do that"

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"If you find a player impersonating as Game Administrator, report to us immediately"

this way everyone who clicks on the main page can keep a look out for scammers and impostors........

#2 fs_saryne

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 10:27

or have it pop up in the FSBox every so often, I rarely look at the main page.

#3 fs_badjoe

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 10:32

or have it pop up in the FSBox every so often, I rarely look at the main page.


dude that would be a waste of FSP and beside not many ppl look at the FSP or some have them disabled. I wanted this idea to be public for everyone to keep a look out and not a service to pay 1 FSP for 1 hour message then poof its gone. with too many scams in the game we need a real headline on top screen of main page for everyone to read and lookout for scammers.

Look at Phools thread in the sticky, his post and my post (treelines quoted my message about detecting imposter's in his 1st post) and yet ppl still impersonating and scamming, so do YOU think that posting watching out message in FSBox would do us any good ?

#4 fs_expires

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 11:00

nvm

#5 fs_saryne

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 11:03

or have it pop up in the FSBox every so often, I rarely look at the main page.


dude that would be a waste of FSP


I meant for game admin to do, it's thier players that leave after they get scammed. For the players to do would be stupid. That you thought I meant the latter... never mind.

#6 fs_badjoe

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 11:07

or have it pop up in the FSBox every so often, I rarely look at the main page.


dude that would be a waste of FSP


I meant for game admin to do, it's thier players that leave after they get scammed. For the players to do would be stupid. That you thought I meant the latter... never mind.


even still the game admins are not always online everyday and it would be too much bother for them to do it 22 time (22 hours) a day. Having a headline can be permanent and the cows do not need to check up to see if their message in FSBox expires.

#7 fs_expires

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 11:58

something like the guild advertisement but for HC only?

#8 fs_mrwright

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 11:59

Why?

If people are dumb enough to fall for that crap, why not let them learn a harsh lesson?

#9 fs_tinkie

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 13:46

Why?

If people are dumb enough to fall for that crap, why not let them learn a harsh lesson?


I'm sure that the reasoning behind this suggestion was to cut down on the number of "Look at this dumb scammer" posts on the forum.

I for one find them humorous. And I 100% agree with Mr Wright...if these people are dumb enough to give someone they don't know their username and password then they get to learn a life lesson. Harsh? Yes...but I have learned in my time here on earth that people learn from mistakes more then anything else.

#10 fs_vampirarmy

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 13:48

Should be in Log messages...everyone looks there...

#11 fs_badjoe

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 15:09

Well anything is fine as long as there a reminder that is clear for everyone to see and to avoid being scammed or else let them learn the hard way.

behind this suggestion was to cut down on the number of "Look at this dumb scammer" posts on the forum


Well thats one way to put it. The other reason for a reminder is to make the scammers to look at the message to make him think twice before trying to scam and get his account terminated.

#12 spidey101

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 15:20

You really shouldnt need to tell people not to give out their password, thats like having to tell them not to give out their pin number for their credit cards.

Yes I am such and such with the VISA corporation and I need to verify that you have not had your credit card stolen, I need the card #, your pin, your name and your home address over this call I am making to you.

Falling for most scams ive seen on here is about the same as falling for that and if you fall for that then you deserve what happens to you imo.

#13 fs_badjoe

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 20:38

Will its better to have a headline in the game all the time then telling them here as the threads in the forum will grow old and our advice will go down in the pages along with the rest. So this idea will clearly cut down the scam in half.

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 22:38

but seriously, no one looks at the front page for more than 5 seconds, to see if they won something :roll:

#15 Dark Archon

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 22:59

Why?

If people are dumb enough to fall for that crap, why not let them learn a harsh lesson?

The best solution...

COMMON SENSE... let people who don't have it get scammed... this will TEACH them common sense >.>

#16 cyrus7

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Posted 10 July 2008 - 06:07

Why?

If people are dumb enough to fall for that crap, why not let them learn a harsh lesson?

The best solution...

COMMON SENSE... let people who don't have it get scammed... this will TEACH them common sense >.>

i <3 u darkarchon :lol:

#17 Dark Archon

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Posted 10 July 2008 - 06:55

Why?

If people are dumb enough to fall for that crap, why not let them learn a harsh lesson?

The best solution...

COMMON SENSE... let people who don't have it get scammed... this will TEACH them common sense >.>

i <3 u darkarchon :lol:

Better to lose/learn from it on an online game then in RL...

#18 cyrus7

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Posted 10 July 2008 - 07:01

Better to lose/learn from it on an online game then in RL...

heheh yeah...

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*hands over personal info with the promise of moar monies!*

Cuz ya know, I got an email about it, so it must be reallllz!!!

#19 fs_ishy7

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Posted 10 July 2008 - 08:07

Well i have an idea, not so much with scamers, but just in gerenal.

Well what i have notice is that most of these "scamers" are lvl 5 and below.
So why cant we set a "MIN" lvl for players to message us?
Just like we have with the guild min lvl to join?
So if someone tries to send us a message it would read
"sorry not high enough to message this player, must be xxx lvl to message him/her"

Well my 2 cents enjoy

PS. Would also help with the beggars

#20 Dark Archon

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Posted 10 July 2008 - 08:15

Well i have an idea, not so much with scamers, but just in gerenal.

Well what i have notice is that most of these "scamers" are lvl 5 and below.
So why cant we set a "MIN" lvl for players to message us?
Just like we have with the guild min lvl to join?
So if someone tries to send us a message it would read
"sorry not high enough to message this player, must be xxx lvl to message him/her"

Well my 2 cents enjoy

PS. Would also help with the beggars

Personally... I think that is a really BAD idea... I can go into more detail later... but yeh, this would be horrible imo...


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