48967-name-reservation-roll-out-post-mortem

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The point of a post mortem is to go over what went wrong but he specifically pointed out that you can contact support about re-setting your name reservation timer so you can edit your name.


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Ok, thanks for the explanation.


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Been answered. The name is yours until the 17th, no matter if you make a character with it or not. Whether it should be that way or not is something we will continue to debate through the 16th. :-)


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tl;dr: service have no value :rolleyes:


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So why not scrap the entire thing and do a headstart day free for all. You guys failed on the site. Have no backend to fix it later and have let your main person that designed this debacle to run free weeks before launch. Scrap it. Its a failure on every level. Just remove it and let it be a free for all on headstart day and let it be on a server by server baises. There is NO downside. Do the right thing.


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It absolutly was awful to start with but saying the system is a failure on every level is a bit disingenuious when it has been running fine for days now and working properly. There are a lot of people who have managed to save names through the system. You'd have a point if no one was able to reserve names but that's not the case. Your whole "there is NO downside" is wrong as well. The downside is for people who were able to manage to get their names to suddenly be told "yea so even though you thought you had it you need to try again".


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I was going to add to my previous post, when I realised you had already replied. So I did actually google your username, and I can see you are prolific under that username. What I guess happened is that you put yourself out there, and someone deliberately did try to annoy you. Although it sucks, and I can certainly understand that you'd be pissed off about it, I also think that when you put yourself out there, you should have realised by now, that maybe 1 out of a 100 is going to try and take some pleasure out of trolling or hating on you. I guess what I am saying is, you should not rail against something over which you have no control, and you shouldnt put so much of yourself in a label/name if others can take it away from you by the click of a button. This is the internet, where people can be bitches with no repercussions. - Find yourself a new name for your toon. You have your name on the forums where your opinions are expressed no? - In game you'll be known under another name. That is all that happened to you. Also, if someone googles you, your posts here will still show under FranBunnyFFXII - isnt that the most important to you?


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Not with a smart hater in the same region.


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Oh good, more terrible analogies. Let me answer with a hypothetical: Suppose launch has similar issues that make it "unfair" as to who gets to log in and create characters. Suppose we have not just login queues, but realm crashes, random client disconnects, a bug that doesn't allow names starting with 'L', and/or authentication failures. Do we have to have a reset and do-over then as well? I don't disagree that global reservations are less-than-optimal. The best way would have been for us to select a server type, and reserve the names on just servers of that type in our region. But woulda, coulda, shoulda...


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I see, in that case would it be possible to augment said system to allow for the name to be unlocked after the initial character creation using that name? I can see this option giving some relief to the many.


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Throwing the words "attention" everywhere without looking at yourself is nothing more than hypocracy. The simple fact that you're here posting on a forum denotes that you're looking for attention of some sort. Forums do not work without people wanting and giving attention. Be it serious uses, personal musings, or whatever people are interested in.

You make a thread you want someone to respond, that's attention seeking.

You are completely and utterly disreguarding anything I'm saying to throw your ego in front.


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Someone call Hollywood. We need to get this drama queen some work!


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Transparency. Couldn't help myself! BRING IT! :D


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Have you pled your case to support about this? Not that they will necessarily be able to do anything now, but it's worth a shot. If you can provide them links to where others have stated that they were going to willfully and purposefully take your name, there is a chance the CS will view it has harassment and be able to take steps to rectify it.


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So all the videos of an Amazon (is that a class or race?) in a niche MMO I'm sure 90% of the people on this forum have never even heard of were recorded by you... It's not like ya know... A real celebrity of a community that has fan videos and whatnot floating around. Self proclaimed beast of some random game no one's heard of. Someone get Carbine on the horn! We need to turn this name reservation thing on it's head and screw over the most likely hundreds of thousands of happy customers the system has worked for and screw them out of their names so the minority can feel justice was served! JUSTICE SHALL PREVAIL!


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We are looking in different places because I have seen a lot of people complain about that.


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Maybe this is a bit overkill for the average player, but (as with so many other things) I love how Secret World did it. You are forced to use a first and last name, but neither has to be unique. Then you also have a nickname/call sign. Only that one has to be unique. Gives lots of options for what people want to be called while still not allowing for mix-ups.


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Well, The Secret World is also set in the "real" world in the modern day, where all characters would have a first and last name, and having a nickname fits, as well. Don't get me wrong, it's a great system for TSW, but for a standard fantasy or SF game with non-human races and whatnot, it probably wouldn't be a good fit.


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Did she really want FranBunnyFFXII or is that just her forum name? I assumed she wanted FranBunny.


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