If not, I'm changing my name to Commander 〠
(Japanese postal mark face - my favourite Unicode symbol)
ANNOUNCEMENT Commander Names
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If not, I'm changing my name to Commander 〠
(Japanese postal mark face - my favourite Unicode symbol)
It would be a shame if they did.
I'm actually quite pleased we'll stop seeing the Alpha Backer #####. Its good to be able to identify players by a real name
Yaffle
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That's what MB said, yes.
Guys, you really need to stop using those weird domain names...
store.zaonce.net
support.orerve.net
How are we supposed to trust these sites?
How do you plan to counter fraud sites when users are already accustomed to non-associated domain names?
Heck, even a stupid 302 - but from the official E: D site - to these sites would be better than just kicking us directly into foreign hands.
Imagine a leak/hack from a forum mod account and someone adds a mod post which asks users to login into some site and post their credentials there! It's easy to do and the impact on the userbase would be massive.
Stop doing this! *** Christ!
store.zaonce.net
support.orerve.net
How are we supposed to trust these sites?
How do you plan to counter fraud sites when users are already accustomed to non-associated domain names?
Heck, even a stupid 302 - but from the official E: D site - to these sites would be better than just kicking us directly into foreign hands.
Imagine a leak/hack from a forum mod account and someone adds a mod post which asks users to login into some site and post their credentials there! It's easy to do and the impact on the userbase would be massive.
Stop doing this! *** Christ!
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Now this is difficult... Considering "Helios" has been taken already.
You could try Sol Invictus ("Unconquered Sun").
There is nothing weird about those domain names, and the SSL certificates are valid... don't see the problem?
Yaffle
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Go and play Elite, look at some planet names...
Interesting. I'm seeing:
Yet I'm a premium beta backer and I haven't flown since the 23rd or 24th. How come the site thinks I've flown today?
Also my name-change is only shown as being requested. It hasn't updated at the top of the page. Does that mean that my choice has to be verified or has the system hung?
Yet I'm a premium beta backer and I haven't flown since the 23rd or 24th. How come the site thinks I've flown today?
Also my name-change is only shown as being requested. It hasn't updated at the top of the page. Does that mean that my choice has to be verified or has the system hung?
I think the date is due to them making the changes today.
Hmm,
The Site says that "Non UTF-8 characters" lead to commander names being rejected, but the form itself already rejects multi-byte UTF-8 characters. At least neither "ヘリオス" nor "縞鰺" worked. :/
Oh well, one can't have everything I suppose. ^^
EDIT: With regard to the new forum rules I'd like to point out, that neither of the two is offensive. ヘリオス is Helios written in Katakana and 縞鰺 is a fish.
The Site says that "Non UTF-8 characters" lead to commander names being rejected, but the form itself already rejects multi-byte UTF-8 characters. At least neither "ヘリオス" nor "縞鰺" worked. :/
Oh well, one can't have everything I suppose. ^^
EDIT: With regard to the new forum rules I'd like to point out, that neither of the two is offensive. ヘリオス is Helios written in Katakana and 縞鰺 is a fish.
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Those domain names are some of the Elite worlds from the original game, so may be more familiar to some people than others. I for one find it amusing, and therefore wouldn't have a problem clicking a link to them.
Equally though, I can understand what you mean, in that <something>.frontier.co.uk could point to any site or service required, but clearly associated with FDEV.
It's a bit confusing. Maybe they meant non-ASCII characters, or rather only ASCII chars from 32 (dec) to 126 (dec).
A null, bell or backspace character in my commander name would be weird
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