Ryzom

katriell wrote:...Ehm, ok, what is this talk about usernames?

You have your email address, your account name, and your character names...

My username name is public (it used on all my postings for one thing), and I can't hide that in anyway. My account is strictly between me and Nevrax, it used for billing, and therefore contains private data which I have allowed Nevrax to collect in exchange for the right to play the game. My email is only available in the account information. It is explicit between me and Nevrax. To sum it up only two parties know of this data, Me and Nevrax.
Now this (hopefully only the username and email) is suddenly in the hands of a private organisation without my knowledge (until I recieve the email). That is the problem, it shouldn't have happend at all but it did.

Consider this, you use an online bank system. It contains data which only you and the bank should know, now someone who works there have (some) of the data and contacts you with it.
One word comes to mind, phishing. I seriously doubt that is the motive at all, and not what I am implying at all, but if you deal with issues like these on a daily basis you would be daft to trust it completely.

magick1 wrote:Consider this, you use an online bank system. It contains data which only you and the bank should know, now someone who works there have (some) of the data and contacts you with it.
One word comes to mind, phishing. I seriously doubt that is the motive at all, and not what I am implying at all, but if you deal with issues like these on a daily basis you would be daft to trust it completely.

That's exactly my point. Moreover, that is the first thing we heared about the project... a strange mail coming to a lot of users who hasn't give their e-mails to the sender.

I think that it was a very, very bad start. It don't show the care and the good ways I think is needed to drive a project like Ryzom.

mithur wrote:That's exactly my point. Moreover, that is the first thing we heared about the project... a strange mail coming to a lot of users who hasn't give their e-mails to the sender.

I think that it was a very, very bad start. It don't show the care and the good ways I think is needed to drive a project like Ryzom.

hehe yes everyone basically got spam and answered it. I find it funny that people are thinking this is a good thing and will result in something "great". I dont know about anyone else but i usualy delete spam

I wish this stuff would move off this ryzom OFFICIAL site I think it does the game a dis service not a service and I am hoping that when the second or third week of december rolls by the name of the new company purchasing it is release and everyone starts paying for their subsciptions so that people stop thinking of what they can do with a ******* free version of this game hehe

gah shudder again