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On multiple forum accounts.
Topic Started: 17th October 2013 - 02:20 AM (348 Views)
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I wasn't expecting to have to look out for this, but I've already found two instances of users creating multiple forum accounts, and I've only just started looking about 4 minutes before I started writing this because two posts with the same IP in a row caught my eye. I understand why one might want to run a different account for each nation, given that we can make as many nations in-game as we like, but this isn't the game- this is the forum. I'm going to keep it clear of undeclared puppet wanking, because it has the potential to make the roleplay world unfair, and the potential to rig elections in our regional government. Furthermore, time that I spent dicking around crosschecking everyone's IP address is time I can't spend updating the nation roleplay stuff in a timely manner, or assisting with the operation of the regional government.

Most regions would require some kind of extra citizenship application for security checks upon the creation of a forum account. I have deliberately removed this process to make it easier for new players. This entire region is about making things easier for newer players to get involved in one area or another. Please do not abuse this or I will have actually put in a citizenship application process.

My rule in determining whether or not a user has multiple accounts is purely based off IP address matches, because it is the only solid tool I have. I'm almost 100% certain that the excuses I'm going to get here are that you have siblings who want to play as well. If you have a sibling or family member or something that would also like to roleplay or be a member here, PLEASE have them find a different internet connection through which to access the forum. This is exactly the same standard that the ingame World Assembly uses, and it works. I've been in NationStates for a little over 5 years now, and the vast, vast majority of the time that I see that excuse used when both accounts are on the same IP, it turns out to be bullshit.

Similarly, please don't bother hiding your accounts underneath proxies or VPNs, because there are about a zillion different free websites where I can input your IP address and tell me whether it's a real user or a proxy server. And from now on, I WILL be checking.

Let me be perfectly clear. I do not shoot first and ask questions later. When I see a multiple account or account using a proxy, I sit down and ask questions, and make damn sure of what I'm looking at. Only when I am 100% certain will I be taking action.


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IF you want to run multiple nations on our map, you actually can
. Do it like what this person has done. They have claimed no more than 6 provinces between their two nations. They have claimed both using the same forum account. This is perfectly valid and I'm happy to let this person keep using 2 nations, because it's clear it's the same person and this person won't have an unfair advantage over other players should these nations ever work together for a common goal.

I'm now updating the roleplay rules, the charter draft and the terms and conditions upon creating an account on the forum accordingly, so it is clear that this thing is not accepted.
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In the meantime, if anyone else here operates two accounts, you can have 24 hours of grace to announce them here. After that time, anyone I find with multiple accounts is going to be considered as deliberately hiding them.
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I admit, all character and nation state gameplay aside, I have multiple accounts. I promise everyone in the Independent Order, Narrahivoo is the only account currently in The Independent Order. Free Territories of the Americas was mine, as well as Anarcho-Communist Lands, but they are both out of the order now. There will be no "puppet nation" interference. You have my word. The Independent Order is perfect for Narrahivoo and I hope this doesn't sour relations with anyone.
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I'll quickly clarify;

You can have as many nations as you want within the region itself, within reasonable grounds. I have several, I know several others have several, probably everyone here has several and I'm not even going to try and police the number of nations you have in the region unless you've got so many obvious puppets in there that it makes people physically ill to look at them. It's the forum that I'm not allowing duplicates on. :P
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I also admit that I am controlling another account. However, consider this account as my only one. Jiroch, is considered null and void to me.
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And that's both of the people who I knew to have multiples at this stage. I feel better now.

Sorry to have to come down so hard on this, but I've seen regions get utterly wrecked by multiple forum account wanking and I left The Independent Order very vulnerable to it because of the way I've configured the forum to make it so easy to get involved.
Edited by Avakael, 17th October 2013 - 02:44 AM.
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To my knowledge, I don't have two forum accounts here.

But I was pretty damn tempted to grab Steinway and Sons and pull it in here as well, to make war among Bechstein and Steinway, haha.

Thanks for making that clear.
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Right. Time to start checking. :|
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Those are the only matches I have found

I have given the found duplicate accounts (ACL and Jiroch) a "duplicate" mask; you can still use it to view and read all the topics you could before, but not post with them.
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Also waaiting for Vedroatia to post in the introductions topic, so he/she can prove that they're a different person to Bayou.
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Sorry i was away for some time, i control two nations but only use one forum account. Hope i'm not too late.
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19th October 2013 - 05:34 AM
Sorry i was away for some time, i control two nations but only use one forum account. Hope i'm not too late.
You're fine. I don't care about having more than 1 nation in the region- just having more than 1 forum account on the forum. :P
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