I understand lol, but I figured since you were going to take "nothing can be bad" to the extreme I'd illustrate my own point likewise. I understand that this isn't technically being forced on people, but you also have to understand that any game that does accept an anonymous account also has to have a player list that is sold on that, or it's like secondhand smoking; something we may not have room for at this time.Guys, you're putting the cart before the horse.
When you have a problem, you don't ridicule a potential solution because it might cause problems. At least if the problems are no bigger than the current ones. And especially when it's actually not that big a deal. This is not a matter of life and death. This is not breaking into someone's house.................@dietz.
I'm not asking anyone to do anything. I'm simply providing a means for people who'd like to play anonymously to do so and in a way that can be controlled and monitored. This is essentially the same thing we do with hydra accounts. Mods can allow or disallow AnnonAccounts as much as they can hydras. I'm not going to fight it. I don't care. I'm just giving people a way to play anonymously within forum rules.
I know it's a touchy subject because known people have already created alternates, sometimes people who don't ever play under their own accounts anymore, and in some cases continue to stay with them. But in the end: I almost prefer that.
Mod IP nonsense and potential advantages aside, I am legitimately worried that the power to make it easy, discardable, and repeatable it will be abused. When people stick with their alts: they retain accountability to the community and to their own play being pro-faction. When you take a new face to try and make a play adjustment that can be a good thing. But when you can take up a purely disposable alt strictly on a one or two game basis I feel like the danger to quality of game becomes much higher. I was just burned on the invite to a player who could have really enjoyed mafia based on the reputation the forum has developed, so I've become pretty mindful that this might be a big pitfall if not done with conscience.
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