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ForcesUK
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 | Joined Jul 2008
Total Posts : 14 |         | Posted Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 12:01:47 PM (GMT -4) |    |
hi
as i am not in a clan, i have frequently changed the text in my clan tag, just to give my friends a laugh (i have been iPeen Forces(UK), Friendly Forces(UK), Hostile Forces(UK), etc), but when i search for my name on your site, it says "This player has changed their name 51 times" even though i have never changed my name (only my clan tag)
can something be done so that your site distinguishes between a changed clan tag, and a changed name, seeing as how the latter is a strong indication of a hacker, whereas the former is no indication whatsoever? (i expect my mum could work out how to change a clan tag if she played the game, but i'm damn sure she'd struggle to change her name!)
cheers
Forces(UK)Last Edited : 7/17/2008 4:02:27 PM GMT |
Admin
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 | Joined Mar 2006
Total Posts : 23 | | Posted Friday, July 18, 2008 - 11:47:21 AM (GMT -4) | |
Er no, scanning a server returns the players full name, that is clan tag and name.
so there is no way to knowing what is clan tag and what is name.
i.e. where Clan tag ends and name startsLast Edited : 7/18/2008 3:48:10 PM GMT |
ForcesUK
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Total Posts : 14 | | Posted Friday, July 18, 2008 - 9:48:55 PM (GMT -4) | |
Surely it's just a question of having the software pay attention the space between the two groups of characters, which would immediately tell it which is which?
If there's no space then it's a player using only a name and no clan tag.
If there is a space then the first group of characters is the clan and the second the name.
I mean maybe it's not as simple as that, but if there are any additional sources of complexity then I am not aware of them. |
Admin
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Total Posts : 23 | | Posted Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 12:27:28 PM (GMT -4) | |
you may be right there,I have never thought about it that way.
but the whole point here is to track the player what ever name and tag they use. |
ForcesUK
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Total Posts : 14 | | Posted Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 7:14:31 PM (GMT -4) | |
tracking would not be compromised
it's just that right now a player who has never changed their name will be misleadingly listed as having changed their name, when in fact all they have done is changed their clan
for the sake of accuracy it would seem worth making the distinction
thus, we'd see clan-tag history and name history respectively, without this in any way impeding our ability to track the player |
Admin
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Total Posts : 23 | | Posted Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 4:31:03 AM (GMT -4) | |
Maybe, I would have to think on how to display the player information in the best format.
A new bit of programming something to get my teeth into for a while. |
Admin
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Total Posts : 23 | | Posted Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 6:35:58 AM (GMT -4) | |
Weel just changed the 'Find Clan Members' webpage
I Americas Army Clan Tag can be protected not sure if that is the same on BF2142
So if a player puts a real Clan tag in-front of their name will they be able to player and use it, if so thats bad.
will have to do some more testing. |
ForcesUK
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Total Posts : 14 | | Posted Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 8:44:12 AM (GMT -4) | |
not sure i fully understand you ("protected"?), but in any case i am talking only about battlefield 2142, where there is a firm and unambiguous difference between a name and a clan tag
where such distinctions exist in reality, they would seem worth making here ...is all i'm saying
in battlefield 2142 there is a simple box in which you may type anything you like (up to 8 characters i think), and this is all that dictates your clan tag
each time you log in, you may enter something different in your clan tag, and lots of players do, ..for example, i saw a guy who changed his tag to "explosiv" while he was going for his explosive efficiency badge, and another player who changed his clan to "kebab" after he & i joked over voip about "making kebabs" being a good euphemism for knifing people
basically, a clan tag means very little
however, changing your soldier's NAME is a different matter entirely. i wouldn't know how to do it, although i vaguely remember from recently skimming an article on spoofing that it involves making the sorts of changes that are much harder and more complicated than simple typing a new name in a box
thus, if i read on a website that someone had changed his name, i would widen my eyes and make a mental note to be watchful for him, in case he was up to no good
whereas if someone has merely changed his clan tag, i would not bat an eyelid
right now i am listed as having changed my "name" fifty something times, whereas in fact i've NEVER changed my name
i hope you see now how that might seem a bit offLast Edited : 7/20/2008 12:47:03 PM GMT |
Admin
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Total Posts : 23 | | Posted Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 11:30:36 AM (GMT -4) | |
| does this suit you, www.redsack.com/BF2142/playerinfo2.asp?PID=90398461 |
ForcesUK
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Total Posts : 14 | | Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 6:14:46 AM (GMT -4) | |
Well, it's not a question of what suits me personally, so much as what suits anyone searching for clear information.
Surely once the issue was brought to your attention, you were not comfortable telling the world that a player had changed his name X number of times when in fact he had never changed his name?
Thus, I hope you felt motivated to make that site change irrespective of what I thought or didn't think.
In any case the change is a good one. |
spikeinin
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Total Posts : 1 | | Posted Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 2:05:05 PM (GMT -4) | |
if someone has merely changed his clan tag, changing your soldier's NAME is a different matter entirely...
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distinction between clan tag and name