Gaming Question

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Dec 16 2004, 1:09 pm
I was recently thinking about starting my game over( my other computer crashed) and i came up with and idea. Ya know how certain MMORPGS require applications that have to be certified, well i was thinking something like that, and you couldnt login until you were accepted. What are you opinions on this type of registration process for a byond game?
Dec 16 2004, 1:12 pm
Sounds like what SOE does with the Station, almost.. I like it ^_^. It'd filter the types of people in your game if you ask them to type a paragraph about their favorite animal or something. But that's only if you only like certain types of people(Like, people with proper grammer, punctuation, etc).

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Did you know that your post's ID is 312121? Just thought that was an interesting offtopic fact :P

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Dec 16 2004, 1:19 pm
In response to Lenox
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If it was Post [link], I'd be happy. :P
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Dec 16 2004, 1:22 pm
In response to Lenox
Well as to your paragraph idea, i was meaning more like character name, age, specie, class, abilities (from a selection if applicable), and a description of the said character. Thanks for your input, by the way. Anyone other input/opinions???
Dec 16 2004, 1:30 pm
In response to Razor52
Also, for companies, they can have one server dedicated to keeping track of registration and the such. Like, say, Billy Bob Joe's company, Xase Productions, wants to host a server for registration for ALL of their games. So Billy bob works on a seperate program for it, they get it working, and they have it made so that the player's registration information is sent to that one server, and everytime a player logs into that game, you can try sending a request to that server for information for that player, if it's found, it returns 1 and the player can login successfully without having to fill out registration again, and makes it less "Stressful" for Billy Bob Joe and his company, so they don't have to keep track of all this information by hand. The server only STORES the information, while Billy Joe's company sets up ONE email to receive registrations with (Billy Joe, conveniently used client.SendPage() and sent email=1 as an argument), so one member wouldn't get spammed by email.

::Out of Breath::

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Heh, the ID on my lunch card is 304305, so they've long passed that :P

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Dec 16 2004, 1:35 pm
In response to Lenox
Would'nt haveing them email me individually with the said info and their byond key then adding them to the "subscriber" list, and using CheckPassport() (sp?) be simpler?
Dec 16 2004, 1:44 pm
In response to Razor52
Well..You don't have to do what Billy Bob Joe did :P. I just thought you could do that so you can keep the info for future reference, w/o clogging up your email.

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Billy Bob Joe could of used DB by Dantom : DB

In order to store the information. Wow, Billy Bob Joe wasn't very bright, was he? :P

Dec 16 2004, 1:48 pm
In response to Lenox
thats not a bad idea, but i think using passport would be simpler and as to cloggin my email, theres always notepad to save for future reference :-P
Dec 16 2004, 1:52 pm
In response to Razor52
Razor52 wrote:
thats not a bad idea, but i think using passport would be simpler and as to cloggin my email, theres always notepad to save for future reference :-P

It'd be however you feel like doing it, not how Billy Bob Joe feels like doing it :-P. He's just trying to help you organize it a bit. On a side note, Billy Bob Joe says "Hi" :P.