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[Daniel_Hatcher]

BG is already plotting their revenge on anyone who would dare play melee SMN against their decree:

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/105...ta-(06-23-2011)

Seems pretty tame for BG..

[Dallas]

GG, who defends the practice on this forum, was demanding full access to my gear just a few days ago. I've posted it many times, I just think BG should have to work for it.

[Atomic_Skull]

ftfy, and that's basically what this whole debate comes down to, as far as I can see.

Honestly, I'm a little shocked that SE is going this route. JPs are much more attached to their anonymity than NAs.

There's probably a sh*tstorm going down over on the JP forums that dwarfs this one.

[Atomic_Skull]

Its not your character. Its Their character, They allow you to use it in exchange for 12.95. however they can do whatever they want with it and you have no say in the matter. Its sad but true.

You see, That's what you agree to the second you log on and click "Accept" to the ToS every time you log on. You own nothing. its not private at all, Its public information if SE so deems it to be. If you even got the slightest hint that this information is yours and should be private you were wrong from the beginning, and SE nor anyone here can be blamed that you thought your character information was yours to decide what to do with.

That's nice but it doesn't mean we don't have a right to ask that they not force people to link their characters. We have a right to tell SE that we don't like it.

[Runespider]

There's probably a sh*tstorm going down over on the JP forums that dwarfs this one.

Given everything it wouldn't suprise me if they are only going to do this to EU/US players. I had a quick look at the jp forum and didn't see anything about it, which is a bit odd.

*edit nvm they have 2 posts one about the size of this one asking how to unsubscribe to the forum and another one with nearly 300 posts like this >.>

[Karbuncle]

That's nice but it doesn't mean we don't have a right to ask that they not force people to link their characters. We have a right to tell SE that we don't like it.

Hur hur i've been saying that this entire time hur hur

Just because i don't repeat it in every single post i make doesn't mean it hasn't been said in one of my thousands of other posts.

I was saying they can do whatever they want with that data, but you still have the right to complain. I just personally did not see a problem on the subject.

[Greatguardian]

GG, who defends the practice on this forum, was demanding full access to my gear just a few days ago. I've posted it many times, I just think BG should have to work for it.

Only because you were calling all the Summoners on this board gimp. Not even BG lets people get away with talking smack about others without being able to back yourself up. When people post in the Gimp thread in BGMedia on a similarly gimp account, they get called out to hell and back.

Accountability, ladies and gentlemen. Don't write checks that you can't cash. Don't strut your stuff all over the forums and then hide in a hole and troll/safeface when people call you out. It's not like Dallas is the first person to do so on these forums either. TearValerin / Andylynn used to post on multiple sock-puppet accounts, pretending to own a Gungnir, and have conversations with himself to boost his online reputation.

Let he without gimp cast the first stone. That's not to say that elite players should be running around calling everyone terrible and gimp. Most people who do that get on everyone's nerves, elite or not. It's simply a reminder that nobody's perfect. There is, however, an extreme difference between being "Not perfect" and being "Really freaking dumb". Refusing to change gear? The latter. TP'ing in all STR and no Haste? The latter. Having a Walahra turban instead of a Zelus Tiara? The former.

If you're going to preach, make sure you can practice first. Otherwise you're really nothing more than a troll.

PS: Fun game time. Count up how many times Dallas has called someone gimp on these boards. Then count up how many times Myself, Karbuncle, and Byrth have called someone gimp on these boards and add all 3 of us together. See which is higher.

PPS: I'd personally estimate the second number has a rough total of 0.

[ShadowHeart]

so much for the right of privacy and choice. I grow up in a land of democracy and the ability to have choice and choose what I want to share and don't want to. Their is no point of forcing a person to post their characters names as its been stated numerours time before people who wish any kind of anonymity will just use a mule and i will for spite now

[Dallas]

Newsflash to GG, there's not a single person in this game that has to answer to you.

[Karbuncle]

If you wanna debate semantics, No one has to answer to anyone at any time ever. So thats kinda a pointless statement.

As is the continuation of this thread as a whole.