Spiral Knights - You cannot tell other people your name!

You cannot tell other people your name!

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Wed, 04/13/2011 - 21:14

Senshi

Legacy Username

I learned from the wiki today that it's against the rules to tell other people your real life name and you can be banned for it!
Well, okay, it's not true, and I didn't so much learn that as get prompted to look at the actual terms of service. Common sense told me there had to be a mistake here.

The wiki says,

Personal information — Revealing personal information is not acceptable, whether it is your own or another player's. Asking for personal information is not acceptable either. This includes phone numbers, the address of where players live, or real names. Your age, grade in school, or hobbies are not considered personal information when complaining players. Please read account security for more information about protecting your account by not revealing your personal or account information.

But the terms of service says you agree not to,

12. reveal personal data about another member--including but not limited to personally identifiable information about the member, administrative role of the member within a game, and information about game characters associated with the member--without the express permission of such member.

Since the wiki is talking about placing a complaint, I can see it was meant to imply that this was -only- talking about conduct by some -other- player, but I think it could stand a little rewording.

Thu, 04/14/2011 - 00:57

nekobawt

Legacy Username

oh, i don't know, it seems

oh, i don't know, it seems clear enough to me that they're saying that revealing other people's information is not ok. granted, the first couple sentences in the wiki post could be reworded to indicate that revealing YOUR OWN information is *inadvisable*, but revealing OTHER PEOPLE'S information is totally uncool behavior. on the other hand, it is a free MMO and for all i know there are kids playing who haven't had basic data security hammered into their heads by everyone for the last 15 years. internet provides a whole new brand of stranger danger, i guess. (sorry if i missed your point or went off on a tangent, it's been a long day...)

unless, of course, telling someone your first name is a bannable offense, in which case...uh, that's good to know?

Thu, 04/14/2011 - 05:10

Equinox

Game Master

The wording is taken from the

The wording is taken from the in-game complaint interface. You can bring it up in Suggestions if you want to suggest that it be changed.

Fri, 04/15/2011 - 12:54

IneptOracle

Legacy Username

But what if you and a friend

But what if you and a friend like calling each other your real life names?

Is it bad if I /say her name or she /says mine?

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You cannot tell other people your name!