I haven't fully thought this out so it might be half baked. Maybe someone who's been here a long time can tell me if it's been suggested before.

Okay, so why have additional IDs at all? There are legitimate reasons as we've discussed but why do they need to be separate names?

Why not just be allowed to have 2 teams in the same world with the same ID? This way, no one has more than 1 name, no one needs to say, oh I'm also so and so. I'd think that WIS (if they really wanted to deal with the hassle) could just take two names and merge them together so you don't even lose anything. You just now play under 1 ID.

Of course this doesn't eliminate the concern of cheating with the 2 teams in 1 world, but I think it will deter because anything that looks a little suspicious will get reported. Since we're being asked to police ourselves and report things that look weird, this is the only way to do it effectively.

And this will also eliminate the the concern from cheating using secret IDs.

Not bad, but I think the issue is still how do we know if they are cheating or not?

I guess I am still confused as to the advantages of having two ID's in one world...seriously not trying to start anything, just curious what those reasons are?

Posted by crabman26 on 4/3/2017 6:22:00 PM (view original):
Not bad, but I think the issue is still how do we know if they are cheating or not?

I guess I am still confused as to the advantages of having two ID's in one world...seriously not trying to start anything, just curious what those reasons are?

Advantages or reasons for two IDs?

The typical reason is that a person wants to have more than 10 teams.

Another reason is that there are fewer 2 a day worlds and some people much prefer 2 a day vs 1 a day.

Posted by Benis on 4/3/2017 6:56:00 PM (view original):

Posted by crabman26 on 4/3/2017 6:22:00 PM (view original):
Not bad, but I think the issue is still how do we know if they are cheating or not?

I guess I am still confused as to the advantages of having two ID's in one world...seriously not trying to start anything, just curious what those reasons are?

Advantages or reasons for two IDs?

The typical reason is that a person wants to have more than 10 teams.

Another reason is that there are fewer 2 a day worlds and some people much prefer 2 a day vs 1 a day.

Gotcha, I cant imagine wanting more than 10 teams but to each their own I guess...

Regardless, there really is no good way to handle this issue other than to just not allow it...which I know angers a handful of owners.

Bad idea. No one will monitor it. No one wants to monitor it.

Bad idea. No one will monitor it. No one wants to monitor it.

And what prevents users from creating aliases anyway under your brilliant idea?

I'm gonna give you a hint as someone who got a short vacation. If you're redlining "on-topic" posts, you better be careful. Too many and you get banned. Maybe you'll get a warning. But, if you're just redlining spud cuz he's spud, spud can beat you. All he has to do is be on-topic and, this is the toughie for him, non-insulting.