Sure! However, do Dev's even read this forum anymore? When is the last time one posted?
Devs read this stuff or not? Possibly but I doubt it. BUT (big but) we can come here and spout off frustration without getting booted or locked (for the most part). Then perhaps posters will be cooled down enough to post on the other place.
You must have done something to get booted on the official forum. Strange that I have been booted here but never on the other forum and believe me I am just as much an ******* there as here.
I am a member of both forums and believe me when I say that I know of only 1 person that got a timeout on the official forum and it took a lot, I mean a lot to get a timeout and he has many timeouts here for far less.I think he is saying people have more freedom here. So, some may vent here and wait until they cool down to post there. If he didn't that. I will.
I do not think he is saying he was booted on the other forum. I have only seen a banned tag on 1 poster there.
Nope. I logged in once there and posted my dislike of needing to use my game creds for the forum. Logged out and never returned. IMO, crappy security and all that rot. Sooo, essentially @Pawain was correct.
LOL So you think the site has bad security but use it anyway just to tell them so, now that is priceless and better yet not one account has been hacked because of the official forums. And again I have been given timeouts here but have not received one there. One person has gotten a timeout there and it took a lot more to get it where here it can become a personality thing from the mods but over there the MODs so far have been consistent with their warnings.
You don't know this for sure. If it did happen, I promise BS would do anything they can to cover it up. Also, if someone hacked the site, UO accounts would probably be a secondary interest at best. There are other things that those usernames and passwords could be used for that are far more lucrative. There are places on the internet that pay for username and password data obtained by hacking websites just like the one in question. Nobody cares about all the pixels you've collected when they can get cash instead.
REALLY FACT If UO.COM was hacked or if an account was hacked through UO.COM then where is the post with the whine that OMG My account was hacked. It would be all over UOStratics.
Once again, your ignorance has caused you to miss the point completely. Hackers don't want your UO pixel junk. They want your username and password. If the site was hacked you probably wouldn't even know because only people who care about this ancient game would want to hack your account. If you recycle username and password information they could use it to access your bank account, or your social media accounts, or whatever online account where you use the same credentials. By using your UO account credentials for their forums, the size of the attack surface of the database which stores that information was increased whether you choose to believe it or not.
LMAO So according to you nobody wants your UO stuff but you are afraid of getting hacked, what a concept. That is like saying I better put the best car anti-theft system on my Desoto or better yet a Studebaker beater because it might get stolen even though nobody would want it. TY for the good laugh with your whatever logic.
You don't need to create an account there. It uses your UO login credentials. The very practice I came to argue against.
So it doesn't matter if you log in or not. The info is there and if it is hacked, they can get it.
I don't know of anyone who doesn't use it for that reason. All I have stated was that it is a poor security practice and the devs should not have done it. Personally, I don't use the site because I only subscribe every few months to sell the stuff I collected on my EJ account. You are right though, no reason not to use the site since the damage is already done.
Unfortunately, that doesn't protect you. But I do understand your refusal to post there.
Sry but you are missing @Stinky Pete 's point. Its not what you see that will be stolen, its you credentials from the database, including your password, and also your email sign-on likely. That is what hackers are looking after. I appreciate @Stinky Pete 's words of caution. If you notice, he is not knocking the idea of UO having their own message board for whatever reason, but it is the idea of mandating that you post your credentials to be able to post there. Thank you Pete, you are not that Stinky after all bud..
I resent that... Ask anyone.Sry but you are missing @Stinky Pete 's point. Its not what you see that will be stolen, its you credentials from the database, including your password, and also your email sign-on likely. That is what hackers are looking after. I appreciate @Stinky Pete 's words of caution. If you notice, he is not knocking the idea of UO having their own message board for whatever reason, but it is the idea of mandating that you post your credentials to be able to post there. Thank you Pete, you are not that Stinky after all bud..
Ok Ok. you are Stinky..But I appreciate you post above anyway. LOL did not mean to offend you by calling you non-stinky. Agree being Stinky has it benefits. Anyway I thank you kindly for the warning on security..
Okay, I read this far and gotta say something before I bust.Sry but you are missing @Stinky Pete 's point. Its not what you see that will be stolen, its you credentials from the database, including your password, and also your email sign-on likely. That is what hackers are looking after. I appreciate @Stinky Pete 's words of caution. If you notice, he is not knocking the idea of UO having their own message board for whatever reason, but it is the idea of mandating that you post your credentials to be able to post there. Thank you Pete, you are not that Stinky after all bud..
I think the answer to this is obvious. The ferocity at which he can argue on a subject he clearly doesn't understand is astounding. I'm guessing he's in sales.
That is the meat and potatoes of vendorizing at a proper mall. hehe
i think most of us here (perhaps except one) agree with you.
