a fanciful unicorn was just in AP33, with a message of BS

TimtheEnchanter · October 03, 2012, 04:12:34 AM

Anyone still moderating in-game? Pretty sure pulling a stunt like that is some kind of huge ToS violation, and a bannable offense.

eabrace · October 03, 2012, 04:12:57 AM

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Quote@thetitannetwork that said, let me read up on a few things where things are at with COH and see if there is anything I *can* do.

Fansy · October 03, 2012, 04:13:06 AM

It has been confirmed to not be him, and the account that was thought to be used was not actually used at all.

=( Well, that's not very nice at all.

dwturducken · October 03, 2012, 04:14:30 AM

Quote from: TimtheEnchanter on October 03, 2012, 04:12:34 AM
Anyone still moderating in-game? Pretty sure pulling a stunt like that is some kind of huge ToS violation, and a bannable offense.

Doubt it's a serious ToSsable offense to misrepresent yourself. It's Not Nice, though.

TimtheEnchanter · October 03, 2012, 04:16:22 AM

Quote from: dwturducken on October 03, 2012, 04:14:30 AMDoubt it's a serious ToSsable offense to misrepresent yourself. It's Not Nice, though.

It's not misrepresentation of oneself.

It's fraud.

And impersonating a celebrity, in our current situation, is only slightly less dangerous than impersonating staff. This could've gotten really bad, really fast. This guy could use the account again, and start Phishing for who knows what, claiming to need personal info for a game-saving project.

And since a youtube video was mentioned, everyone be on the lookout in the near future for a video of CoH players being punkd, so we can get it reported and removed ASAP.

Atlantea · October 03, 2012, 04:16:41 AM

Ok... Damn it. We've been had, then.

I was still in AE-AFK-Holdtorch mode in AP 33 though, and still had the convo from the team from earlier.

So I did a globalname search on the hoaxter.

<redacted>

That's the global name of the Fred impersonator.

(The bitter irony is not lost on me, either.)

Edit: Global removed. It appears this was a misunderstanding and it's being handled by the parties involved. No need to go on a witch hunt. - eabrace

TimtheEnchanter · October 03, 2012, 04:34:21 AM

Quote from: Atlantea on October 03, 2012, 04:16:41 AM
Ok... Damn it. We've been had, then.

I was still in AE-AFK-Holdtorch mode in AP 33 though, and still had the convo from the team from earlier.

So I did a globalname search on the hoaxter.

<redacted>

That's the global name of the Fred impersonator.

(The bitter irony is not lost on me, either.)

Edit: Global removed. It appears this was a misunderstanding and it's being handled by the parties involved. No need to go on a witch hunt. - eabrace

Wait... so what do I set the thread title to now? lol

dwturducken · October 03, 2012, 04:37:37 AM

You know what? We've got Fred's awareness. I don't like how it happened, but it did. Adjust thread title as you see fit. :)

Helpful Bunny · October 03, 2012, 05:00:56 AM

Hi. First time post and of course it HAS to be something weird. The impostor excepted an SG invite from my husband, so if that's any use to anyone let us know please? We both want to save the game not make it worse. Be safe all.

emu265 · October 03, 2012, 05:23:54 AM

Quote from: dwturducken on October 03, 2012, 04:37:37 AM
You know what? We've got Fred's awareness. I don't like how it happened, but it did. Adjust thread title as you see fit. :)

That we did.... in this mess there is a sliver lining. Go figure, huh?

Dr Shadow · October 03, 2012, 05:25:51 AM

He feels really bad about it too. The offer to play with us was extended.