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Is there anyway to get the mods to change it? I have reset my password twice and waited 24 hours. I can log in using the new password just fine but when I go to change the display name I get this invalid password error as well.
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Yeah Second Life has an info window you can bring up that shows who created it and who last modified it along with the editable permissions. Though SL does in game money to RL money, so that gets into some weird copyright, theft issues. Not sure if something similar will happen here.
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I also couldn't agree more. The one thing I disliked about the building video released was that JC simply placed a single fuel tank and some engines wherever and was able to travel to space just like that. Now, obviously, it will not be that simple when the game fully launches, but even so, it made me think. Once you have the resources, how easy will it be to build a spaceship? Will there be some KSP style thinking behind it? Or a simple slap on some thrusters, SE style what the logic.
From what i've gathered the plan is to allow players to make ships how they want, with some realistic requirements. So for instances you can make a tiny one person ship but if you make the cockpit too small they can't get in. There are components that people can make that aren't visible that people can apply to turn the item into a ship item such as an engine. To make it easier you can sell the items you've made. So for people who are not artists or programs can either buy whole ships or piece one together. This also means that optimizing placement of the ship items will be crucial. Sure you might get some thrust from an engine near the front, but it will probably be more efficient to have it near the back. So in theory you could make some incredibly fancy, powerful ships if you know what you are doing or slapstick one together and ride the junker off into the sunset.
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So, just yesterday, BOO had reached 100 members. An outstanding achievement! However, should we really trust them?
I'm OutlandishRep. You haven't seen me yet, but I'm not real friendly, ok? See, I'm a critic, and BOO has given me plenty of reason to be critical.
Well, let's just get into it.
BOO :: The Pirates, or something
Yes. BOO. The remainder of COPS lead by Cybrex. Kind of interesting, but at the same time who are they? They're an organization comprised of members. As far as what their organization claims, it wants them to be a bunch of pirates. However, Cybrex is against griefing, so does that mean they won't grief? Of course not! They are going to grief, because as it stands, there is no way control can be maintained over the members. As well, if they grief, so what? They get kicked out of the organization? That's all that happens!
Cybrex has setup an organization that has no control! What does it even offer? Protection from BOO? In that case, everyone join BOO. You'll get protection, but really you're not getting anything else. All it does is boost their numbers. See! There is no way you can enforce anything while in BOO! It's such a loose cannon that you can't claim it's structured, or has anything resembling a structure. It's a group, and that's final.
Freedom? You sure about that?
Are you? From what I've seen, it's not a freedom org. Infact, it's not even an org as I've said. It's just a bunch of false claims of "Cooperation" and "community".
As quoted form their description on their community page,
"BOO wants to break from that, and simply encourage solo and cooperative play among it’s members. Your time belongs to you, and we understand that. When Dual Universe launches, we plan to be the premiere organization for players who enjoy the outlaw lifestyle. This can be in the form of piracy, smuggling, mercenary, privateering - you name it."
Quote from BOO description-13/9/2016
First of all, what cooperative play is there to be had around pirates, smugglers and mercenaries. There is none!
You can claim all that but really what can you offer. There's only so much, and offering cooperation with this audience is outrageous.
Now when your a part of BOO, it's offered that you'll be safe with their security network.
"• Security in numbers: Our safety network will you keep you and your assets safe."
Quote from BOO description-13/9/2016
Now not only is it insane to think that BOO would actually have members that want to protect your stuff, it's more insane to think that your safe with each other! These are pirates, not guards. The reality is, they'll probably raid and grief each other when the opportunity is present. Not to mention, protecting every member of BOO would be impossible with those creating pirate bases and so on. It's not possible for them to make this claim.
Now, freedom. What freedom? This freedom:
"• Freedom: We want you to play how you want, when you want."
Quote from BOO description-13/9/2016
I'm so, so laughing right now. That's not freedom. That's simply going online when you get a chance, something most other orgs already offer! Sorry but organizations don't require their members to log on every 10 hours just because. They require their members to simply be present once in a while if at all! This idea isn't unique, and it sure isn't what BOO should be putting up front, because i'ts an absolute lie that only they offer this!
I have more though.
Are you really that strong?
Are you BOO? Are you? I don't think you are. See I've been doing research and have found something interesting. If you do your research, you'll find that BOO has been getting a lot of members lately. It's not normal but Cybrex just went onto say that it was a group from EvE that he knew. I'm calling bull on that one.
from https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14M2KXq3tUylCSgnYsViqYssQVh904-yClEmo3lQ6FNA/pubchart?oid=407259346&format=interactive on 13/9/2016
We see an numerous of amount of members join here. What's strange though is that they are pretty consistent in their spike. An average of about 15 members join each day over 6 days. That's a lot of members and shouldn't normally be suspicious in my opinion. Unless you take a look at something.
These members consist of names that are a little too generic. What's more? Most of these members joined on the same day that their accounts were created!
Not only does it not fit with any normal pattern, it also means that they are getting members that just join Dual Universe community site. Now I tried to contact them, but most of the accounts are solely based on the community site. That means that they didn't even bother to join the forum site!
Even if Cybrex's claim is true, that these are members from EvE, that doesn't mean they'll be active. As you saw, most of these people didn't join the forums, so why would they join the game? Now, I'm going to list some other accounts that joined BOO on the same day that they were created.
-StrykerJohn
-Potatowalker
-emeraldcobal
-SmittyButler
-Zodiac
-Professionalmidget
-Pheonixend
-jacketmongol
-Morticious
-DariusJohnson
-Henry_Scott
-Sphinx
-DukeBaromoore
-Cafeteriasoup
-PrettySliced
-Candetta
-thestOrm
-Ironstahli
-Porkins
And there's plenty more. All of those accounts had no bio, no location, no profile pic and joined BOO on the same day they were created. Also to my knowledge, none of them joined the forums.
The Conclusion :: BOO, you idiots!
You are going to fail to make your claims in your current state. You are going to fail to provide safety for your members. You are going to fail to become an actual org. Fix yourself while you still can, or get out of here!
You've given us reason to doubt you and we all know that this is super suspicious! Even if you, Cybrex, didn't cause all this trouble, you're responsible for it. Fix it, make things decent again, and I'll fully relinquish my claims. Give me actual evidence though.
Thank you all and if your an organization leader and make mistakes like this, I won't hold back anything against you.
The same day argument is silly, i'm sure there are plenty of people who lurk the forums then decide they want to join an org. So they sign up, apply and get accepted the same day.
LUA:D Universe? Secret fact about the game logo...
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Probably exactly this. There is a game called Second Life, where you live a second life. They probably didn't want to called it Second Universe for fear of comparisons and called it Dual Universe, so our real universe and the second online one.