Villspor

This isn't a needed at all but I just really love the idea of being able to program some litle flying robot to follow you around. Helping you carry stuff, remind you of apointments, and write down importent conversations. Maybe even that you could leave it to another player when you go offline and they would to get a clear status rapport of on going prodjects.
 
Sure, the same info could be on a monitor on a drone or in a ship/base. I just like the idea of a little every day assistent x)

Back to the topic of Alliances/NAP agreements.  I like the idea of setting up a contract agreement where terms can be clearly laid out as to what is acceptable and what constitutes breaking the agreement.  So many questions....I can't wait for Alpha to start so some of these questions can be hashed out already.

Awh thanks ^.^ and yeah it sucks there wont be any other species or anything but i guess it makes sense because we all come off the same ship which comes from the same place :/ i don't mind much though, i just want to get in and start mining ;-;

Hello fluffy one !

how does the cryogenic process has affected your fur ? I thought you could wake up kindda full shaved !

I like furrys, most of you are nice funny and cute ppl     =^.^=
I've been at one your furry Cons!  It was a nice day, i met a lot of funny furrys and made some friends !
Sadly we will not have any furry like alien race to play,(or any alien race)
i always play the Khajiit, (or similar races) that's how i first met the furry sub culture.




 

Hello Everyone!
 
I'd like to welcome you to this topic today to announce the project that the DUA has been working on for a couple weeks now.
 
This service will allow you to have an organization website without the hassle of setting it up yourself. Think of it as a way to create something interesting but not have to have all the worries of updating it and maintaining it that would normally be involved. While this service is by no means complete, it will showcase some early features that we are looking to provide you.
 
https://duafaction.com/vms/
 
https://duafaction.com/tse/
 
Now some of you may ask the purpose. Let me direct you to the below paragraph. 
 
Our Purpose
 
We decided when we began the Diverse Unified Alliance(Now Diverse Unified Accord) that we wanted to help organizations get on stable grounds in Dual Universe and really thrive. In order to do that, we have proposed a number of services in order to find out if they will be able to help organizations. While we can not nearly implement them all at the moment without access to the game, we can add a number of them now. This is the start of those services.
 
We hold our ability to deliver upon these services high and hope that you will find a place for them in your organization.
 
 
What you can expect
 
As we announce this new implementation of our services, let me tell you what you can expect from them:
 
-A custom designed webpage to feature the content you want on there
-Certification for organizations that meet the DUA's standards
-Ability to track the number of visitors to your webpage.
 
As of now, we have implemented these features. For future reference, let me point you to what we plan to add.
 
-Organization management panel
-Tracking of organization statistics
-Multi-page organization hosting
 
We aim to pave the way for organizations to host their own content. While we can not reveal all our plans, I will go down to the details below.
 
Cyrule Certification 
 
Cyrule Certification is a service for the individual member that allows them to vet whether the organization they are looking at is a valid and proper organization. In the future, such things may become a problem. As this services implies, Cyrule of the Diverse Unified Accord will examine each organization to ensure that they follow the standards below:
 
-Does not contain Alternative Accounts(Alts)
-Does not scam members
-Does not engage in malicious practices
-Looks to provide a worthwhile experience to its members
 
If your organization abides by the standards above, then it is likely to be certified by our Cyrule branch.
 
Requirements
There are requirements for entry into this service. This is in part due to the fact that I'm not going to pay for large scale server hosting(like NQ). nor do I want to make a product that would eventually cause problems on a community scale(Needing to put your organization on multiple sites to attract attention).
 
So, because of such, the following requirements are involved for your organization to be selected as a candidate or for you to apply for these services:
 
-Does not contain many Alternative Accounts
-Does have good standing with the community
-Does look to gain a website
-Does not tick me angry(ie. enemy)
 
Additions to the above aforementioned requirements, the following does help your case of your organization's ability to join this service:
 
-Is a friend of the DUA
-Is a friend of CSYN
-Is lead by a 'community leader'
-Is small in size and looking for assistance
-Is getting backing by some people or other organizations
 
Conclusion
 
These services are still under heavy development and will need more time to branch out. However, we offer early adopters a chance to be engaged in the early design process and give them an opportunity to make something great of this service.
 
My name is MasteredRed of the Diverse Unified Accord. I thank you for your time.

Yes, in the GDC Q&A it was revealed that there will be a mass/volume/weight limit to a players inventory. To prevent players acting like unlimited storage containers.
 
Transporting materials from site to site will involve some thinking ahead to make it safe, efficient and profitable.
 
And thats a really good thing in my opinion.

We won't get into one of these discussions, but I really do think that players all over the world should be welcomed into DU. After all, people of all nationalities should be welcomed.

_________________/ I N T R O D U C T I O N \_________________
 
The Empire is a nation dedicated to providing Stability, Prosperity and Security to those within its dominion. A powerful autocratic military coexisting with a free and prosperous civil society.  Live in a free city of thousands, create or join a company and rise to the top of the economic powerhouse. Launch yourself into the sky as a soldier for the Imperial Military and experience intense tactical warfare. A place to encounter situations you would never have dreamed possible.
 
B A S I C S
The Empire is a new form of government founded on an absolute monarchy, It has been rethought from the ground up to secure a free and stable society. 
 
B E N I F I T S
Without competing political parties, corruption is abolished, no politician can be bribed as there is no fear of losing power. This creates a surprisingly equal society outside the palace. With a constant leader, the Empire can make important decisions quickly and save thousands of peoples creations and lives. 
 
"you can do what you have only dreamed of, but now you are contributing to an Empire. "
 
 
 
 
_________________/ C O R P O R A T I O N S \_________________
 
The Empire provides a fully functional civil sector to corporations. If you are looking to mine, construct or trade in any way register your organisation as a corporation and you will receive the benefits of our civil sector.
 
 
C O P Y R I G H T 
Legally protect your intellectual property.
 
C O N T R A C T I N G
  Create legal documents that the Empire will force to be upheld.
 
T A X   F R E E
Base yourself without Taxes, maximise your potential.
 
 
Looking to trade with the Empire and its citizens? Aquire a license to do so here:
LICENSE ACQUISITION
 
 
 
_________________/ M I L I T A R Y  &  P O W E R \_________________
The Empire is a peaceful organisation but it's inevitable that there will be those seeking to conquer lands and destroy what many people have worked so hard to achieve. It is because of this reason that our military is so fierce and powerful, providing an exciting and dynamic experience to Soldiers as well as keeping the citizens of the Empires minds at peace as they can be guaranteed that they will never see the horrors of war. 
 
The Empires military is designed to be effective, build from its very foundations it has become something to be feared, It's intention is to ensure the peace and prosperity upheld by the Empire at all costs. 
 
 B E   R E C R U I T E D
No one is treated unfairly, everyone who joins the military stands the same as every other candidate. You have to earn your way through the ranks. 
Have yourself stand out as a war hero, give your ship a tint of artwork to install fear into your enemies as your stare them down in battle, you have the flexibility to become a legend. 
 
 
JOIN THE MILITARY
 

 
 
 
 
 
_______________________/ L I N K S \_______________________
 
W E B S I T E O R G A N I S A T I O N S     P A G E D I S C O R D T W I T T E R Y O U T U B E  
 
 
 

We have an Org for this kind of "Contracts" between Organisations: PROCON
If you like i can explain more details in a private conversation.
 
Cheers!
Villspor

See https://board.dualthegame.com/index.php?/topic/10110-kickstarter-ama-event-second-part/ for reference:
 
 

Why would I waste ammo on escape pods?

Yes definitely! Now everything works for me! Fabulous!!! 

So true. There is just no sense of discovery anymore. What kind of adventurers are we supposed to be if everything has been mapped and colonized already?

I updated the site, as well as rolled out the second new feature: the forum friend map. Also, the raw data is accessible on the developer resources page. 
 
Like Begogian said, there is no direct connection between distance and any sort of attributes. Nodes are placed based on their connections to orgs and the location of those orgs. 

I already said this to you for months now (but I was never allowed to do so in public ) so now I can finally say:
GREAT work, wonderful site, well done!

This is actually one of the next feature to be implemented. By looking at the dates users joined a timelapse can be created to show how the community evolves over time. Showing the users who left is trickier, but not impossible. I have a number of data sets that I've gathered over the months that I've been developing this which can be integrated into the timelapse to show users who leave, and of course going forward we will have an almost perfect record of joins and leaves. The resulte is that there will be sort of three eras: "prehistory" before December of 2016 when records where not kept and org size can only be determined from talking to people and the records that still exist, "early history" during the time since then to now where there is the test data sets, and "recorded history" from here on where all orgs are tracked all the time.
 
As to the data collection, I wrote a custom library that pulls the data off of the servers which I can then use to write programs and websites. 

"How this evolves" gave me the idea if is it difficult to implement some kind of "history" to see the progress of the orgs and if user leave/join orgs in a time lapse? This would be super useful. How do you fetch the data? 

wow! thats awesome! great job!!!

I am very proud to introduce the latest product from Evil, Inc!
 
We have been working to develop tools that benefit the community, and the first such tool is a new data tracking website for Dual Universe at www.du-stats.com
 
This site will function very much like zkillboard.com does for EVE Online. Right now it is very basic and only shows a map of the community. This will expand as time goes on with new features coming online over time. Most of the back end tools have already been built and feature development is now more a matter of web design than anything else! Upcoming features include forum statistics, friends list tracking, in depth user profiles, change over time displays, alt detection and organization auditing! 
 
Now for some FAQ:
 
What can I use this for? This is a good tool for checking on people who are in your organization, or want to be. It's also a good tool to see which orgs share a lot of members or figure out who that person you are talking to is.
 
Is the data real time? No. The data is not real time and represents the last time when the website refreshed its data.
 
How often does the data update? Depends. It generally is updated once every two days, but sometimes can be a bit faster or slower.
 
Why isn't it real time? There is no need for real time data at this stage. Updating that frequently takes a lot of server resources. The update time will be reduced once there is a need for faster data. When the game comes out, the goal is for a 15 minute update time.
 
Will there be new features? Yes. This is very much an in-development project. Also, I'm not great at web design, so it will be simplistic for a while.
 
How long have you been working on it? About 4 months.
 
What do I do if I found a bug or security flaw? Please either report it here or pm me. 
 
I want my org to be excluded from this, can you remove it? Nope. If it exists on the official site, it exists here. If you don't want people to see it, don't create it.
 
I searched for my name and didn't find anything. Why? The map that is currently there only shows people who are in an organization. If you are not in an org, your name will not appear. Future features will show accounts even if they are not in any orgs.
 
Does it work on mobile devices? Maybe. It isn't currently designed for that, but hopefully will be in the future.

Hehe, nice reference there ^^ just started watching LH

I have the G633 with 7.1.
Soundwise they are respectable but the drivers are terrible. And logitech does not fix driver issues, their strategy is more like Pump&Dump.
 
But the sound is good.

Well, the first step is that you expressed being sorry (whether 100% sincere or also out of pressure). Given that you explained how you did it and posted in the first place compared to just moving on with an alt (the irony it would be) and starting anew also seems to speak in your favor.
 
I don't exactly agree with some of your reasons as Star Citizen player myself. You partially have a point. The sheer size of some organizations there, numbering in the thousands or above ten thousand (1 or 2, few at best) is a marketing aspect in its own way. But it sounds a bit like no one would have a chance there due to the larger ones and I think that is not entirely fitting. Depending on your expectations, that is.
 
Don't always look up at them or you might forget where you are going to, like someone staring at the sky while walking forward in a crowded area... or the cliffs.
 
I joined SC mid 2015 where many organizations were already established. And I see many smaller, innovative (and new) organizations grow and build a foundation regardless of the big ones. In addition, not all want to join a massive organization. Chances are some of the giant ones also collapse due to infighting. In short, if you are innovative and bring some associates, you will (slowly) grow despite the many organizations existing there, small or large. And yes, there are even smaller banking groups you could help grow.
 
Consider this for the future and perhaps SC in general, this year will see some interesting additions with 3.0. But of course DU will also see some good progress this year.

Greetings,
 
It is I, the nefarious, evil, wicked, retarded and dastardly creator of the Intergalactic Banking Federation. Now first off, I would like to say that what I did was wrong, obviously, and that I in general should not have done it. However, I find that a lot of people did not understand why I had made this organization. I recently moved to DU from Star Citizen. The problem I had with Star Citizen was that, first off, it was not being made, and, second off, each main economy had it's own industry giant, with no hope of catching up. Many of these organizations had joined early, and where stuffed with alternate accounts that had been made before SC had decided to stop players without packages from being able to join orgs.
 
Despite this, accounts that had already joined where not affected, allowing large organizations to remain in control mostly because they inflated the numbers. 
 
So, then I saw DU. I instantly sold what I had in SC, and switched over. There was no way you could compete with those giants. But, looking through the organizations, I grew worried. Much of the accounts in the larger orgs (TU, Void) seemed to be fake, or at least inactive. This worried me. After already being scammed out of years of time hoping for SC, I did not want to go through the same thing with DU. 
 
So, I made the IBF. I made multiple alt accounts (how I did so I will later explain). The only goal in my mind was to see that, if I pushed hard and made all the accounts so that the community would see, what would Novaquark do? 
 
Also, as a note, the perpetrator of these activities where me, myself, and I. There was no one else involved.
 
In the end, Novaquark shut down the organization I had made, which gives me an enormous amount of joy. In SC, the devs don't want to attack the big orgs, because they are their main customers, and they simply don't care. To see devs and moderators shutting down an org, but still allowing the accounts to be free as a kind of second chance was also uplifting, because it shows that the people at Novaquark (I hope I spelling this correctly) don't want to be strict on any one, and are free to second chances. 
 
So, in the end, my mission is accomplished. You may not like or approve of my methods, and after this neither do I (I had a surprising amount of stress because of this, resulting in me typing this going on 70 hrs of no sleep), but at the end of the day it made me a staunch DU fan and believer. 
 
How I Made That Alts And How To Stop Alts
The most annoying thing about the signup system right now for an alt-maker is the recaptcha. This requires a human to do the recaptcha and puzzles it gives. (That is what would take up the majority of the ten hours I spent making alts)
 
However, the other things people thought would be difficult, password, email, nickname, where not that difficult. For email I would use guerilla mail, since you can make unlimited email addresses and for usernames I simply came up with them or had a generator open. On average, it took 3 minutes to make a convincing alt, and about 2 min to make a really horrible alt.
 
Now, there is a very easy way to stop this. Don't allow more than three alts per IP address (all the accounts I made, totaling 150, where made on two devices) do not allow users to have guerilla mail emails, and add more human-required brain work, such as maybe answering a code or making sense out of phrases in the email before the verification process for the accounts begins. 
 
If all of this is done, the average time for one alt account could exceed 20-30 minutes.
 
Also, maybe require filling out payment info, or at least residence, that way someone cannot be two people in the system.
 
The Apology Part:
I know I might have caused some pain recently. Whether annoyance, anger, or frustration, it was my fault. Please understand, I absolutely hate alts. They where what made me leave SC. I wanted to see if DU could be affected in the same way. The pain, annoyance or frustration I caused was completely my fault, and I sincerely apologize.
 
Getting to know this community, and see it come together to fight my organization was very empowering and motivating. I am now certain that this game will come out, because of the people who make up it's community and the developers, who listen to that community.

Hi everyone!
 
The following organizations will be removed very soon:
 
1) Internet Banking Federation (IBF): https://community.dualthegame.com/organization/intergalactic-banking-federation-ibf
Reasons:
- Real life people represented
- Real life company names involved
- Imaginary people from popular IP represented
 
2) United Gérard Depardieu: https://community.dualthegame.com/organization/united-gerard-depardieu
Reason:
- Real life people represented
 
3) What is an Alt: https://community.dualthegame.com/organization/what-is-an-alt
Reason:
- Fake accounts spam
 
About the preventive measures we have in mind (we would like to have your feedback on this):
Giving the right to join an organization only if the user is a backer is a bit over the top in our opinion. 
However, we are considering to give the right of creating organizations only to backers. This should limit abuses on this topic.
 
@Warden:
This is not explicitely forbidden at the moment as the Forum chart doesn't cover some cases that could occur on the Community Portal.
However we should update this soon. 
 
All in all, it's also a matter of common sense:
As long as an action can have a negative impact on the Community Portal (flooding with fake organizations, fake accounts, and inappropriate content), damaging the visibility of legit organizations and/or members, yes, some action will be taken from Novaquark side (and later, with the help of the Community Portal team).
 
Regarding this phenomenon, while it won't impact directly the game development, it will impact it indirectly. 
Here is how it works:
 
- As the community is growing, relying that mods will handle always this kind of things manually eternally wouldn't be very smart.
 
- The most logical way of handling such situation, would be to update the portal in a way to dissuade such behavior.
 
- Until now, the Community Portal has been developed internally, by developers who are also developing the game. At the moment, updating the portal means we take dev time that would be used on the game itself otherwise. That's an issue, we are aware of that, and that's why we are currently looking for recruiting a Web developper, that will be dedicated to the task, in order to have everyone focusing on their own specialities and to prevent any disruption in the workflow of the developers who are supposed to work on the game itself.
 
- Handling such abuses on the Community Portal is also time taken away from Community Managers to work on more constructive things. True, this is part of our job, but while we are handling this kind of situation, we aren't doing something else (regular reports to the dev team, new wave for the Alpha team, internal tasks related to the Alpha phase preparation, internal tasks related to the Community Portal, Moderators selection, helping the Customer Support, writing Kickstarter Updates and Newsletters... and that's far from being the whole list).
 
Best regards,
Nyzaltar.