That would encourage everybody to register

There are always a few idiots who might be too lazy to register, and just ditch the game all-together, although we don't want those kinds of people playing anyways...constitution wrote:For instance, any time someone tries to join ANY server, have it kick them off and display a BIG message saying to go to this site to register. Would have to be the same across all servers, though (or perhaps an opt-out system for those who specifically want to allow it). Removing the SPAWN privilege from the EVERYONE group by default might help this.
Well, you could make the said plugin disable it's self if more than 90% of the players aren't registered.Davy Jones wrote:No not an issue, but, rarely, if BZBB is down, and you can't talk with the list server, it would mark you as unregistered, meaning you wouldn't get to play either, would also be a slight inconvenience to those who don't have an e-mail, to register with
Davy Jones wrote:No not an issue, but, rarely, if BZBB is down, and you can't talk with the list server, it would mark you as unregistered, meaning you wouldn't get to play either, would also be a slight inconvenience to those who don't have an e-mail, to register with
Even better, have said plugin check for the DISCONNECTED group, which is available in the development branch. BZFS applies the DISCONNECTED group to everyone when it is unable to contact global login services.Spazzy Mcgee wrote:Well, you could make the said plugin disable it's self if more than 90% of the players aren't registered.
Yes, but only in somewhat recent 2.0.9's and 2.1's (probably within the span of 6 months).Davy Jones wrote:ah, so if the list server is down, everyone is automatically in the said "Disconnected" group? *goes to figure out how to make plug-ins*
I agree with Teppic. If I was a newb and saw something like that, I would question the motivation of the game developers and probably delete the game.Teppic wrote:The problem there is that in a corporate driven consumer society we all know you don't get something for nothing, and the suspicion radar goes wild.Grace F wrote:Add to the message - "It's Free!" - That will sway some minds
It would be a good idea to say something along those lines, otherwise players might think 'Runescape'. How about 'Registration requires a valid email'? That implies that it's free, sort of.Tropican8 wrote:I agree with Teppic. If I was a newb and saw something like that, I would question the motivation of the game developers and probably delete the game.Teppic wrote:The problem there is that in a corporate driven consumer society we all know you don't get something for nothing, and the suspicion radar goes wild.Grace F wrote:Add to the message - "It's Free!" - That will sway some minds