inactive accounts

[guncrasher]

I wish that just like in the game if an account has been inactive for 6 months or longer, then the account gets locked.  this will avoid the david wales/tortilla syndrome.  accounts that have been inactive for years all of a sudden start posting weird threads.   it's getting annoying and it's beginning to follow a pattern.

if whoever has an account that is locked due to inactivity then they can always ask ht to unlock it.

and also as requested before the forum id's should be linked to a game account, but if the game account is deleted they still can post in the ah bb.  wot used to have a lot of spam even with accounts linked to the game id until they required to play a minimum of 10 games before they could post in most of the forum.  now 99.9% of all spam is gone.  if aces high could somehow link the bb to the game then people like the two spammers before would think twice of spamming the bb with basically dumb threads.


semp

[The Fugitive]

If you have an active subscription you can post on the boards. If you don't, you can only read the posts. If you want to leave one thread open to non-subscribers to ask questions make it so only trainers or HTC personnel can post the answers to cut back on the BS posted to "questions" to possible new subscribers.

[gyrene81]

If you have an active subscription you can post on the boards. If you don't, you can only read the posts. If you want to leave one thread open to non-subscribers to ask questions make it so only trainers or HTC personnel can post the answers to cut back on the BS posted to "questions" to possible new subscribers.

i don't have an active subscription and my forum account was inactive for about 5 months... 

[Tracerfi]

  -10000 not a good idea skuzzy has already shot down this idea

[RedBull1]

-1 Too lazy to type why, but yeah....Just -1

[guncrasher]

i don't have an active subscription and my forum account was inactive for about 5 months... 

but if it was locked you could just send skuzzy and email and it be reactivated.  main thing is there really should be a link from the bb to a game id even if the game id is not displayed to the everybody and even if you had cancelled your account.  nobody should be allowed to post except in the help forums until you have played a number of games online.


semp

[gyrene81]

but if it was locked you could just send skuzzy and email and it be reactivated.  main thing is there really should be a link from the bb to a game id even if the game id is not displayed to the everybody and even if you had cancelled your account.  nobody should be allowed to post except in the help forums until you have played a number of games online.


semp

some subscription based games link your forum account with your game account, and you can't post in their forums unless you have an active subscription, warturds comes to mind. it would keep the trolls and the troublesome squeaker offline only types out of the majority of the forums.

what do you mean by "played a number of games online"?

[Reschke]

If you have an active subscription you can post on the boards. If you don't, you can only read the posts. If you want to leave one thread open to non-subscribers to ask questions make it so only trainers or HTC personnel can post the answers to cut back on the BS posted to "questions" to possible new subscribers.

Not a good idea.

[EskimoJoe]

Locking for inactivity effectively rears all of our active duty members.

[atom360]

I want Hi-tech to unlock mines because my perants CC got changed

[Jayhawk]

There are a lot of people who like to stay involved in the game in a way on the forums, even if they aren't currently subscribed to the game.  The interwebz will never be free of idiots, no matter how much policing is done.

I want Hi-tech to unlock mines because my perants CC got changed

You want HTC to allow you to play without you paying them?

[guncrasher]

Locking for inactivity effectively rears all of our active duty members.

accounts can be unlocked by a simple email to htc.  we had a guy that just came back after a year, I believe.  he kept posting not as much as he would like but he stayed in touch.  believe it or not they do have access to computers just about everywhere.


semp

[bj229r]

Does anyone know the policy for removing people from squads when they kill their subscriptions?

[The Fugitive]

Not a good idea.

Why?

Personally I think if you quit the game you should quit the boards. It doesn't take long before "your opinion" of what is going on in the game changes with what is REALLY going on. It's like posted you think there are too many Spit16s in the air all the time, when these days you see more 190s. A lot of people who post here that no longer play base there opinions and answers off of what they read here which is their only source of info, right or wrong it's all they have to go by. If your not in the game your posts become some what irrelevant. Just more trash to sort through.

One subscription, one BBS account. No more trolls from any clown that can start a new email some place. Relevant information posted with with opinions based on that info, not some "here say" they picked up some place. Better control, less maintenance for HTC to monitor. 

[Jayhawk]

Why?

Personally I think if you quit the game you should quit the boards. It doesn't take long before "your opinion" of what is going on in the game changes with what is REALLY going on. It's like posted you think there are too many Spit16s in the air all the time, when these days you see more 190s. A lot of people who post here that no longer play base there opinions and answers off of what they read here which is their only source of info, right or wrong it's all they have to go by. If your not in the game your posts become some what irrelevant. Just more trash to sort through.

One subscription, one BBS account. No more trolls from any clown that can start a new email some place. Relevant information posted with with opinions based on that info, not some "here say" they picked up some place. Better control, less maintenance for HTC to monitor. 

Okay, but there are plenty of people here who contribute to the community without posting old information.  Can I not post an idea for how I would like the strat game to work even though I'm not playing?  Can I not contribute to this issue because I don't fly?  Who makes the determination what is good information and bad information?  It's really all a matter of perspective, in game and out.