PSA FROM YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT1999 STAFF: DONT SHARE ACCOUNT INFORMATION

Derubael · #1 03-27-2014, 10:02 PM

Just don't do it.

Letting someone else onto your account can sometimes seem like a necessity - maybe you need a res, or a few buffs to help you level. It is absolutely not worth it.

Trust no one. You never know what kind of activity someone else may be using your account for. Or what kind of activity they are using their own account for. There are some infractions that will result in a ban on every account owned by the player who violated the rule (most recent, relevant examples: exploiting, selling items/plat/services for real world currency).

When I'm looking at the login table and trying to determine who owns what, your account may get banned because of someone else's actions. Sometimes I just flat out can't tell who owns which account - and more often than not in these situations, you won't get the benefit of the doubt due to the seriousness of the violation. If I have two people regularly logging into the same account, and one of those people is selling platinum from another account - both accounts are going to get banned, regardless of the actual owner.

Furthermore, if someone else logs into your account and breaks a rule, even if it was just one time, your account is subject to disciplinary action as if it was you yourself who committed the act.

It is absolutely in your best interest to trust no one. Period. I can't tell you how frustrating it is as a CSR to have to ban people who might be innocent. That is the problem - there is no way for me to know beyond a shadow of the doubt that you are telling the truth. If I see your character exploiting, or buying platinum, you're going to get nailed regardless of who it actually was on your account. Your complacency in allowing someone else to use your account for such actions implicitly states your guilt by association.

I had hoped the recent exploit ban wave back in December would drive this message home - but apparently it has not. Some of you will continue on not heeding our warnings, believing that the people you entrust with your account information would not do something to risk your account. If you're going to take this risk, accept the consequences of your actions when you are told you won't be getting your account released.

I offer my sincerest apologies that some of you had to learn this the hard way. I hope that in the future more prudence is shown in how you treat your account so that we can avoid these types of situations.

Don't. Share. Account. Information.

Derubael · #2 04-05-2014, 12:32 AM