Suggestion:20070613 Manual Character Deletion

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20070613 Manual Character Deletion

666Unit 07:30, 13 June 2007 (BST)

Suggestion type
improvement: Allows user to delete unwanted accounts

Suggestion scope
Applies to everyone

Suggestion description
I am a new player. In order to test out which character class I would like to start off with I (Probably like many others) have created multiple accounts. I now have one account from which I have switched my focus onto. I have search the Settings menu for an option to delete my unwanted/unused characters, but there is non that I'm aware of. I believe this option should implemented into the game settings for a few reasons:

• I created my first account with the name I wanted, but I found out that that particular class did not suit me, so I effectively lost the name I wanted. Adding Manual Character Deletion could also give other players a better chance to get the name they wanted.
• This addition would also allow a census change in the user population to more accurately display the "Active" population.
• Also, this would reduce the likely hood of you Main character running into one of your unwanted characters in turn receiving percentage penalties for mulitiing.
• I do not see any harmful effect from this setting thus far that would have a detrimental impact upon the balance between Zombie strength or Human Strength.

Voting Section

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The only valid votes are Keep, Kill, Spam or Dupe. If you wish to abstain from voting, do not vote.

Keep Votes

1. Keep - I am the author and I am allowed to vote once on my own suggestions. --666Unit 23:37, 12 JUN 2007 (PST)
2. Keep - Ok, changed my mind after reading duiscussion. you've got a point, and a keep from me. --Seventythree 08:01, 13 June 2007 (BST)
3. Keep *likes* --Secruss 20:06, 13 June 2007 (BST)
4. Keep - Losing your name is frustrating. --Remy Green 20:29, 13 June 2007 (BST)
5. Keep - I know I have an account or two I'd like to get rid of. Good idea. --~Bio~ 19:58, 22 June 2007 (BST)

Kill Votes

1. Kill As Kalir said realy. Sorry.--Seventythree 07:39, 13 June 2007 (BST) EDIT Vote changed due to argument posted by author.--Seventythree 08:01, 13 June 2007 (BST)
2. Same concerns... --Duke Garland_T^{LCD SSZ} 09:04, 13 June 2007 (BST)
3. Kill - On the talk page Kevan says it all. --karek 01:01, 14 June 2007 (BST)
4. Kill - As much as I wanted to vote keep. The Urban Dead FAQ explains to some degree why you can't delete your account.--Sonofagun18 05:08, 14 June 2007 (BST)

   "No - there's too much scope for in-game confusion if players are allowed to change their name, or start as a new character with the same name, or have their abandoned name taken up by someone else. But any character that hasn't been logged in for more than five days is considered to have spent that time finding and reinforcing a place to shelter, and becomes "hidden", effectively disappearing from the game. They'll re-emerge if you log back in, but if you never use the account again, the character won't ever appear on the streets again."
   This still does not allow me to get my name back, nor does it give a Good logical reason why I can't just take that character away from the system. "Some degree"... What degree? Why not? That is my question. Why not? It causes confusion... What confusion? If a person doesn't log in after a certain amount of time... Who cares? I still haven't got the name back, and that character will never be seen again, and if it does get seen again who will get confused? What the hell? 666Unit 22:00 june 13 2007

5. Kill - After 4 or 5 levels every character starts resembling eachothers. there are no fixed classes in UD as for why it creates confusion. the name belonged to a different ID number. It's impossible to check if a charcter belongs to a player. A PK-er could delete his account and another could take up that name. How would you know if the name belonged to the same player or not. It's very easy to see the confusion if you start looking for it. Simply play your orignal character, within one or two weeks you will not notice any class restriction anymore.-- Vista  +1  10:41, 23 June 2007 (BST)

Spam/Dupe Votes

1. It's a good thought, but what's supposed to eventually happen is that the accounts just go inactive, and then you don't run into them again. I think you can email Kevan to delete them, too. Kalir FTW! _{Z/S UD Potato Words} 07:36, 13 June 2007 (BST)
2. Dupe/Kill -- Differing justifications do not new suggestions make. Furthermore, all the arguments against the other one apply to this one too. -- Firemanrik 00:43, 14 June 2007 (BST)
3. Dupe/ actuall S.P.A.M. -As firemanrik WITH EXTREME PREDJUDIE. Plus, READ THE #^$# FAQ. It mentions charecter deletion. and, uhh... the duggestion this is a dupe of is still displayed on current suggestions under the name "charecter deletion". --AlexanderRM 01:05, 14 June 2007 (BST)
4. Dupe-- boxy ^{T L ZS Nuts2U DA} 01:10, 14 June 2007 (BST)
5. Dupe - As Firemanrik. --User:Axe27/Sig 04:55, 14 June 2007 (BST)
6. Dupe - Same as Firemanrik. But nice try :) --JudeMaverick ^{W! TJ! Talk Zzz... P! Nuts!} 10:11, 14 June 2007 (BST)
7. Dupe - As above. --Matthew Fahrenheit ^YRC☺T☺+1 05:22, 15 June 2007 (BST)
8. Dupe - And of spam as well. Please, just.. no more. armareum 01:08, 16 June 2007 (BST)
9. Benzin - I think everyone's covered any argument I could give.-- dǝǝɥs oʇ ɯɐds: sʎɐʍ1ɐ! 01:05, 18 June 2007 (BST)