Country Names
Tropical-diseases
20-10-2006, 13:38
I propose you dont save nation names for "former nations" put the names back up for use, i mean its not like there going to need the name again, and if they do come back then they need to go find a new nation name.
Erastide
20-10-2006, 14:56
There was a plan for that, however, I believe there were some problems in getting forum accounts to work for those nation names.
Philosopy
20-10-2006, 15:24
I'd be very strongly opposed to that idea. When you spend some time in the forums and get to know people, it's not fair for the name of a nation to later come back as someone else. Aside from the fact that it would be confusing, former posters have a right to leave their reputations (or lack of) intact.
Erastide
20-10-2006, 16:13
I'd be very strongly opposed to that idea. When you spend some time in the forums and get to know people, it's not fair for the name of a nation to later come back as someone else. Aside from the fact that it would be confusing, former posters have a right to leave their reputations (or lack of) intact.
Well, the timeline was that 18 months after a nation had ceased to exist the name could be released. After that amount of time, it's not necessarily *that* big of a problem.
I V Stalin
20-10-2006, 16:24
Well, the timeline was that 18 months after a nation had ceased to exist the name could be released. After that amount of time, it's not necessarily *that* big of a problem.
True, though just today someone posted an 'I'm back' thread in General - someone who'd been away for two years. He was posting with a new nation, but he could ask for his original nation to be revived. So there could be a problem.
The Most Glorious Hack
20-10-2006, 16:28
So there could be a problem.If this system was in place, had nobody tried to make a nation with that name, he could still get it back.
I V Stalin
20-10-2006, 16:46
If this system was in place, had nobody tried to make a nation with that name, he could still get it back.
I know, which is why I said 'could' be a problem, not 'is' a problem.
Frisbeeteria
20-10-2006, 16:51
Given our current situation with Jolt, and the fact that we've never been able to isolate the forum-game link issue that prevents the release, I think it's safe to close this issue again.
It's not going to happen anytime soon, for technical reasons. End of story.