Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Kingsisle Open Chat Change. (****PATCHED****)

Ok, for those of you who have realized this, KI has put a restriction of Open Chat to only people who have put in a credit card (aka adults). This was the message from Lydia GrayRose.
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Subject: Update to Open Chat

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Professor Greyrose
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Jan/15/2008
06:25 am

 Accounts that are NOT currently subscribed with a credit card will no longer have 18+ open chat. Those accounts will revert to Text Chat. Open Chat is a feature for accounts currently subscribed with a valid Credit Card.

We try to offer a full range of player account options (ie. Credit Cards, PayPal, Gift Certificates, Gift Cards, subscriptions, access passes, free trial, etc). Each of these comes with its own set of benefits and limitations.

For instance, as a crowns player, you have lifetime access to areas purchased. As a credit card subscriber, you’re given the option to enable 18+ chat (if you’re 18+ in age of course).

The fact that some accounts were able to retain their 18+ chat ability even when they were no longer subscribed, was a bug. In an effort to keep the player options equitable for all, we fixed the bug.

We thank you for your understanding. Please note, your ability to chat is not gone, your account will retain the filtered chat option.

This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at Jan/18/2011 3:08 pm


". . . with Persistence, Victory is assured"
Lydia Greyrose
Professor of Ice Magic

community@wizard101.com
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 This is a pretty sad excuse to get people to be polite on Wizard101. It not only effects those who are following chat rules-(Who are now quitting, or planning on it). It is also affecting people who play with crowns. THIS IS A TEMPORARY FIX FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO DISRUPT Wizard101. THEY CAN JUST AS EASILY PUT IN A CREDIT CARD AND RESUME WHAT THEY WERE DOING BEFORE. Kingsisle should change this immediately, for the sake of the community. I know this post is a little one sided, who I suppose I should focus on benefits.
Since the bad things were all posted above.


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 Good: It helps to limit people who use vulgar language.
It also requires people to have a credit card to "ensure" adultery behavior.
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I cant think of other reasons, but I once again think of this: THIS IS A TEMPORARY FIX FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO DISRUPT Wizard101. THEY CAN JUST AS EASILY PUT IN A CREDIT CARD AND RESUME WHAT THEY WERE DOING BEFORE.  Honestly what percentage of people who do say vulgar words actually have they're parents know about this!!!!!!!!   KI didnt think very well about this problem, and should reconsider a better course of action.

Thanks for listening to my onesided Rant.

Thanks all- ( and yes it still says Posted By Dustin MoonCatcher- which is annoying)

-David TitanRider


NOTE THIS HAS BEEN PATCHED AND ALL RESPECTIVE PLAYERS HAVE RECEIVED OPEN CHAT BACK ;D

18 comments:

  1. If KI wants to lose about half or 3/4 of their customers, then they should continue with it. But I am a very disappointed customer now. And so is about everyone else.

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  2. Thanks for this update. This is probally what is being dealt with during the maintence that's coming up.

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  3. Exactly, KI has disappointed a god majority of players, under 18's :( This should be fixed soon I hope

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  4. Can I have a true Friend code?

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  5. I am outraged at seening how a child can just steal their parents credit card to get open chat.

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  6. I have been playing wizard101 ever since it started up and I have played with crowns all the way to wintertusk, but open chat is very annoying to people who have filter chat and cannot see what the other person, with open chat, is saying. KI should unlock open chat or allow respectful players with filter chat to see what people, with open chat, are saying to people who have unlocked every area in the game. That would be fair...sorta.

    PS: Friend Codes can only be given to you if you know that individual person in real life and, if they choose to give it to you, is completely up to them, so please dont ask for any codes if you dont know them.

    PSS: Please make sure you keep all your credit card information hidden in a safe place so that your sneaky kids wont take it and use it to unlock open chat and use your hard earned money without permission.

    PSSS: Dont give your account(s) password(s) to anyone in the game or in real life, not even your best friend because you could lose your account(s) and everything you put into it.

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  7. I DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED but my account was deleted! I signed into wizard 101 (the game) then I signed into Grub Guardian then a message came that someone else was using my same account! THen the next time I tried to sign in it said there was no such account! I know it was deleted. BUT I HAD SPENT LOTS OF CASH ON THIS GAME! This is outrageous!

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  8. I DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED but my account was deleted! I signed into wizard 101 (the game) then I signed into Grub Guardian then a message came that someone else was using my same account! THen the next time I tried to sign in it said there was no such account! I know it was deleted. BUT I HAD SPENT LOTS OF CASH ON THIS GAME! This is outrageous!

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  9. I DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED but my account was deleted! I signed into wizard 101 (the game) then I signed into Grub Guardian then a message came that someone else was using my same account! THen the next time I tried to sign in it said there was no such account! I know it was deleted. BUT I HAD SPENT LOTS OF CASH ON THIS GAME! This is outrageous!

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  10. I need assistance to fix this malfunction! Perharps you have heard this complaint from other players too.
    My guy is Wolf Mythstone, Storm school, Level 19 journeyman. My last place was the Chamber of Fire in Krokotopia.

    I would appreciate it if you fix it.

    THe places I unlocked were: Colesseus Bolevard, Firecat Alley, Cyclops Lane, Krokotopia, The Chamber Of Fire, and the Dungeon in Nightside(which is behind the waterfall in the Commons).

    SOS!

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  11. If you are wondering I never told anyone my account, so no one could have logged into wwizard 101 in my account.

    Also I am quite confused that I lost 3 of my pets after I returned from China (I stayed there for 1 month and thus could not play this game during that time). They are a cyclops, and two dark sprites. I do not know what happened. Could someone have hacked my account?

    Oh yes, when I logged into Wizard 101 after I came back from china I also found 6 of my items lost - they were I pendants I bought from Krokotopia - and I found an enormous amount of gold in my character. It was three thousand seven thousand something. I am getting suspicious. Is anyone hacking?

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  12. Also I have 20 crowns left.

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  13. i am never playing wizard101 again so many things just disapoint me my friends arnt my family isnt i would not recommend this game unless you got a wad of cash

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  14. I have been playing sense I was 10 I'm 15 and now I will have to create a new account because I still cant chat and its getting old and before I forget thanks for deleting the change date now I cant put how old I am now I HATE THIS GAME WHY DID I PLAY THIS I KNOW SO MANY GAMES THAT THE CREATOR WOULD LAUGH AT THIS GAME COME ON A 15 YEAR OLD ONLY BEING ABLE TO SAY HI OVER 9000 TIMES MY PARENTS EVEN SAY NOT UPDATING BIRTHDAYS IS SAD. BECAUSE REALLY TRY PLAYING YOUR GAME NO ONE THAT PLAYS HAS YOUR FAKE CHAT ANYMORE ITS NOT KIDS UNDER 13 ANYMORE IF THEY ARE BUT THERE LAYING ABOUT AGE THANKS FOR ANOTHER FAIL I'M SO BAD IF THIS 10 PEOPLE A DAY WILL LEAVE THINK ABOUT THAT YOU THEIFS COME ON 30 BUCKS A MOUTH JUST SO MANY THINGS I HATE ABOUT THIS GAME NOT CHATING WAS FUN WHEN I WAS 10 YOUR AFTER YEAR I PLAYED LESS BECAUSE OF THIS AND THE PEOPLE ABOVE COULD SAY THE SAME BAD CALL KINGSILE.

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  15. I hate that we can,t change the fact that we don't have open chat its not fair to a lot of the players out there and I,m one of them open chat should be free for all players of all ages and reporting should be free to its not fair that we can't report players if we don't have open chat we should be able to report people becausei have been called bad words before and I couldn'st do anything about it because I can't report so please make it so all players can report and have open chat please it would help a lot

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  16. Jesus. I actually can't believe this. I've been playing Wizard101 since it came out. I bought every zone with crowns to complete the game and now I have this bull to deal with. I mean Kingsisle is already making players pay a ridiculous amount of money to play the game, why are they taking away the option that cost the most money. To pay for zones cost a ton more than playing through the game in a month with a membership. They are litteraly loosing their most valued players when they enforced this. The majority of Wizard101 players are either free or pay for zones. I don't now. It's just another of Kingsisle's marketing schemes. Either way, I'm outraged.

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