Gold Card Offer - Page 4

Jorael · 03-20-2008, 14:31

Technically, in order to have a GoldCard, your Real Life information must be correctly filled in the personal details.

In a game tied to real money, YOU will want to have ur account with your real name, address, etc, as a safety net. If anything bad happens, you will always have a way to prove ownership of the account and more chances of solving the problem that might occur.

Now, especially since MA introduced the extra GC are in the Personal Area, the risk of having your account stolen has downed dramatically.

Again, if you have more then 1000 peds ingame, having a goldcard is a must. It really is a great system against hackers and "fake friends" that steal your shit when ur not looking.

Its a system that benefits us players - added security, and MA - less problems to be hassled with.

It doesn't matter if you are cautious with keyloggers and virus, etc. Sometimes, the thief can be a close friend IRL. You never know. So best to keep safe and have a goldcard. Its that easy.

Regarding MA's integration of the gold card in other EU areas:

Like Etopia said, having some sort of info ingame if the player has gold card would be good. Not that it's 100% bulletproof, but knowing a player has a GC means he should have his right adress in his account, which in turn will make things easier to solve, in case of a problem.

I'd also like my items to have an option to make unsellable or tradeable - and for that, all you had to do is activate a box, that to untick, you have to insert a gold card generated number.

Like - check your ML, drag it to TT by mistake - and it refuses to sell - asks for goldcard code to unlock item.

Same goes for trade - if you want to trade your "marked as untradeable" gun, you have to insert a goldcard number to unlock it.

It may sound drastic, but there have been dozens if not hundreds of cases where people have TT'ed their items, had their items stolen and sold in an instant, even put stuff in auction while drunk and wake up the next morning with 100 ped in the card without knowing why.

And then, its MA who has to deal with it... So for sake of both parts, it could be a nice way to keep things tidy.

Nihilist · 03-20-2008, 14:31

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0 Mar 2008 Entropia Support:
Hello,
We do not see this as a reward. This is a security update. We believe that the whole community will profit from this in the long run. If you were wise enough to purchase a gold card in the past we are happy for you. You are aware of the risks and you have made sure to protect your virtual belongings. Unfortunately not all of our participants are aware of the risks involved when using applications such as ours.These people need some extra help to learn how to protect themselves. This will make our platform safer and hopefully less people will be victims of keyloggers or phishing which will increase faith in the product.

Kind regards,
Entropia Support

lol there you have it.. entropia support thinks you're stupid for not having a gold card sooner too. - ; P

lillenecho · 03-20-2008, 14:36

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Originally Posted by Nihilist

lol there you have it.. entropia support thinks you're stupid for not having a gold card sooner too. - ; P

seems like that

Will Henceforth · 03-20-2008, 14:39

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Originally Posted by Nihilist

lol there you have it.. entropia support thinks you're stupid for not having a gold card sooner too. - ; P

Product they say lol

Jorael · 03-20-2008, 14:50

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Originally Posted by Nihilist

lol there you have it.. entropia support thinks you're stupid for not having a gold card sooner too. - ; P

Well and perhaps they have a point to think that way.

The risks in not having one are high, you have alot more chances of losing your account, and its very hard to prove that being hacked wasnt staged.

It has happen often too much, even to ingame friends.

Protect your assets, cause if you don't, yeah, i'd say ur being stupid.

Nihilist · 03-20-2008, 14:59

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Originally Posted by Jorael

Well and perhaps they have a point to think that way.

The risks in not having one are high, you have alot more chances of losing your account, and its very hard to prove that being hacked wasnt staged.

It has happen often too much, even to ingame friends.

Protect your assets, cause if you don't, yeah, i'd say ur being stupid.

right.. but thats like uncle sam coming and handing me a gun and saying you're going to need to learn to use this in case a criminal crosses your path.

though i would agree everyone needs that protection and should be forced to learn how to protect themselves effectively.

- ; P

but whatever.. you still gotta learn how to go and click on the link to order the damn card..

aside from all that I DO agree this is a good move.. but a little late.. imho.

Jorael · 03-20-2008, 15:18

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Originally Posted by Nihilist

right.. but thats like uncle sam coming and handing me a gun and saying you're going to need to learn to use this in case a criminal crosses your path.

Not exactly

A gun is a gun, goldcard is just a safer then usual keylock.

Its more like uncle sam is giving you a vaulted front door, so thiefs have a hard time breaking in.

Because uncle sam needs you... to fill his wallet

Nihilist · 03-20-2008, 15:23

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Originally Posted by Jorael

Not exactly

A gun is a gun, goldcard is just a safer then usual keylock.

Its more like uncle sam is giving you a vaulted front door, so thiefs have a hard time breaking in.

Because uncle sam needs you... to fill his wallet

point taken.. but i'd shoot some of these script kiddies in an instant if they broke into my house whether i had a vaulted front door or a plate glass one. - ; )

i believe my comparison is also somewhat valid.. as there is no lethal protection we need as there is nothing fatal that can be done to us over the internet.

NastyCenturion · 03-20-2008, 15:24

blah NVm ...................

Golden Atrox · 03-21-2008, 00:34

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Originally Posted by Undertone

Seems like a nice concept and idea, and nice of MA to contribute to overal security.... I say seems, mainly because of a couple of concerns I have.
which are.. If I take GC offer (which is appreciated) am I locked in to only being able to log in with card?... so if card 'breaks' I cant log in?
How reliable is the card in terms of longevity? do they break often?.. the concern stems mainly from the card section on EU home page that said you only get one card with this offer per year (if I understood that right)...additional card are 100 ped. If so reliable why not free too like reader (limited qty ofcourse)?
So am I locking my play around a card that is reliable?
Constructive feedback is appreciated and sorry if an unwarrented concern.
Ta and all the best

I'm concerned about this too...how reliable is the gc and reader?