Usernames and character names

Trivia on naming: 

  A user name can be the same as a character name.

Test:

Created (by mistake) a character named after my account.

Question:

Can you have the same character name in two different servers?

 

 

Additional info for computer scientists (all others please don't read):

Accounts and characters are probably stored in different database tables. Do you think the character name is the primary key? Alternatively, there might be some kind of surrogate key, e.g. a sequence number. It is an MS SQL Server, isn't it? About a year ago Sofia deleted a character named oytis and she has now re-created a new one with the same name. Thus either the character name is not a primary key, or the characters are indeed deleted and not de-activated.

X-mas agathions

One of the possible Santa presents is this plush-looking agathion. It is the cutest little creature!





I do not know the actual chance of getting this present, but it seems very slim. Some people suggest that hitting an NPC overnight helps (force-attack, make sure you are outside a peace zone).

Lady Equistrius (who I do not know) was my model for the pictures, and a kind dark elf named Introspect demonstrated the agathion skill. Soooo cute (the agathion, not the dark elf)!

The description of this event, and the design of the agathion, make me think that there are new people in NC Soft's Lineage II team!


PS Chryssa had told me that the agathions (try to) sing x-mas carols, but I guess she was pulling my leg!

l2wh is free for x-mas

The well-known http://www.l2wh.com site has all functions freely available for Christmas!!! Go on, try it - if you havent already. Pasting their message:


For Christmas, Advanced features are enabled for everybody !!
Discover and enjoy all advanced features !

Merry Christmas !

Himred.

Disappearance of "walker" site for few days

During the past few days there were some problems concerning the company which sells the software program named walker.

Walker is a botting program for L2, probably the one with the largest number of users. It requires a monthly fee of 4-5 euros that you can pay online in order to receive a "walker code" which you use to unlock the software.

The site selling the codes went allegedly offline for few days - although inner pages of the site, and alternative urls, were still available to buy the necessary codes. Users who had already bought their codes, continued to play normally.

According to South Korea media, NC Soft asked the police to investigate the companies involved in botting for multiple NC games - walker being just one of them (chinease article, translated version).

A detailed discussion started at l2blah@guru - as expected :)

We will not publish the url of the walker site in our blog for obvious reasons.

However we tested it, and it seems to be fully functional.

screenshot about GMs

We were sent this screenshot link - someone was shouting at Giran about GMs not banning (him) for using walker.

Bug Rumors!

Recent rumors suggest that there was (is?) a bug with the cubics!

The players, who have found a way to exploit the bug, were able to re-use the cubic continuously, without having to wait the regular 24 hour interval, producing a plethora of enchant scrolls!

Results:

=> More enchant scrolls available in the market.

=> Lower prices for enchant scrolls.

=> Lots of overenchanting trials.

=> Lots of broken weapons/armors.

=> Lots of crystals available in the market.

=> Lower prices for crystals (especially S and A).

=> Lower prices for shots (especially S and A).


Time to go shopping :)

Rioting dragons

That's a Chris Riddell's (British illustrator of children's literature and a political cartoonist for The Observer) illustration, as a comment for the current events in Athens.