So by now, just about every active forum member knows that someone at Mojang has been going through threads and locking OGs.
But what I wanted to inform everyone of, because I assume most don't know, is that even if you didn't sell your account here, you still aren't safe.
See, you'd think: Mojang is checking IP/email changes to verify that these accounts are ACTUALLY sold, and thus in violation of their ToS, right? WRONG!
What they are actually doing is just quickly scrolling and locking based on THREAD TITLES. Obviously, there is a UUID system. UUIDs are permanently bound to accounts, but not usernames.
Let's say someone sells an account. The buyer later changes the name. Someone then claims that name onto a different account. That last account was never sold and thus never violated Mojang's ToS. Mojang could easily confirm this by looking at IP/email changes, but nope! They're just locking everything with no proof.
Fun sidenote: If a staff member wanted to, they could get any account in the game locked by making a thread with an edited title of any username. (Though I don't think any would. I am stating this to show how terrible this is)
By now I've heard of this happening to numerous people and it really sucks, since they didn't break the ToS and got their accounts locked with 0 proof.
Below is an image of the Lock Wave that's happening:
Also, staff removing threads upon request of sold accounts that are no longer owned by the OP has stopped all of a sudden because of many requests. (It was always done in the past) Imagine if a lot of fires were starting so firefighters just stopped doing their jobs suddenly! I also find it funny how some of the staff members don't give a shit about their own community. (not all) "hehe you shouldn't have violated Mojang's ToS!!!" - knock off that bullshit and at least have sympathy for your own users. You see this shit being said and realize, it's no wonder there's so much enmity for these people.
The safe way to go is to temporarily make the OG sections only accessible to premium users, possibly only those who bought it as of today or before. But honestly, as with everything else on this site, I don't expect it to be done in a timely manner.
Anyway, let's get some discussion going! Thoughts?
But what I wanted to inform everyone of, because I assume most don't know, is that even if you didn't sell your account here, you still aren't safe.
See, you'd think: Mojang is checking IP/email changes to verify that these accounts are ACTUALLY sold, and thus in violation of their ToS, right? WRONG!
What they are actually doing is just quickly scrolling and locking based on THREAD TITLES. Obviously, there is a UUID system. UUIDs are permanently bound to accounts, but not usernames.
Let's say someone sells an account. The buyer later changes the name. Someone then claims that name onto a different account. That last account was never sold and thus never violated Mojang's ToS. Mojang could easily confirm this by looking at IP/email changes, but nope! They're just locking everything with no proof.
Fun sidenote: If a staff member wanted to, they could get any account in the game locked by making a thread with an edited title of any username. (Though I don't think any would. I am stating this to show how terrible this is)
By now I've heard of this happening to numerous people and it really sucks, since they didn't break the ToS and got their accounts locked with 0 proof.
Below is an image of the Lock Wave that's happening:
Also, staff removing threads upon request of sold accounts that are no longer owned by the OP has stopped all of a sudden because of many requests. (It was always done in the past) Imagine if a lot of fires were starting so firefighters just stopped doing their jobs suddenly! I also find it funny how some of the staff members don't give a shit about their own community. (not all) "hehe you shouldn't have violated Mojang's ToS!!!" - knock off that bullshit and at least have sympathy for your own users. You see this shit being said and realize, it's no wonder there's so much enmity for these people.
The safe way to go is to temporarily make the OG sections only accessible to premium users, possibly only those who bought it as of today or before. But honestly, as with everything else on this site, I don't expect it to be done in a timely manner.
Anyway, let's get some discussion going! Thoughts?
