Harrist14 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 6 hours ago, raptorjesus666 said: wth are you even talking about? the in-game notification the game gives (if you enabled) it harrist14 has joined the ark for example Yes. It shows there, which is a good reason to be a 123, but I'm talking about the view players button on the steam overlay. That's broken and rarely shows the players accurately. And even when it does, if you're a 123, they can't keep track of who's online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raaazboy Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 On 9/9/2017 at 3:43 PM, Campi said: Still be mindfull and don't trust anyone with 123 as steam name. Because the only reason tho choose such a name is to mask your identity. That means he feels guilty because he knows he's gonna do something that will make other people search for him. So he is eighter planning to go to war with everybody which per se is not "bad" or the other kind which hide behind that name are the griefers and even worse the cheaters. I don't know why legitimate people go with that name these days since it already has the taint of cheating on it and personally i'd just say its dumb to get yourself associated with those elements of the playerbase if you are a legitimate player. this is not true if you are being hunted it is common practice to change your name to 123 i once killed a mega tribe dude transporting eggs and got some boss rex eggs. he told me he was going to hunt me down but i didnt change my name then he changed his steam name to one of my friends name and changed his profile picture to the other guy and requested friend. i accepted and he wiped me on my home server always name your character 123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer Moderator ciabattaroll Posted September 11, 2017 Volunteer Moderator Share Posted September 11, 2017 15 hours ago, raptorjesus666 said: the 123 trend, started only AFTER server transfering was enabled. that means that from start to that moment, not a single guy was named 123 yet there was pvp servers Changing steam profiles to 123 actually started when usage of battlemetrics became prevalent. Server transferring only served to highlight this usage because with the advent of cross ark transfers the layman was exposed to just how many people would resort to this measure in an attempt to confuse battlemetrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptorjesus666 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 13 hours ago, ciabattaroll said: Changing steam profiles to 123 actually started when usage of battlemetrics became prevalent. Server transferring only served to highlight this usage because with the advent of cross ark transfers the layman was exposed to just how many people would resort to this measure in an attempt to confuse battlemetrics. true to a degree, but i played pvp on official server for nearly a half year not 1 guy was named 123, untill suddenly the "big change" happened, and only 2 guys changed name needless to say it was very easy to see who is who, by just highlighting the previous used steam names so on the own server name change made no sense at all only with server transfer it started to become useful so they could go rampage, without possible counter actions read: go offline raiding without counter reaction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcard Community lilpanda Posted September 11, 2017 Wildcard Community Share Posted September 11, 2017 This topic is in regards to the tester icon and has already been answered. If you'd like to discuss the masking of identity, I'm sure there are plenty of discussions out there regarding the use and if it's ethical. If there is not, feel free to make one and discuss it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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