account blocked 045

Warbog The Slayer

Warbog The Slayer

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2008

W/P

i know i know ..send a ticket...etc well what i want to say is that i have 3 accounts and the only 1 who got blocked was the 1 who has the guru account on same email ,i dont want to be rude, guru helped me allot...but really i get a lot of emails from "ncsoft" only on that acc ,which i heard that they r not from them.well my question is that is there a higher risk to get hacked if u have a guru acc on the same email with the gw acc?and again i am not being rude ,just curious.

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

Ideally, you'd have an email for your GW account that you use for nothing else. The more you use an email, the more opportunities there are for security breaches, etc.

PS: If you want people to answer your questions, it would be good if you actually bothered to put in a tiny amount of effort to make it readable.

Maver1ck87

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2010

NeMo

W/

yes - short answer, and marty its readable enought tbh.

as marty says.... use a different account

Kronk_Shaan

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2010

Missouri

Is it Friday Yet? (HI)

Mo/

What Marty said above.

I try to use different emails for everything, but once the db here got accessed and they added the character name requirement to get into the game, I whacked my 4 year old warrior, because I had been using the name here. *Poor Kronk...may he rest in peace.

TheRaven

TheRaven

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Virginia

Spirit of Elisha

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I use the same e-mail for multiple sites. I know it may not be the safest, but I've never had any issues. The key is your passwords. Are you using the same password for guru's forums and for GW? If so, that is highly dangerous. If the forums are compromised, the hackers now have your GW password.

I use different passwords for everything. Stuff like my game accounts, bank accounts, online credit card payments have passwords like "^ghjd$356%*snfalt54". Forum passwords a bit less complex.

Bright Star Shine

Bright Star Shine

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Nov 2009

Belgium

Club of a Thousand Pandas [LOD???]

E/

That's so strange, I hear all the time of ppl being hacked etc, but I haven't changed my pass in 4y and I've never had any trouble.. And I don't use crazy ass passwords like the above guy :P

Lord Dagon

Lord Dagon

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2009

Inside the Oblivion Gate

The Imperial Guards of Istan[TIGE]

E/Me

simple answer- yes.

long answer- don't use the same email on a website/forum as you use for like credit cards and game stuff. Just a really bad idea. And even if you do at least make a different password... i mean to be honest your just asking to get hacked if you use the same pass for a forum account as you do for your GW account. So really, i don't feel bad for you if that's the case because you really are bringing it on yourself and you would think you'd have a bit more common sense then that.

oh and i agree with marty. making that more easy to read will get you more answers(not that you really need more now). So in my opinion; remove the "text speak", Seperate your background info from your question, and try to come off as a considerate person,not an angry online forumer that's hiding false anger .

really that's all i got so, good luck and try not to do that, and if you do it really is your own fault...

Gennadios

Gennadios

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2009

N/A

Account blocked 045 doesn't necessarily mean you're being targeted by a hacking attempt.

I got locked a few weeks ago after joking to a pug that I'd just bought my acct a few days ago. Never doing that again (and I mean pugging, not making jokes.)

As far as fake NCSoft e-mails, various phishing whispers on Guru, and even full on security breaches on the websites themselves go, it's a risk you take for joining an enthusiast forum. This kind of stuff happens in WoW and EVE forums as well.

Warbog The Slayer

Warbog The Slayer

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2008

W/P

first of all tnx guys for answering my question
and btw marty i was sure some1 will say something like u said above , i know very well that i dont know to much english but i think its readable , and u know what i meant in my post thats why u answered my question ,if u dont understand dont try answer or make fun about some1 who doesnt know to write (express) as well as u,ty and sorry if i offended some1 with my question, i just wanted to know if its a higher risk.
...and i dont think i did something to break the rules with that acc because i dont play with that acc, i have like 30h-40h in 2 years i just use it for storage ,goth and of course bday presents

Kumu Honua

Kumu Honua

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by Forum Rules and Guidelines (Last Updated: Dec. 8, 2010)
--Do Not Abuse the English Language
This is a message board, not a chat room. DO NOT use "Leet-Speak", slang, colloquialisms, or chat lingo on the forums. Completely illegible posts are subject to moderation and we can not guarantee the accuracy of the 'translation' of the author’s original message. Additionally, when one punctuation mark works instead of 10 (example: ? instead of ?!?!), use one.
I believe this is the origin of Marty's comments.