My MMO-Champion account disapeared?????

[vitor2100]

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Created my original account "vitor210" in 2012. Moments go I came here and my account name was changed to something like "mmoc3475934658634856" and when I tried to edit my profile it said the password I was using was wrong so when I tried to reset it , it said the email I used to send the password reset is not registered to any count which is NOT TRUE as it's the email I originally registered and never changed it. Also, when trying to login with my original credentials it says "That username is already in use or does not meet the administrator's standards."

What is going on????? I lost complete access to 7 year account??? wtf

[Deleted]

use that number whatever it is as your username when you login, its not rocket science

[TheramoreIsTheBomb]

yeah it's a weird bug going on.

[Unlimited Power]

Probably related to the sale of curse and the data transfer consent forms that were sent out to the registed emails of mmo-champion accounts. Basically, if you had not accepted the transfer of personal data by the time of the takeover of curse, you'd be locked out of your account or something along those lines.

[Tziva]

https://www.mmo-champion.com/forums/...s-amp-Feedback tl;dr you probably didn't accept data transfer which was required for gdrp

moving this to S&F in case chaud has more input

editing to add: you should use the contact us form at the top of the site to see if chaud can help you recover the original account. He probably will be able to once he has time. I know he is currently very busy dealing with all these things.

[Deleted]

Yeah what gives? The email sent to me (multiple times to which i declined consent every time) didn't explain why or what the deal was and why should i care? Am i going to lose my account? Why???

[Azadina]

https://www.mmo-champion.com/forums/...s-amp-Feedback tl;dr you probably didn't accept data transfer which was required for gdrp

moving this to S&F in case chaud has more input

editing to add: you should use the contact us form at the top of the site to see if chaud can help you recover the original account. He probably will be able to once he has time. I know he is currently very busy dealing with all these things.

And if one did not consent, what exactly is achieved by merely scrambling the username? And apparently removed signature.

[P for Pancetta]

And if one did not consent, what exactly is achieved by merely scrambling the username? And apparently removed signature.

all personal data was removed because you didn't agree with the transfer, including your username, email, signature, personal info.

[Azadina]

all personal data was removed because you didn't agree with the transfer, including your username, email, signature, personal info.

I find it funny how the random quote signature is considered personal info, but avatar is not. Pretty sure it's the avatar anyone might recognize, not the sig

[Deleted]

Yeah what gives? The email sent to me (multiple times to which i declined consent every time) didn't explain why or what the deal was and why should i care? Am i going to lose my account? Why???

Because you did not approve that they are going to sell your information to internet strangers

[MoanaLisa]

I find it funny how the random quote signature is considered personal info, but avatar is not. Pretty sure it's the avatar anyone might recognize, not the sig

The avatar is the least likely element to contain personal information although I suppose anyone could post a real picture of themselves. Plenty of signatures link to blogs and other things that can expose personal information. No one is going to examine each individual sig to see whether it needs to go or not.

As for those that want to get back to something like their former names, do something like "real" or "formerly" as a prefix until a fix can be provided.

[XDurionX]

As others have mentioned, this is not a bug. People who declined the data transfer had their information deleted. Just as you were told what would happen.

[Frood]

I use an old e-mail address for my MMO-C account because sites like these have a habit of getting hacked, and for a long time the site didn't even have SSL. The consent request was sent to that address, so I never saw it.

Would probably have been smarter with a notification about it on the site itself.

[Deleted]

I'm sorry but this is downright unacceptable.

Just scrolling through random threads, hundreds of daily users have gotten screwed over.

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As others have mentioned, this is not a bug. People who declined the data transfer had their information deleted. Just as you were told what would happen.

I was never informed about a data transfer nor did I have any information pertaining to one. And I use these forums daily. This is unacceptable.

[Arln]

Yeah what gives? The email sent to me (multiple times to which i declined consent every time) didn't explain why or what the deal was and why should i care? Am i going to lose my account? Why???

The e-mail explained what and why is it necessary to click on the "accept" button. It said "For uninterrupted services, consent is required". You declined. And now you are asking where is your account? It makes one wonder ...

[chaud]

I'm sorry but this is downright unacceptable.

Just scrolling through random threads, hundreds of daily users have gotten screwed over.

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I was never informed about a data transfer nor did I have any information pertaining to one. And I use these forums daily. This is unacceptable.

I use an old e-mail address for my MMO-C account because sites like these have a habit of getting hacked, and for a long time the site didn't even have SSL. The consent request was sent to that address, so I never saw it.

Would probably have been smarter with a notification about it on the site itself.

There was a pop up that appeared every 5 minutes until you consented for weeks. Unfortunately some ad blockers or privacy tools blocked it. We sent an email as well.

[Deleted]

Blocking a nagging popup that appears every five minutes isn't "unfortunately", it's the reason people use blockers.

[XDurionX]

Blocking a nagging popup that appears every five minutes isn't "unfortunately", it's the reason people use blockers.

Complaining about not getting information blocked deliberately is not smart as well.

[Deleted]

Blocking a nagging popup that appears every five minutes isn't "unfortunately", it's the reason people use blockers.

In hindsight, it was probably stupid move to program a popup that triggered every adblocker known to man.

[XDurionX]

In hindsight, it was probably stupid move to program a popup that triggered every adblocker known to man.

You REALLY can't accuse of chaud of not trying to get the point across, how important consent is for a continuation of service. It's people's own fault for blocking every channel of communication for such an important thing. HEck, we have people in this thread complaining about having their info deleted DESPITE declining further use of their data. That's just insane.