When on earth are they going to have registration working? It's so frustrating when the "imposters" come around and take our names, deliberately. It causes a lot of problems. I've heard from some friendly admins that there hasn't been registration for YEARS now! Why even have any mention of registration on the sign-on screen, if there is no intention of doing anything, or waiting years (!) to do anything? I have sent an email in the "Feedback" section and just got the response of "Someday we will have registration back up and running" and that was it. :cry:

I don't know how many people here have had imposters, but I do know there are quiet a few of us in iSketch with this problem.

OK, you're not alone; please can you check previous threads before creating new ones...

Here are 3 other threads which either address exactly what you have mentioned or are related...

Imposters/name confusion (http://www.isketchforum.net/imposters-name-confusion-t1485.html)
Registrations, when? (http://www.isketchforum.net/registration-t1955.html)
Are registrations available? (http://www.isketchforum.net/registrations-available-t1479.html)

Oh, sorry about that. I did skim through (must have been too fast) and missed them. Thank you, and I apologize...

meh, nothing wrong in making a new thread when the others have been dead for some time.

Yeah, registrations have been a hot topic for a long time. Isketch has bee around since '99, and the screen that says registrations are not available yat has been there since '01.

Some day...

Meanwhile, don't get stuck on a name, and don't complain either, at least not publicly... this is an open forum and imposters may read this and target you more since they now know it bothers you.

It has happened before.

meh, nothing wrong in making a new thread when the others have been dead for some time. ...

Soz, I'm just one of those people who like keeping related material together.

meh, nothing wrong in making a new thread when the others have been dead for some time.

That's actually the prefered method according to the Post Etiquette (http://www.isketchforum.net/faq.php?faq=vb_faq#faq_rules) in the FAQ.

" 5. No bumping (posting in a long-inactive thread to bring it to the top of the forum). You may instead post a new thread referencing the old thread."

(ok, bumping for the sake of bumping isn't really the same as posting in an old thread, but meh)

Concerning registrations: One wonders if a player holds a certificate of trademark for a certain name (which of course applies globally) whether registration can be requested in those circumstances? Just a random question thought. Although on pondering it - there are some countries who don't recognize copyright/trademark issues. Your thoughts on this are welcomed.

I would've said: probably...but the name won't be registered until registrations become available...?

It would be kind of the same as someone signing up to a forum calling themselves Pepsi. I don't think Pepsi would sue for unauthorised use. (Don't know if that's what you were thinking of, but that's what struck me when thinking about the public using trademarked names). I guess Pepsi /would/ be concerned if the person was using the power of the name to earn money.

Hiya storm always nice to see you - no i was thinking along the lines of a more personal trademark. IE: If the OWNER of the trademark was a player on isk would he/she be able to request a registration.

Are you suggesting that if we want to register our own username, then we have the option of trademarking the name we have in mind and then demanding the iSketch owner to register that username just because it's trademarked?

Absolutely not - I am asking about a name that has been trademarked for business purposes but happens to double as your id as well. And I would never demand - just wondered if that was an option.

PS: I think it would be extremely radical to pay the costs involved in trademarking a name for the sole purpose of having it registered on isketch. There would have to be much more to it. As I said it was a random question and your answer is appreciated.

Okay, just wondering. It sounds kind of discriminatory to me, like iSketch probably won't let it happen, but maybe trademarked names are our puny usernames' superiority and maybe they have that right.

Well the thing is people who pay for trademarks or copyrights are literally paying to have that intellectual property be treated as special - or at least protected where they think their online reputation as an artist or whatever may potentially be damaged. It's not about superiority because no-body would know if it was registered unless they had a big mouth - it would be solely to protect against misuse of that word.

aha i had an impostor earlier the evening!

the moment I rarely leave my name someone logs on and goes to cyber O:

Had my first other Deadlock online the other day, hope he was behaving himself.

Funny how if you ask them where they got the name from they respond "I've been using this for 6 years so **** off" ... funny how I've never ever seen or heard of them before, and I'm on and off 24 hrs a day :P

I've never had another "KittyKatt" although I doubt it would bother me a hell of a lot if there was one. I'd probs just use "KittyKattt" :P

the moment I rarely leave my name someone logs on and goes to cyber O:


You've been caught out Dean heh

I had someone using my name 2 weeks back, thing is, me and Zach got their ip as they stupidly logged back onto it and we had the ip function ready to hit :biggrin:

Personally, having someone wanting attention by logging on in someone else's username says a lot about their character and the fact they are get caught easily says a lot about their intelligence :biggrin:

Best way to go is for Rob to set up registrations using domined email accounts, because you can't easily set up another email address unlike using yahoo, hotmail and etc . .

Also, if there is an issue of all members of a household getting banned because of their IP getting blocked, maybe the blocking system can be more relaxed and restricted to the blocking of someone's individual user account.

If repeat offences continue to occur under the same IP address, then I feel the blocking of the IP should be implemented

I know a player who got banned for well over a year for an offence their sister made and only recently logged back on iSketch. Having this method would be more beneficial in my opinion

the moment I rarely leave my name someone logs on and goes to cyber O:
I've seen you in there many times with Jas ;)

/me empathises with Dean
the moment I rarely leave my name someone logs on and goes to cyber O:

I logged off for something like 3 minutes to reboot my computer before a tourny......and when I tried to re-connect: "That username is currently in use...."

People were wondering why I was sitting in the bi/lez/boobs(.)(.) room when my tourny heat was on............:eek:

Well, plenty of "sketches"es and "sketch"-related names are in iSketch. Mine is obviously not very original but luckily the majority of people who message me, invite me, or hug me in-game are people I have met. There have been a few times when strangers invited me and confused me with another person, but it's rare.

I don't mind other people using my username at all while I'm logged in. But to impostor somebody is abuse, and eventually can lead to illegal activity in many cases.

I have had this problem too - i booted someone from a game and he decided to impersonate me later in the day....he was nasty to some friends of mine and in the end admin had to get involved :(
Luckily my mates knew it wasn't me (I'm mean but not THAT mean ;) and all was well, but from that moment on I have been using a picture of me as my avatar - problem solved!

I have been using a picture of me as my avatar - problem solved!

Hate to say this, but having a jpg avatar can be easily copied

But hopefully your stalker is like many other and does not hold that level of simple intelligence.

Hate to say this, but having a jpg avatar can be easily copied <removed>

But hopefully your stalker is like many other and does not hold that level of simple intelligence.

Even if they didn't know.. and if they are reading this forum, you've just gone and told them how to do it. O_o..

Even if they didn't know.. and if they are reading this forum, you've just gone and told them how to do it. O_o..

Her stalker may or may not be aware of her being a member of this forum and I'm sure most people are aware of how to screenshot so it doesn't take brains to know that you can just easily screenshot someone's avatar and to save images all over the net by using right click.

It's how people save images on websites unless they are copyrighted.

If you can find a gif image that is unique or have someone make you your own animated avatar that you'll use only on the iSketch game , then that'll be the best way to go as taking a screenshot would only take a still image and not animation.

Always best to stay one step ahead and to cover all bases :biggrin:

Umm You dont even need to be a Whizzkid to know how to screenshot and how to use it, it says what it does on the tin ;).


P.S Anyone caught trying to copy ANY of my masterpiece work of avatars that I have made for for people......I will hang them next to a Willow-tree by the A13 Highway :twisted:.

That part I know.. My point was just that some imposters maybe don't even think about copying avatars. So I saw it as a way of unintentionally giving them a heads up (or an idea.. putting in some efforts to go the extra way of 'impostering'). But that's just my views on it.

Re: Pinching avatars, besides screenshots and whatever else was mentioned, I recently discovered that my laptop automatically saved people's avatars to some folder but I have no idea where it's located. It also does the same with this forum :eek:

Tbh, I was quite disturbed by that and I only found out when deleting loads of junk off here the other day. I haven't a clue how I found this folder but there were LOADS of avatars saved here and it was only until I recognised some of the avatars that I discovered where they'd come from :|

If I knew how to turn this weird thing off I would, I'm really not comfortable with having certain things on my laptop, it's a bit weird... :S
So yeah, maybe some weirdie stalker person has discovered this thing and is now using and abusing it :|

Yeah, someone mentioned getting avatars by that method in one of the other threads... (that would give them animated .gifs which work)

Also, I think you can get URLs from other players avatars from iSketch.

Computers save lots of things from website to make them load quicker the next time you go to them.

Yeah, someone mentioned getting avatars by that method in one of the other threads... (that would give them animated .gifs which work)

Also, I think you can get URLs from other players avatars from iSketch.

Computers save lots of things from website to make them load quicker the next time you go to them.

On my computer, I have a folder that saves images viewed on the net, and I have heard people saying that they see links of people's avatars such as photobucket.

But it'll be time consuming for someone to view all the images saved in their documents from their internet places, there are a mountainful and only on a few occasions do people see links to the URL of peoples' avatars

If you use IE and haven't turned off the message about "allowing movies from this location" or whatever it says, you will be shown the url for every (or most?) avatar you attempt to view.

It's as simple as don't have an avatar.

Personally I prefer using an image such as http://scripts.mdbnet.co.uk/jobesip.png (http://scripts.mdbnet.co.uk/jobesip.png) which always shows my IP, on a website. That way users can check my in game IP with the one in the image. If it doesn't match then either I'm not at home or I'm an imposter. In the case of not at home I can always edit the image to show my alternate IP as proof.

Then doesn't matter if someone copies my avatar, as long as users who want proof I am who I say I am know about the image above, imposters will fail every time.

Care to share the script that makes that image? :)

I second that :biggrin:

http://scripts.mdbnet.co.uk/jobesip.phps

^^ See the comment above $host on how to use it.

You need to use a dynamic DNS service like DynDNS (http://www.dyndns.com) or NoIP (http://www.no-ip.com)

And the one I use in my signature that shows YOUR (whoever is viewing it) IP is http://scripts.mdbnet.co.uk/yourip.phps

Her stalker may or may not be aware of her being a member of this forum and I'm sure most people are aware of how to screenshot so it doesn't take brains to know that you can just easily screenshot someone's avatar and to save images all over the net by using right click.

It's how people save images on websites unless they are copyrighted.

If you can find a gif image that is unique or have someone make you your own animated avatar that you'll use only on the iSketch game , then that'll be the best way to go as taking a screenshot would only take a still image and not animation.

Always best to stay one step ahead and to cover all bases :biggrin:

El Nino, you do realize that there is a common method called video capturing, right? It's similar to screen shots, but you need a separate program in order to "capture video" on your screen (the function isn't usually built into a computer like screen-shooting is with Print Screen) and these programs are incredibly easy to obtain!

In fact, IM programs (like Xfire) are already integrating this feature! And my new Mac came with a program pre-installed that does this. It's useful in iChat.

/me personally thinks that we shouldn't post methods on how to get avatars just in case there is some unintelligent stalker out there who sees this and goes, hey that's a great idea, let's give that a go - imho.

yes you are all absolutely right, it is easy to copy, but I haven't had any impersonation problems since I have been using my picture, I think they must be too lazy to bother with it.
And as for my stalker, believe me, she ain't the sharpest tool in the shed if you get my drift ;)

OK< just on an additional note to the yourip and jobesip stuff I've done a script with the following URL:
http://scripts.mdbnet.co.uk/ip.png?host=<host>

Where <host> is the dynamic DNS host name for your IP.

Eg:
http://scripts.mdbnet.co.uk/ip.png?host=www.isketchforum.net is http://scripts.mdbnet.co.uk/ip.png?host=www.isketchforum.net

This way those of you who don't have anywhere to host a .php script can still do something similar with only the need to use DynDNS, No-IP or similar services.

OK< just on an additional note to the yourip and jobesip stuff I've done a script with the following URL:
http://scripts.mdbnet.co.uk/ip.png?host=<host>

Where <host> is the dynamic DNS host name for your IP.

Eg:
http://scripts.mdbnet.co.uk/ip.png?host=www.isketchforum.net is http://scripts.mdbnet.co.uk/ip.png?host=www.isketchforum.net

This way those of you who don't have anywhere to host a .php script can still do something similar with only the need to use DynDNS, No-IP or similar services.

uh............about 9:50am?...........:eek:

Thanks, Jobe. That's a really cool script.

uh............about 9:50am?...........:eek:
Huh?
What do you mean?

Huh?
What do you mean?

LOL sorry Jobe, I borrowed it from a comedy script, can't remember which one exactly, but it goes along the lines of someone speaking a foreign language to a British person, and because the British person cannot understand a word they are saying....they tell the foreigner what the time is..........

Ohhhhh I get ya now :twisted:

Silly Brits and their time...