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    Angry Complaint - 2nd try as first was deleted

    I discovered that today, suddenly and without warning, we are unable to do the following:
    1) We cannot include capital letters in the alliance notice or mail.
    2) We cannot include URL information in the alliance notice, mail, or on the alliance channel.

    I wasted speakers sending an alliance message because the filter removed the capital letters and the 'www' from the URL and added an asterisk. The URL I was trying to give to members was for the new alliance website we setup.

    My questions for the brain trust who run this game:
    a) How exactly do capital letters hurt anything?
    b) How do you suggest I inform members about the new alliance website?
    c) Can I have back the speakers so I can mail my alliance again and explain that the message they got was actually authored by an inept filter admin, not me?

    Thanks

    ColonelGizmo
    Server 85
    MAFIA

    And a note - since many aspects of Evony are case-sensitive, such as alliance names and lord names, not being able to use them in communications is doubly stupid. Just my opinion.

    And a warning - if you already have captial letters in your alliance notice, don't edit it. I probably have members even now using 'mfia' for their flag (which belongs to a different alliance) instead of 'MFIA'.

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    I was not aware of this change, but I will check in with our dev team about it. I agree that it sounds like the filtering needs to be scaled back some. Our goal, always, is to prevent abuse and spam while avoiding hindering your gameplay. Let me see what I can find out and I will be happy to let you know. We should be able to find a workable solution to this.

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    if your alliance can't figure out what http://*allianceaddy.com is then they don't need to go there

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    When I type in a URL in my web browser I never bother with the http:// or the www. stuff, If I want to go to Youtube for example I always just type in youtube.com and never have a problem I have never had a problem where not entering in the prefix has lead to go getting to the website I want to go to.

    "People once believed, that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens, that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes the crow could bring that soul back to put the wrong things right"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaldath View Post
    When I type in a URL in my web browser I never bother with the http:// or the www. stuff, If I want to go to Youtube for example I always just type in youtube.com and never have a problem I have never had a problem where not entering in the prefix has lead to go getting to the website I want to go to.
    yeah this take time out instead of the www.

    server 144 name : faderfade: alliance: STORM
    For some of us, Evony is like crack and we can't get enough.

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    the alliance addy is more complex than www.youralliance.com or it wouldnt be as big an issue
    and, not all web URL's include www

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    The point is that peeps should not have to guess what the * means. I would like to see some of this coding time spent on real fixes such as radio buttons for mayor choices instead of drop downs etc. Anything that speeds up game play is a big plus!
    Lady Amikee
    Retired-Just Observing Now

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    Default web addys are one thing...

    You can at least excuse trying to filter web addresses - they are probably more worried about competition than spam, but whatever.

    There is NO excuse for screwing with our ability to use capital letters. The only word for that is DUMB.

    Can't wait to hear what the 'dev team' say though.

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    Probably an accident, the filters are murderous though. I said 'Ho Sol' (Meant to be hi) to a friend and it came out as '**** Sol'......

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    probably a mistake like the time they blocked all numbers, that was fun

    guys, please send ten thousand lumber to one five seven, two four six

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