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Change Updates Regarding Username/Email Changes (+ more)

Discussion in 'Game changes and Updates' started by Totoca12, May 13, 2022.

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Innominate said: ↑

I might just be dumb but is there anyway to disable email notifications on community alerts?
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https://community.freeriderhd.com/account/preferences :

https://community.freeriderhd.com/account/contact-details :

Calculus, May 14, 2022

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Calculus said: ↑

To add on to this, so long as the user can remember their password, they may change their forums email here (without a moderator):
https://community.freeriderhd.com/account/contact-details
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For sure. Although we can still change emails from players on forums, this is still useful.

Totoca12, May 14, 2022

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Totoca12 said: ↑

Hello, guys. What's up? For the past couple of months we received many requests for username changes and email changes both in the game and on forums, but we said that we couldn't do it due to a small update the game had recently. So, to keep it short, there was a glitch where given the right circumstances (regarding a specific way to use the browser and also a series of commands) it was possible to have the profile page for users in the game to not load properly and show the email address from the user, without needing moderator/administrator priviledges to see them. That was a bit concerning, so although it seemed very unlikely that it was a well-known thing or that it had any consequences at all at that time, we decided to report it to Kano and they fixed the issue.

However, by doing that they removed the ability from moderators to change emails and also usernames (not sure about the reason for that second part) in the game. Initially we have been told it might have been a temporary thing, but after 2 months we reached out to them again and we got the word from Kano that moderators won't have the ability to change emails and usernames in the game from now on (at least for now), which we get it, it's probably safer that way in the eyes of the company, since we don't actually work for them.

We do know that this is kind of a huge deal in some aspects, especially the email changes. We received some requests from people locked in their accounts because they put their school emails that no longer exists and things like that, so it's a very unfortunate situation indeed. Kano did say that if we receive any requests related to changes and updates, we should redirect those to this email address:

support@freeriderhd.com

I have been in contact with them for the past year (every once in a while), so I hope they can keep up with the players messaging them from there. We can't make any guarantees, since it's definitely not up to us at all.

As far as I know the other moderating issues such as reports, OA requests, warnings, bans, medals, features, daily tracks and everything else is staying the same as it was, with us mods helping with that, but any issues regarding those username changes and email changes, as well as any plans for future updates, please go check directly with the Support Team at FRHD.

Any other questions, let us know. Please don't spam this thread, though, or we'll have to lock it.

PS: We can still make username changes on forums, but we won't do it to not create inconsistencies.
PS2: Depending on the case, we could do email changes on forums, though. If the access problem only happens on forums.
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They gonna make me feat mod yet hahav

Elibloodthirst, May 15, 2022

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It's good to see the devs still acknowledge that this game exists
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not really lol

let's not pretend like kano hasnt even done the barest minimum for this game since they released the mobile app in like 2017. i mean eric logs in, at best, once every 3 months ffs.

truly, this is such a shît change, at this point this game is pretty much entirely run by the community alone and as such the mods should be able to take care of things like this. kano doesnt care for the game at all, they made their money and now that the money has dried up, theyve left it to die. that's fine, theyre a business after all, but you cant have it both ways. totoca, eryp, etc should have this sort of power, it makes no sense why they wont allow it.

dont give them any credit, this is a load of horseshit, and ill be shocked if they respond to emails in any timely fashion.

Volund, May 15, 2022

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not really lol

let's not pretend like kano hasnt even done the barest minimum for this game since they released the mobile app in like 2017. i mean eric logs in, at best, once every 3 months ffs.

truly, this is such a shît change, at this point this game is pretty much entirely run by the community alone and as such the mods should be able to take care of things like this. kano doesnt care for the game at all, they made their money and now that the money has dried up, theyve left it to die. that's fine, theyre a business after all, but you cant have it both ways. totoca, eryp, etc should have this sort of power, it makes no sense why they wont allow it.

dont give them any credit, this is a load of horseshit, and ill be shocked if they respond to emails in any timely fashion.
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Fair point.

Thanos_Car, May 16, 2022

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I emailed them about 55 minutes ago. Hopefully, they respond!
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Update - They haven't responded for 3 days like jeez.

Blank_Guy, May 16, 2022

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Blank_Guy said: ↑

Update - They haven't responded for 3 days like jeez.
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It's already been established that Kano doesn't care about the game ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Auto_Man_XD, May 16, 2022

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Auto_Man_XD said: ↑

It's already been established that Kano doesn't care about the game ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Just like Volund said... they won't respond in a timely manner

Blank_Guy, May 16, 2022

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ey totoca long time no see

BREADspenserryall, May 16, 2022

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Blank_Guy said: ↑

Update - They haven't responded for 3 days like jeez.
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the email totoca got all this info from was like 3 months old or something before a response lol
if kano cared theyd let us (the community) run ourselves. i dont know why theyve decided to leave us out to dry, but they have and we can only speculate why

Eryp, May 16, 2022

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Blank_Guy said: ↑

Update - They haven't responded for 3 days like jeez.
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They haven't responded in 4+ years for me. Not once.

Calculus, May 17, 2022

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Eryp said: ↑

the email totoca got all this info from was like 3 months old or something before a response lol
if kano cared theyd let us (the community) run ourselves. i dont know why theyve decided to leave us out to dry, but they have and we can only speculate why
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Maybe they have some fantasy in their heads that they are still in control, respected, and maybe might update it one day. Key word: fantasy

Innominate, May 17, 2022

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Calculus said: ↑

They haven't responded in 4+ years for me. Not once.
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ehehehe I got a reply once. All they said is "we'd like to see the game of freerider hd updated too! We will pass the information onto people that are in charge of it at kano. Thanks for your concerns! We will keep you updated.

note: they never kept me updated, nor did they pass the info on, one might think.

Innominate, May 17, 2022

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ehehehe I got a reply once. All they said is "we'd like to see the game of freerider hd updated too! We will pass the information onto people that are in charge of it at kano. Thanks for your concerns! We will keep you updated.

note: they never kept me updated, nor did they pass the info on, one might think.
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"we'll pass it along to the people in charge"
bro kano has like 12 employees

Tremulant, May 17, 2022

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Tremulant said: ↑

"we'll pass it along to the people in charge"
bro kano has like 12 employees
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23 I think. Could be wrong though

Innominate, May 17, 2022

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Totoca12 said: ↑

Hello, guys. What's up? For the past couple of months we received many requests for username changes and email changes both in the game and on forums, but we said that we couldn't do it due to a small update the game had recently. So, to keep it short, there was a glitch where given the right circumstances (regarding a specific way to use the browser and also a series of commands) it was possible to have the profile page for users in the game to not load properly and show the email address from the user, without needing moderator/administrator priviledges to see them. That was a bit concerning, so although it seemed very unlikely that it was a well-known thing or that it had any consequences at all at that time, we decided to report it to Kano and they fixed the issue.

However, by doing that they removed the ability from moderators to change emails and also usernames (not sure about the reason for that second part) in the game. Initially we have been told it might have been a temporary thing, but after 2 months we reached out to them again and we got the word from Kano that moderators won't have the ability to change emails and usernames in the game from now on (at least for now), which we get it, it's probably safer that way in the eyes of the company, since we don't actually work for them.

We do know that this is kind of a huge deal in some aspects, especially the email changes. We received some requests from people locked in their accounts because they put their school emails that no longer exists and things like that, so it's a very unfortunate situation indeed. Kano did say that if we receive any requests related to changes and updates, we should redirect those to this email address:

support@freeriderhd.com

I have been in contact with them for the past year (every once in a while), so I hope they can keep up with the players messaging them from there. We can't make any guarantees, since it's definitely not up to us at all.

As far as I know the other moderating issues such as reports, OA requests, warnings, bans, medals, features, daily tracks and everything else is staying the same as it was, with us mods helping with that, but any issues regarding those username changes and email changes, as well as any plans for future updates, please go check directly with the Support Team at FRHD.

Any other questions, let us know. Please don't spam this thread, though, or we'll have to lock it.

PS: We can still make username changes on forums, but we won't do it to not create inconsistencies.
PS2: Depending on the case, we could do email changes on forums, though. If the access problem only happens on forums.
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SO I could potentially gain access back to my account if I email them?

DiamondMaster2.0, May 24, 2022

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DiamondMaster2.0 said: ↑

SO I could potentially gain access back to my account if I email them?
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Technically, yes. Realistically, I don't know, since they don't seem to have responded to the emails people sent them so far. But I'm pretty sure they can give you access back to your account if they want to.

Totoca12, May 24, 2022

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Totoca12 said: ↑

Technically, yes. Realistically, I don't know, since they don't seem to have responded to the emails people sent them so far. But I'm pretty sure they can give you access back to your account if they want to.
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Alright!

DiamondMaster2.0, May 24, 2022

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Totoca12 said: ↑

Technically, yes. Realistically, I don't know, since they don't seem to have responded to the emails people sent them so far. But I'm pretty sure they can give you access back to your account if they want to.
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Even if I signed up with google+

DiamondMaster2.0, May 24, 2022

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DiamondMaster2.0 said: ↑

Even if I signed up with google+
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Possibly. I know we couldn't really help with accounts connected to Facebook and Google+ when we could change emails in the game, but I think they might be able to do it (not 100% sure, though).

Totoca12, May 24, 2022

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