Shard-Angel
Prowler
- Joined
- Feb 22, 2008
- Posts
- 1,233
- Location
- Vacationing on Next Island
- Society
- Project Entropia
- Avatar Name
- Vehshi Rogue Shard-Angel
Greets.
Every now and we get some unrecognized names on our friends list - and have no clue as to who they might be.
This can happen for various reasons: we can get friends requests after a group session, or people getting in touch when we're offline for forum trades, shop enquiries, mentorship, social, crafter/suppliers, etc.
Currently, we have to relogin to even see a newly be-friended name - we end up seeing the new names at our next login - which might be a few days later.
What we usually see is just the MIDDLE name of the added avatar. This is the source of a lot of confusion (In my case it shows up as: ROGUE - and people have absolutely no clue who that is! ).
Some folks might be embarrassed to ask: "Hi. I have you on FL but have no clue who you are?!!!" ...which is quite understandable..... it's not nice if someone forgets you in 24 hours?!!! (Not me! Honest!! )
Best way to avoid awkward situations, and identify them, is as follows:
* So now we have a strange name on our Friends List.....
* Check Player Register - if its a unique name, you could possibly find them. But in this case:
As you can see... this does not tell us much about that person.
* Best to wait till they are offline .....and send them a message:
* The System will give you an error message in Chat with their full name revealed!
Remember, best practice is to Right-Click and RENAME contact so you can remember them 1 year later:
eg. ARK-Crafter-ASI20: Name Middlename Lastname
Hope this helps!
Every now and we get some unrecognized names on our friends list - and have no clue as to who they might be.
This can happen for various reasons: we can get friends requests after a group session, or people getting in touch when we're offline for forum trades, shop enquiries, mentorship, social, crafter/suppliers, etc.
Currently, we have to relogin to even see a newly be-friended name - we end up seeing the new names at our next login - which might be a few days later.
What we usually see is just the MIDDLE name of the added avatar. This is the source of a lot of confusion (In my case it shows up as: ROGUE - and people have absolutely no clue who that is! ).
Some folks might be embarrassed to ask: "Hi. I have you on FL but have no clue who you are?!!!" ...which is quite understandable..... it's not nice if someone forgets you in 24 hours?!!! (Not me! Honest!! )
Best way to avoid awkward situations, and identify them, is as follows:
* So now we have a strange name on our Friends List.....
* Check Player Register - if its a unique name, you could possibly find them. But in this case:
As you can see... this does not tell us much about that person.
* Best to wait till they are offline .....and send them a message:
* The System will give you an error message in Chat with their full name revealed!
Remember, best practice is to Right-Click and RENAME contact so you can remember them 1 year later:
eg. ARK-Crafter-ASI20: Name Middlename Lastname
Hope this helps!