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Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:50 pm
by Tricky
No need to wait for email...
Frontier Developments

If you go to: https://elite.frontier.co.uk/backers/login/ Select forgot password and enter your registered email address you will get a new password and you can login without waiting for your the email.

Michael

Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:10 pm
by JazHaz
Lol. I just got my email. The web app seems quite easy to use. Plus you can upgrade your pledge later if you decide to add more rewards.

Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:13 pm
by Zieman
Got my e-mail a couple of hours ago. Commander & NPC names still pending for approval. Wonder how long that will take...

Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:21 pm
by JazHaz
Zieman wrote:
Commander & NPC names still pending for approval.
It's not really clear what those are. However I think that the Commander name is what you'd play under, and the NPC name is for adding to the database for generating NPC names.

So, I have set my commander name to JazHaz, and the NPC name to my real name which is James Haslam.

Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:48 pm
by Zieman
JazHaz wrote:
However I think that the Commander name is what you'd play under, and the NPC name is for adding to the database for generating NPC names.
That much is clear. :)
I have chosen my names, but I'm still waiting for confirmation that I really get to use the Commander name I want. Still cogs beside both names, waiting for the thumbs up.

Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:53 pm
by JazHaz
Zieman wrote:
I have chosen my names, but I'm still waiting for confirmation that I really get to use the Commander name I want. Still cogs beside both names, waiting for the thumbs up.
I should think it'll take a few days, with thousands of names to confirm.

Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:57 pm
by Zieman
Aye .

Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:24 pm
by Cody
If I see many more bloody polls on their site, I'll scream! Like a bunch of kids, they are!

Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:53 pm
by Gimi
El Viejo wrote:
If I see many more bloody polls on their site, I'll scream! Like a bunch of kids, they are!
If you dive in to the murky past of this board there were quite a few polls here as well. I do agree though, and what makes matters worse is that there are too many polls with very similar or related questions, and too many are of the "hypothetical what if" kind.

Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:57 pm
by Tricky
Ponders starting a poll to find out if polls are needed or wanted.

Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:59 pm
by Cody
Aye... and a lot of fluffing, upping their post-counts but saying nothing new.
I think there is already one of those, Tricky.

Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:28 am
by Tricky
El Viejo wrote:
Aye... and a lot of fluffing, upping their post-counts but saying nothing new.
I think there is already one of those, Tricky.
Really? I must have missed that one. :mrgreen:

At least the silly, "My machine is more uber than yours!" posts seem to have dried up. 8) Seriously, if you have a machine that can outperform nearly any supercomputer a university would kill for, why would you use it just for gaming? Oh wait, I forgot there are forums to post about it. :lol:

Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:43 am
by DaddyHoggy
I've not received any emails, but I'm patient, I can wait...

Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:44 am
by Cody
DaddyHoggy wrote:
I've not received any emails, but I'm patient, I can wait...
They're going out in batches to save server load... it could be Sat/Sun, apparently. I'm also still waiting patiently.

Edit: and there it is, just arrived!

Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:59 am
by JD
JazHaz wrote:
It's not really clear what those are. However I think that the Commander name is what you'd play under, and the NPC name is for adding to the database for generating NPC names.

So, I have set my commander name to JazHaz, and the NPC name to my real name which is James Haslam.
I think you're right, and that's the approach I took. I had to ponder it for a while.
Zieman wrote:
That much is clear. :)
I have chosen my names, but I'm still waiting for confirmation that I really get to use the Commander name I want. Still cogs beside both names, waiting for the thumbs up.
It only took a few seconds to approve the two names I'd submitted. Are you sure you clicked the button alongside the name fields? Mind you, the site was pretty slow up to that point, could it have just timed out?