The Ookla Club!

[Bearer of all agonies he/him]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Grammatical said:

Sometimes I'm tempted(to make a second account), and then I think about what would happen if I did and got found out. Nope, never happening.

Well, if you made it but never gave rep or posted I think it would be ok. But then that would of defeat the whole purpose, so never mind. 

[Condensation she/her]

Just now, Ookla the Tortured said:

Well, if you made it but never gave rep or posted I think it would be ok. But then that would of defeat the whole purpose, so never mind. 

Yeah, it would. Not even worth the chance of risk.

[Bearer of all agonies he/him]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Grammatical said:

Yeah, it would. Not even worth the chance of risk.

Yeah, you’re right. Don’t do it. 

[Condensation she/her]

Just now, Ookla the Tortured said:

Yeah, you’re right. Don’t do it. 

I won't.

[Bearer of all agonies he/him]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Grammatical said:

I won't.

Good. Now you won’t leave. 

[Condensation she/her]

Hopefully for a while, at least.

I showed my dad your Member Title and he laughed.

[Bearer of all agonies he/him]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Grammatical said:

Hopefully for a while, at least.

I showed my dad your Member Title and he laughed.

 I like your dad. 

Spoiler

 

[Condensation she/her]

Just now, Ookla the Tortured said:

 I like your dad. 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 He's pretty cool at times. He can be a little blustery, but he's great otherwise.

[Bearer of all agonies he/him]

Just now, Ookla the Grammatical said:

 He's pretty cool at times. He can be a little blustery, but he's great otherwise.

Well, again, I think he’s cool. 

[Condensation she/her]

Just now, Ookla the Tortured said:

Well, again, I think he’s cool. 

I'll tell him you said that.

[Bearer of all agonies he/him]

Just now, Ookla the Grammatical said:

I'll tell him you said that.

Yay! That’s good. 

[Condensation she/her]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Tortured said:

Yay! That’s good. 

He just left on a run, so it might be a while, but I'll tell him.

[Bearer of all agonies he/him]

3 minutes ago, Ookla the Grammatical said:

He just left on a run, so it might be a while, but I'll tell him.

Okay. Ahh! Time zones! It’s ten o’clock here. Got confuse there for a second. 

[Condensation she/her]

31 minutes ago, Ookla the Tortured said:

Okay. Ahh! Time zones! It’s ten o’clock here. Got confuse there for a second. 

Yes, it's just past 8:30 here.

[Bearer of all agonies he/him]

9 hours ago, Ookla the Grammatical said:

Yes, it's just past 8:30 here.

Ahhh. Ok. So about a two and a half hour difference. 

[AonEne he/him]

On 12/5/2020 at 5:40 PM, Ookla the Bored said:

From what I understand Peter Alshtrom (However you spell it) Used to have a double account for watching things on the shard anonymously, and the name was Ookla the ______. Somehow people found out, and now we have ookla season. (Which is between Brandon's birthday and Peter Alshtrom birthday)

It was Peter's account on the TWG forums, actually.

On 12/5/2020 at 7:45 PM, Ookla the Grammatical said:

Sometimes I'm tempted(to make a second account), and then I think about what would happen if I did and got found out. Nope, never happening.

...don't take this as me looming or whatever, but why are you tempted? I genuinely don't get the lure - this is a real question.

On 12/5/2020 at 7:48 PM, Ookla the Tortured said:

Well, if you made it but never gave rep or posted I think it would be ok. But then that would of defeat the whole purpose, so never mind. 

Still wouldn't be allowed

[Chaos he/him]

Ene is correct. Multiple accounts are strictly forbidden. We are not generous to people who do this, and I will not cry if you get banned because of it. Our Code of Conduct is very clear on this. There have been multiple bans solely on that basis. We will find them and you will be removed.

Ookla season is over a decade old and is nothing new. 

[Knight of Iron she/they]

28 minutes ago, Ookla the Intimidating said:

...don't take this as me looming or whatever, but why are you tempted? I genuinely don't get the lure - this is a real question.

I used to be a part of a much younger forum community (they were for books not even considered YA even) and I made the mistake of making a second account that went unnoticed for a couple days. And then one day... both accounts banned. Instant regret. Tough luck.

I had thought it would be funny or cool. I could be two different people! I would be in on a secret that only I knew about... everyone would be fooled.

I urge anyone considering this to just not. It's not all it's cracked up to be, and you'd just be making a mistake.

[Chinkoln he/him]

On 12/8/2020 at 7:40 PM, Chaos said:

Ene is correct. Multiple accounts are strictly forbidden. We are not generous to people who do this, and I will not cry if you get banned because of it. Our Code of Conduct is very clear on this. There have been multiple bans solely on that basis. We will find them and you will be removed.

I think I know how multiple accounts are detected, but I am not going to say it because once people know the detection method, they can find a way around it. Anyway, my brother is getting started in the Cosmere; he has read some books and is getting hooked. Sometime soon, probably as a Christmas present, I will introduce him to this, the 17th Shard. Once he has an account, I don't want his account to be mistaken as a duplicate account for myself, or vice versa. Is there a way to ensure that something like this doesn't happen? Others can offer input, but I feel like a staff member such as @Ookla the Editor or Chaos would be best suited to answer.

[Chaos he/him]

4 hours ago, Chinkoln said:

I think I know how multiple accounts are detected, but I am not going to say it because once people know the detection method, they can find a way around it. Anyway, my brother is getting started in the Cosmere; he has read some books and is getting hooked. Sometime soon, probably as a Christmas present, I will introduce him to this, the 17th Shard. Once he has an account, I don't want his account to be mistaken as a duplicate account for myself, or vice versa. Is there a way to ensure that something like this doesn't happen? Others can offer input, but I feel like a staff member such as @Ookla the Editor or Chaos would be best suited to answer.

That's fine, thanks for letting me know. We do not instaban, as obviously a situation like that is not uncommon.

[Gak he/him]

is Ookla season over on the 18th?

[Cosmical Existence she/her]

@GakI'm pretty sure it ends on Brandon's birthday, which is tomorrow. 

I can't change my name for a bit, used up all my name changes for now. 

Edit: I just checked, and I've passed the date, so I can change my name whenever I want. Which is not yet.

Edited December 18, 2020 by Ookla the Empyreal

[Gak he/him]

i have the opposite problem.

[Narcoleptic Axolotl he/him]

On 12/8/2020 at 4:56 PM, Knight of Iron said:

I used to be a part of a much younger forum community (they were for books not even considered YA even) and I made the mistake of making a second account that went unnoticed for a couple days. And then one day... both accounts banned. Instant regret. Tough luck.

I had thought it would be funny or cool. I could be two different people! I would be in on a secret that only I knew about... everyone would be fooled.

I urge anyone considering this to just not. It's not all it's cracked up to be, and you'd just be making a mistake.

Yeah, I haven't done exactly that, but I've broken a few rules in the past that I thought I could get away with. (I couldn't.)

I've found that generally, you should assume the people in charge are five steps ahead of you. So even if you pull off what you consider to be the perfect crime, you've almost certainly left some evidence that can be traced directly back to you. Especially with computers, you should act almost like you're being watched at all times.