Multiple People on an Account

[Chao]

If you feel safe with giving them your key, then I dont think there is a problem with it.

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[Chrono]

He doesn't have to. Every time you sign into the game and every 15 minutes after that you authenticate to the Master Server, which records your IP address, time, and other information. It then cross-checks this information with any other instances of that BL_ID on different IP addresses and if there appears to be a discrepancy, it kicks both players. You'll sometimes see players being booted off servers for an error along the lines of "Failing to authenticate with the master server."

This also probably sends up a red flag for Badspot. He'll sign on to his system and get an overview of suspicious activity. If the keys have a history of being in two places at once, he'll deactivate the key for being shared.

He's posted snips of the auth log.

It shows IP changes and name changes (which also show IPs)

[s245]

He doesn't have to. Every time you sign into the game and every 15 minutes after that you authenticate to the Master Server, which records your IP address, time, and other information. It then cross-checks this information with any other instances of that BL_ID on different IP addresses and if there appears to be a discrepancy, it kicks both players. You'll sometimes see players being booted off servers for an error along the lines of "Failing to authenticate with the master server."

This also probably sends up a red flag for Badspot. He'll sign on to his system and get an overview of suspicious activity. If the keys have a history of being in two places at once, he'll deactivate the key for being shared.

I get it now

[Grumpy]

Definitely safe for your brother to use it within your household. However I would for wait for a more official response before your cousin starts using it.

[DontCare4Free]

Badspot check IPs for constant switching. I've used my Blockland key in Turkey once while on a cruise there and it's still enabled. That's because it's not switchin back and forth between Turkey and Florida every day. He can see the location of where the ISP is, and if its obviously being shared between two unrelated individuals, then it's probably safe to deactivate.

My IP switched back and forth between Sweden and Egypt fairly often when I was on vacation there for a week because of unstable VPN connections back home.

[Ipquarx]

He doesn't have to. Every time you sign into the game and every 15 minutes after that you authenticate to the Master Server, which records your IP address, time, and other information. It then cross-checks this information with any other instances of that BL_ID on different IP addresses and if there appears to be a discrepancy, it kicks both players. You'll sometimes see players being booted off servers for an error along the lines of "Failing to authenticate with the master server."

This also probably sends up a red flag for Badspot. He'll sign on to his system and get an overview of suspicious activity. If the keys have a history of being in two places at once, he'll deactivate the key for being shared.

F--! Badspot knows where I live! D:

[Freeze]

Well, my bro lives with me. My cousin lives 30 miles away.

Your cousin won't be able to use the key, but your brother will.

(use clan tags to distinguish between you and your brother btw)

[CityRPG]

My IP switched back and forth between Sweden and Egypt fairly often when I was on vacation there for a week because of unstable VPN connections back home.

Yeah, but Sweden and Egypt are how far apart? If there's a pattern of one key being used in one place every week, then a few days later it's used in another place for another week, that isn't suspicious. You are actually physically moving to that location and that takes time.

If your friend in Egypt was signing on with the key at the same time you were, the IP would change between Sweden every few minutes, not every few weeks. There's a massive cognitive gap between the two scenarios.

[DontCare4Free]

Yeah, but Sweden and Egypt are how far apart? If there's a pattern of one key being used in one place every week, then a few days later it's used in another place for another week, that isn't suspicious. You are actually physically moving to that location and that takes time.

If your friend in Egypt was signing on with the key at the same time you were, the IP would change between Sweden every few minutes, not every few weeks. There's a massive cognitive gap between the two scenarios.

It did change every few hours because the VPN back home to my home server decided to turn off at times because the internet connection was so awful.

[sir dooble]

As said above, I wouldn't really see too much of a problem with your cousin using it too, but you won't or atleast shouldn't play on the same server as him at the same time on the same account.
You'll get authentication errors.

Key-sharing within the household is perfectly acceptable.
Just don't let your key get shared to other people, particularly people who aren't friends or necesarilly trustworthy.
If the key gets shared between a large amount of people at different IP's and is switched constantly, as in lots of them using it around the same time, it'll get de-activated.

[Chrono]

It did change every few hours because the VPN back home to my home server decided to turn off at times because the internet connection was so awful.

If the server is dedicated then nothing happens.

[DontCare4Free]

If the server is dedicated then nothing happens.

Home server runs VPN server. Laptop runs VPN client. Laptop runs regular Blockland.

[FadedGlory]

Thanks for the assistance. In truth, I was wondering about both this forum account and the game's account as well and now I have a stern understanding.

[Altiris]

He doesn't have to. Every time you sign into the game and every 15 minutes after that you authenticate to the Master Server, which records your IP address, time, and other information. It then cross-checks this information with any other instances of that BL_ID on different IP addresses and if there appears to be a discrepancy, it kicks both players. You'll sometimes see players being booted off servers for an error along the lines of "Failing to authenticate with the master server."

This also probably sends up a red flag for Badspot. He'll sign on to his system and get an overview of suspicious activity. If the keys have a history of being in two places at once, he'll deactivate the key for being shared.

You just made Badspot sound like a Boss Lol.