Author Topic: blocklandsaves.com  (Read 24136 times)

i'm not gonna sign up here because we have a thing called the gallery forum

Nothing I can do. If somebody fakes someone elses username, they're a dumbass. You'd have to email me with a verified address.

Why are you not listening to anybody's suggestions? Use the auth server.

Why are you not listening to anybody's suggestions? Use the auth server.
How would I use the auth server to verify a name of somebody?

Here's what you do:

Tell people that to register they need to have blockland open.
They need to put in their bl_id and their current name on blockland.
Your server POSTs this to auth.blockland.us/quthQuery.php: NAME=blah&IP=bleh
You get a result "YES bl_idhere"
Registration is complete.
Or if you get a result "NO"
Registration failed.

This

Here's what you do:

Tell people that to register they need to have blockland open.
They need to put in their bl_id and their current name on blockland.
Your server POSTs this to auth.blockland.us/quthQuery.php: NAME=blah&IP=bleh
You get a result "YES bl_idhere"
Registration is complete.
Or if you get a result "NO"
Registration failed.
Don't you get de-auth'd after like 10 minutes of not playing bl?

Don't you get de-auth'd after like 10 minutes of not playing bl?
Just for setting up the user.

How would I use the auth server to verify a name of somebody?
I just told you on the last page

Don't you get de-auth'd after like 10 minutes of not playing bl?
just have them open blockland prior to registering.

I don't see how that solves the issue of them having to enter a password. Unless you're going to make them open Blockland every time they want to log in, which would make sense if it was an add-on, but it's a 3rd party website. All auth would do is confirm their identity to a key.

Misread the problem. Thought we were still talking about passwords.
« Last Edit: November 28, 2013, 01:49:27 PM by $trinick »

Listen to Coburn he worked with encryption stuff at work i think

Do accounts have to be authorised and linked to BLID's?

Can't you simply create an account, choose a name and enter a BLID?
If it's already been taken by someone else, then contact the website owner to get it corrected?
And perhaps give the ability to add a link to your Forum account. Maybe RTB ID Lookup for your ID too?


I don't see much of a problem with accounts needing to be verified as blockland players.
If someone is impersonating someone and putting good things up, then it's just bizarre for them to do so.
If someone is putting bad things up, in order to damage a reputation, then the actual player could get in contact and ask for it to be changed.

The only proof necessary for that is for them to contact the website owner, either in-game or in IRC or through the Forums Private Messaging.
If someone else has access to either or both of those then authenticating a BLID serves no purpose if it's already been stolen by someone else.


I like the idea. I don't know if I personally would have lots to upload to it, since I very rarely finish what I build, but I'd probably like to use it to explore new builds and maybe gain some inspiration.

I hope you take onboard some of the suggestions here though.
There definitely needs to be;
  • Ability to list relevant Add-Ons
  • Ability to add multiple pictures
  • An area for comments to be made by other users (Could be toggled on/off for each upload by the uploader)
  • The ability to flag a save as being under various states of construction (e.g; WIP, Abandoned, Complete)
  • The ability to put in a clearly visible link to any relevant Gallery or Clan topics on these forums

It would also be good to take on The Brighter Dark's suggestions from page 1. They're pretty good.

Good luck with the website though! I hope it goes well.
It would be nice to have another official unofficial Blockland-related website, like RTB.

i'm not gonna sign up here because we have a thing called the gallery forum
this is for providing easy access to downloads for the build, not showcasing them
of course, someone in the gallery thread may choose to post a link the blocklandsaves so that the viewers may have a download link from there
there is no escape

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Making sure the name and blid is correct is trivial. And yes it is required to prevent impersonating and spam registering and voting.

My payment for the new host was denied for fraud detection.

It'll be a little bit longer.

this is for providing easy access to downloads for the build, not showcasing them
of course, someone in the gallery thread may choose to post a link the blocklandsaves so that the viewers may have a download link from there
there is no escape
still not signing up