A Halo era Bungie Policy regarding inactive accounts was that a year of inactivity resulted in the deletion of ones account. Upon handing Halo over to Microsoft, it was decided to abandon this policy. The policy change makes sense as it allows former Bungie fans to flock back, without any issue, come the announcement of Destiny/Comet.
I was wondering, will Bungie ever revert back to this policy? Is there good reason not to?
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There's no reason, unless the site can't handle the amount of users, to begin deleting accounts again.
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Unless they allow the changing of usernames I think they should bring it back. Because if not names will be taken and cannot be used.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] OIO CABOOSE OIO Unless they allow the changing of usernames I think they should bring it back. Because if not names will be taken and cannot be used.[/quote]Flawless logic
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Well I took a LONG break and I would be really sad if this account was gone upon my return.
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I doubt they will bring it back. It didn't really have an advantage in my opinion. Imagine if you were Fabled Mythic or whatever and you took a one year break. [Edited on 08.07.2012 3:42 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Postwarbean85 I doubt they will bring it back. It didn't really have an advantage in my opinion. Imagine if you were Fabled Mythic or whatever and you took a one year break.[/quote]How about a ratio of time spent here vs time spent away.
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I can't remember if this is correct but after an account was deleted wasn't the username available to use again? If it's true then that's the only reason I would bring it back. Unless memory became an issue (which it isn't).
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] OIO CABOOSE OIO [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Postwarbean85 I doubt they will bring it back. It didn't really have an advantage in my opinion. Imagine if you were Fabled Mythic or whatever and you took a one year break.[/quote]How about a ratio of time spent here vs time spent away.[/quote]That would work, I guess. Especially for spam accounts.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] defnop552 I can't remember if this is correct but after an account was deleted wasn't the username available to use again? If it's true then that's the only reason I would bring it back. Unless memory became an issue (which it isn't).[/quote] I think I remember remaking an account in '06 after my old one was deleted. It had the same name and everything. [Edited on 08.07.2012 3:47 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Postwarbean85 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] OIO CABOOSE OIO [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Postwarbean85 I doubt they will bring it back. It didn't really have an advantage in my opinion. Imagine if you were Fabled Mythic or whatever and you took a one year break.[/quote]How about a ratio of time spent here vs time spent away.[/quote]That would work, I guess. Especially for spam accounts.[/quote]So if I make an account and then went on holiday for a week it would be deleted? That's not exactly fair. You lucky dog, Dawg. ;-) [Edited on 08.07.2012 3:49 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] defnop552 I can't remember if this is correct but after an account was deleted wasn't the username available to use again? [/quote]I think this was the case. There are some usernames that I would like that are taken by accounts far past the 1 year limit.
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I believe that feature has been turned off for a good while now, perhaps even before Bungie went dark? The entire "I'm returning to Bungie.net only to find my account is gone" might not be too huge of an issue.
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Once you sign up, you're in it for life.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] defnop552 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Postwarbean85 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] OIO CABOOSE OIO [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Postwarbean85 I doubt they will bring it back. It didn't really have an advantage in my opinion. Imagine if you were Fabled Mythic or whatever and you took a one year break.[/quote]How about a ratio of time spent here vs time spent away.[/quote]That would work, I guess. Especially for spam accounts.[/quote]So if I make an account and then went on holiday for a week it would be deleted? That's not exactly fair. You lucky dog, Dawg. ;-)[/quote]The one year period would still be there. But if you've been active for 2 years, then go away for a year, it would still be there for another 6 months or so. Just an example.
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Also, I have an old account on here whos e-mail I forgot. Is there a way to recover the email to that account?
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Account deletion on inactivity is gone for good. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sven Nietzsche Also, I have an old account on here whos e-mail I forgot. Is there a way to recover the email to that account?[/quote] No - bungie.net doesn't store the WLID logins (the email you're referring to), so we can't help you get them back if you can't get them back through WLID support. [Edited on 08.07.2012 4:20 PM PDT]
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Rejoice! I love looking at really old threads, users, and groups. It's kinda a mystic, eerie feeling, like seeing some subterranean ruins beneath a bustling city.
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HOLY CRAP. I just found a post by one of my accounts from long ago that was deleted. :D [Edited on 08.07.2012 4:27 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Achronos[/quote]Okay. Thanks for the info. [Edited on 08.07.2012 4:47 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sven Nietzsche Also, I have an old account on here whos e-mail I forgot. Is there a way to recover the email to that account?[/quote][url=http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/]Social engineering others these days doesn't seem to be too hard. I can't imagine that it would be difficult to social engineer yourself.[/url] Edit: And I read your post too fast and missed the context. Whoops. Anyway good luck with the account/email search. [Edited on 08.07.2012 4:53 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Achronos Account deletion on inactivity is gone for good. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sven Nietzsche Also, I have an old account on here whos e-mail I forgot. Is there a way to recover the email to that account?[/quote] No - bungie.net doesn't store the WLID logins (the email you're referring to), so we can't help you get them back if you can't get them back through WLID support.[/quote]lol. owned, OP. Just owned.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Achronos Account deletion on inactivity is gone for good. [/quote] Boo! *Throws rotten tomato*.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Achronos No - bungie.net doesn't store the WLID logins (the email you're referring to), so we can't help you get them back if you can't get them back through WLID support.[/quote]What happens if you delete your WLID externally? Will the account just sit, or is there a way to have it deleted?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Mythical Wolf [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Achronos Account deletion on inactivity is gone for good. [/quote] Boo! *Throws rotten tomato*.[/quote] Wat I like it with no deleting why are you against a good thing?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] OIO CABOOSE OIO What happens if you delete your WLID externally? Will the account just sit, or is there a way to have it deleted?[/quote]I assume that the account would just lie dormant with no way to log into it. It would still be stored on the site though.
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Forgive me for the month old "bump" but, [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Achronos Account deletion on inactivity is gone for good. [/quote] So even a "manual" account deletion process isn't up for discussion? Even on accounts that were made solely to take the name of a Bnet account, an have yet to post or even sign in again sine their accounts creation?