I logged on to exeter realm today, and some other individual started to write things in trade chat as myself (mrsearth). Is this some new kind of a bug/glitch ? I have uploaded a screenshot so you guys can see what I really mean. cheers.

 Not really a bug, but rather a use of lots of spaces. If you put enough spaces after your message, you can then type (for example):

[Trade] <stelonidas>: blah blah message banning fools blah blah(space)(space)(space)(space)(space)</stelonidas>

- then when you type enough spaces, it'll make your message switch down to the next line, where you can manually type "[Trade] <whateverplayername>: 'whatever message you want'."</whateverplayername>

This little trick makes it look like someone is typing something when in reality they are not. So in your particular case, the culprit doing this to you would be the character "WhyCallMeaHack" as you can see his message of ":D" is right above the one "you" typed that you really didn't.

Last Edited on: Jan 12 2012 10:18 PM UTC (132 Days ago)

lol I might use that trick

Last Edited on: Jan 12 2012 11:22 PM UTC (132 Days ago)

 nice silver coin

Why explain how to do it Stelonidas ?

Now all will do it.

Yep... all will do it, but now it's nice to know what little kids waste their time with finding out.

Quote | Synapze777 posted on Jan 13 2012 11:37 AM UTC

Yep... all will do it, but now it's nice to know what little kids waste their time with finding out.

This "glitch" originates from Perdition

Quote | Stelonidas posted on Jan 12 2012 02:15 PM UTC

 Not really a bug, but rather a use of lots of spaces. If you put enough spaces after your message, you can then type (for example):

[Trade] <stelonidas></stelonidas>: blah blah message banning fools blah blah(space)(space)(space)(space)(space)

- then when you type enough spaces, it'll make your message switch down to the next line, where you can manually type "[Trade] <whateverplayername></whateverplayername>: 'whatever message you want'."

Stelonidas, you might want to remove your post.  Last night in Eurico, at least two people were pretending as GM and System for quite while. 

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This little trick makes it look like someone is typing something when in reality they are not. So in your particular case, the culprit doing this to you would be the character "WhyCallMeaHack" as you can see his message of ":D" is right above the one "you" typed that you really didn't.

LOL

Last Edited on: Jan 14 2012 02:15 AM UTC (130 Days ago)

 Impersonating a GM or the sytem message is a serious violation, and you can rest assured that anyone found doing this will face the consequences. I'll be personally investigating this today and looking through the logs to find any one who possibly did this.

Oh boy, looks like I have my work cut out for me! I'm seeing a lot of people who thought it would be a good idea to try and impersonate a GM or system message. Silly, silly people. Guess it's time to Regulate.