Account Problem - ooooops

[Toned]

Use your legal name then rolfcopter :P

[fender967]

Ok. Here is the solution to the problem that we came up with, along with possibly an issue of my own.

We decided that since they have both leveled to 70 on opposite accounts already without any problems that it would make the most sense for my brother to just buy a new second account and use my friend's name for that also. This way he will have his 70 main and his two new multiboxers all under the same name, even if it is my friends. My friend is just going to continue playing on the account with my brother's name and no one else will be using any account with that name on it either. Also, they are the only ones who will be using each of the respected accounts.

My question --

I have 3 accounts now. Two are in my name, one is an old one in my brothers name that he never played. You are allowed to transfer a character from one account to another, so long as the last name matches. Do you think any problems would arise if I bought third account under my name and transferred my character to this account? I would then have 3 characters all under my name. The only possible problem is that one would have been transferred from an account with the same last name but that wasnt me.

I called blizzards billing line and asked if transferring a character from my brothers account was ok, this is basically what he said: "You are allowed to transfer a character to another account as long as the last name is the same. However, I would not recommend transferring a character that is on someone elses account to your. If anything shady were to come up in the future and your accounts were looked into, the could see this and associate you with account sharing."

So, I don't know if I should just restart that one or if I could have some luck in telling them something such as "the name on these two is my legal first name, the name i used for this one is my conformation name, can i change it so they are all the same?"

[fender967]

How does this sound?

[Vyndree]

Fixt again Vyn

if (!Player.Want(BAN))
{
all_accounts.own = true;
all_accounts.details_same = true;
all_accounts.have_original_cds = true;
} else {
risk.ban = true;
}

Don't tempt me.

[Knytestorme]

Fixt again Vyn

if (!Player.Want(BAN))
{
all_accounts.own = true;
all_accounts.details_same = true;
all_accounts.have_original_cds = true;
} else {
risk.ban = true;
}

Don't tempt me.

Oh I'd love to, but I fear Suvega ....apart form that, I think I just worked out where he cropped that name from, love her music

Serioously though it would be interesting to see what either of you come up with, would love to see Softie coding syntax (excluding hungarian notation since I already use it, and what I have gotten out of Code Complete v1 & 2) since it might give me an incite into how any demo code I might submit should look. Getting fed up at work, been considering putting my degrees and experience to work and trying to land a job at the campus, biggest issue I have is the whole work visa thing.

In regards to the OP, call me slow but I dont get why your brother doesn't just take back the account that's in his name, the friend take back theirs, swap money and tradeable items to each other and then just level up the chars they want on the accounts then. Yes they have to do the 1-70 again but it's seriously not that hard, and then they have 2 70's on the account and never need to look over their shoulders waiting for the GM boot to drop.

[Notes]

You don't need the cd keys. They don't ask for that when you have to submit the proof of ownership. They have you fill out a form with your contact info and then send in a copy of your driver's license (or state ID/birth cert).

I had to send in 3 Keycodes of my WoW's ... So it depends on the situation. They handle each name problem as a unique problem it seems. (Wich is good ofcourse, every one gets full attention if they can help you out)

[fender967]

In regards to the OP, call me slow but I dont get why your brother doesn't just take back the account that's in his name, the friend take back theirs, swap money and tradeable items to each other and then just level up the chars they want on the accounts then. Yes they have to do the 1-70 again but it's seriously not that hard, and then they have 2 70's on the account and never need to look over their shoulders waiting for the GM boot to drop.

My brother doesn't want to switch back. His priest has clost to full S3 and a bunch of vind. stuff where my friends rogue doesn't. I don't see any problem with them just switching names as far as Blizzard is concerned though. As long as the name is the same on all the accounts he plays it shouldnt really matter that its not his name.

[Quix]

If the account is not in their name, they have a risk (your brother & friend's situation). Its just a matter of if the risk is worth the reward to them:

Risk, something going wrong, & them getting banned from there account completely.

Reward, not having to level 1 lvl 70 again.

Personally I'd take the account back, & start over. At least then he doesn't have the risk of starting with "NOTHING!"

I'm only speaking from experiance as a multiboxer who played an account not in my name (Fake Name) & got that account banned with 2x Epic'ed out 70's.

Good luck with whatever you or your brother decide to do.