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Star Wars Galaxies Only to Allow One Character Per Account

Posted by chrisd on from the one-one-r2d2-per-customer dept.

frotty writes "The developers of Star Wars Galaxies recently announced that the game would only allow a single character per purchased account on any server. This has outraged some, and relieved others." Click on the link to see the reasoning behind this move.

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  1. Breaking SlashDot News!!! by dagg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Breaking News!:

    As of tomorrow morning at 9:00AM PST, slashdot users can only have one userid.

    Tomorrow Morning::

    All usernames except for CowboyNeal and CmdrTaco are deleted. It turned out that every single identity on SlashDot were alter-ego's of those two individuals. This is all one huge marketing scheme.
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  2. Those bastards.... by tgrotvedt · · Score: 3, Funny

    ....I believe they are limiting the characters in an evil plot design to get some of these people laid!

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  3. That's a tiny server by product+byproduct · · Score: 4, Funny

    It can only store a single ASCII character per purchased account?

    1. Re:That's a tiny server by scumdamn · · Score: 3, Funny

      My name will be LukeSk~1!
      This onerous policy will prevent me from staging a fight between my characters of LukeSk~1 and DarthV~1. DAMMIT!

  4. Re:It's a Video Game People! by Stalyx · · Score: 4, Funny

    What do you mean its not important!! wait till i get my force grip.. I will crush you like...... er /me addicted /me hangs head in shame /me takes light saber and slashes wrists

  5. UNIX is better by bockman · · Score: 4, Funny

    It allows up to 8 (!) characters per account. And with some extensions, you can have even more!!!

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  6. Re:I can see how some would like it. by darien · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... they can milk the Star Wars franchise/MMORPG combination for quite a lot of Money with a capital M.

    If LucasArts can achieve that with just an "M", surely one character ought to be enough for anybody?

  7. WAIT A SECOND! by LiberalApplication · · Score: 5, Funny
    Real life is single-character-per-server, and I'm still surrounded by griefers and idiots who aren't accountable for their actions! Admin! Admin!

    ...but seriously though, I very much hope that SCS will increase player-accountability. Heck, I very much hope that SCS will increase actual RP. With only one character to work with, perhaps people would be more willing to really *play* their characters and flesh out the Star Wars universe.

    After all, what would ruin the experience of living on Tattoine more than being constantly subjected to conversations like this:

    A) Psst! Hey, Bob, it's me. Al.
    B) Bob? Dude, you're a CHICK!
    A) Yeah, I know. I just finished watching "Bring it on" so I wanted to be a hot acrobat for a day.
    B) Dude! You're hot! Let's go back to my hut.
    A) Uh... I think I'll go make a Wookie instead. C Ya.

    (some time later)
    B) Dude, you are one HOT Wookie! Let's go back to my hut.