Over the past few months, we have had a few instances of banned users and trolls (read: Sogeking) posing as players with similar alts and challenging their opponents. While there are ways to double-check, this is still hugely annoying and really shouldn't be a worry before a tournament game. While it may be funny in the moment, the fact that this way of trolling/attention-garnering exists is hugely problematic and only serves as an upset to future players.
I suggest that we only allow for SmogTours challenges from voiced users.
This does bring up the issue of tournament players not having voice on SmogTours and the inability to use alt names in tournament games. For the former, we can implement a "verified" feature separate of Voice that allows for non-voiced users to challenge if this proves to be an issue. As for the latter, I don't think it's much of a loss and streamlines games. Personally, I find it to take away from the game if I don't immediately know who is playing.
Thoughts?
I suggest that we only allow for SmogTours challenges from voiced users.
This does bring up the issue of tournament players not having voice on SmogTours and the inability to use alt names in tournament games. For the former, we can implement a "verified" feature separate of Voice that allows for non-voiced users to challenge if this proves to be an issue. As for the latter, I don't think it's much of a loss and streamlines games. Personally, I find it to take away from the game if I don't immediately know who is playing.
Thoughts?