Why ask for our address when we sign up?

[CalliopeSoul]

I saw later that it can be changed and the privacy level can be changed, but I think it's a little weird that currently the site asks for our address when we sign up, and I didn't realize that it would be public at first. Does the address have to be asked for?

[Zhize]

Yeah I found the postcode thing weird as well :/
I would prefer not having to fill in any part of my address.

[Sarrene]

This is a very good question! Please note that no one from Pumpkin-Online, staff or admins, will ever use or sell your information you have given us. Now you are waiting on the reason yes?

That was done for account verification, so if someone were to say they had a problem with accessing their account (especially good for billing) we could verify that it really is you. However, it was in the testing phase, it has now been removed, for now. The only thing that will be on at this time is the country.

Once the game goes into a public testing phase however, that will be re-enabled and working. Once more it is for your security, that is why we had also added the privacy settings to it.

I hope that answers your questions and resolves the fears?

[CalliopeSoul]

Thanks for your response. It being for verification purposes makes sense. My problem was addresses being displayed publicly on profiles, though, and I hadn't realized this at first. When the addresses are used again, could it be automatically set to private, or could it at least be made more clear that they'll be displayed on profiles?

[Sarrene]

That is not a problem at all! I had thought I added in the reg and profile that you can select to make them private. I was thinking of adding a module to the left or something a bit more bold for "tips" on those two pages.

The down side currently, is that if I set them to private there is no way to share them with friends and such. However, Addresses I do not think need to be shared at all. So good point! When they are re-enabled, I will set them as private by default. If someone wants to share their address, they can put that up themselves on their profile or in a PM to a friend.

Currently I am trying to track down a JS conflict and where it is occurring. If you find something other than what has been listed in the bug section, please feel free to let me know.

[CalliopeSoul]

Sounds good. Thanks.