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Friendcodes Question

Scizz said:
All of the activities can only be used if both users have added each other to their friends list.
They won't even see them online if they haven't done that.
When they have registered each other, and are in the online room, everything will work with message prompts, that ask the player if they want to start a certain activity, nothing can be started if one player denies it, and every player can drop out of the activity every time he feels like it.


And about the "personal data hacking/tracking" thing, the DS contains no such data. All it contains is the username of the person, their birthday, and a comment they can enter.
Even if a hacker would get that data, which is highly unlikely, he could do nothing with it.
Though your DS will probably have an IP address once it goes online, it's not more risky than being online with a computer, even safer, since the address is hidden, and can not be figured out just by the use of friend codes.
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That sounds like a pretty robust privacy system. Could you clarify one thing, though? You can or cannot battle with someone if there isn't a mutual friend-add? Is there some sort of battle room where you can challenge people, or must it be a direct connection to someone else?

The hacking thing is completely a non-issue. The DS just isn't sophisticated enough to be compromised at that level, and as you said, there's no personably-verifiable data on there anyway, much less any information like GPS. You could most likely get the person's IP by packet sniffing the data, unless WFC proxies it or something, which it probably is doing.
 
I haven't played it. But, most WFC games feature a friend list in addition to random battles.
 
Different games may or may not require Friendcodes.
For example, for Pokemon D/P, there is a trading system, which does not require Friendcodes. You may use Friendcodes, however, to trade with specific people. So if you don't use Friendcodes, you will be trading with random people.
Anyone knowledgeable, please correct me if I am wrong in any way.
 
Abby said:
That sounds like a pretty robust privacy system. Could you clarify one thing, though? You can or cannot battle with someone if there isn't a mutual friend-add? Is there some sort of battle room where you can challenge people, or must it be a direct connection to someone else?
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A direct connection is a must for the voice chat to work. Else, there only is the Global Trade Station, in which you only upload a Pokémon of yours, and can browse for the ones uploaded by others. No direct connection with the other party.

For battles, there is the Battle Tower. There you can upload your, and download other player's team data to battle against it. Again, no direct connection with the other party.
 
Scizz said:
A direct connection is a must for the voice chat to work. Else, there only is the Global Trade Station, in which you only upload a Pokémon of yours, and can browse for the ones uploaded by others. No direct connection with the other party.

For battles, there is the Battle Tower. There you can upload your, and download other player's team data to battle against it. Again, no direct connection with the other party.
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So in the Battle Tower, you're not actually battling other trainers, but rather battling their teams, controlled by the computer? Thus there's no way at all to battle another person without a Friendcode exchange?
 
I think you can make a direct connection with a Friendcode. There are two options. You either save their team in your game making their team computer controlled or link up with Friendcodes. Correct me if I'm wrong.
 
I think that is the case. Besides We should make members who trade friend codes Agree not to hold PC Liable for any damages resulting from the trading of friend Codes.
If it is too much of a risk then we can simply restrict trading of Friend codes to PM Only
 
Yoshi_Master said:
I think you can make a direct connection with a Friendcode. There are two options. You either save their team in your game making their team computer controlled or link up with Friendcodes. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Direct connections can only be made with 2 Friend codes, and when both players agree to make it.
They only take place when you directly link up to your friend using the Pokémon-Center.

poketrainer2004 said:
I think that is the case. Besides We should make members who trade friend codes Agree not to hold PC Liable for any damages resulting from the trading of friend Codes.
If it is too much of a risk then we can simply restrict trading of Friend codes to PM Only
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We will of course add a disclaimer to it. They can share it publicly, or in private.
 
I read your post correctly Scizz, then sharing Friend Codes is allowed then.
 
It doesn't seem like such a bad idea, I guess. It should certainly be made clear that, by sharing his or her friend code, the person posting is opening himself or herself up to communication from anyone. A lot of people are fine with that—those who aren't shouldn't post their codes. You should include detailed information about removal or blocking in the event of an idiot getting someone's code.

The positives here are that it'd encourage a lot of chat and general forum activity around DP. Doesn't each game have its own Friend Code? You could start off by only allowing DP codes to be exchanged, to see how it works out. I think that a stickied thread where people can post their codes in a good idea. A discussion thread might be good, too, similar to what's in OC for posting pictures.
 
What about using the little banner thing that sppf uses? I don't wanna link or anything, so just check it out. We don't even have to use the one the site gives us, we can make our own. Making it would be simple, just a little php, and stuff...
 
Banner thing? I'm afraid I'm not aware of that, could you please elaborate on what, exactly, it is and does?
 
What, exactly, are FC banners? Just graphics that have your FC on them, sort of like trainer cards? I could definitely see the artists filling that gap, if trainer cards are any indication. XD;
 
Abby said:
What, exactly, are FC banners? Just graphics that have your FC on them, sort of like trainer cards? I could definitely see the artists filling that gap, if trainer cards are any indication. XD;
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Haven't you seen my Mario Kart DS FC banner? It fills up space pretty well. XD
 
... I'm pretty sure I PMed it to you Triffy. XD
And Abby, that's sad *Goes to PM*. XD


In any case, friend code banners aren't hard to make. Anyone with MSPaint or MacPaint (Abby, what kind of paint programs does Macs have on them right out of the box? XD) can make a simple banner that lists FCs. They don't have to be fancy or anything like that. And as I said, we're going to have our own system so you likely won't need a banner in your sig.
 
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