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The AA2 account playername was R@ndom!. BattleTracker.. I’d say the same or =BoC=Pvt.Brute. I was ADD and changed my name all the time.

I found a battletracker email. At one point, my username was “haha5.” That might’ve not been my OG account. Here are all names I can remember in addition to what I’ve already said. Don’t flame me.

(=Stealth=)
(=Power=)
47^

I’ll add more if I remember. I can post the email screenshot if needed for proof.

I searched the recesses of my online life and found my name, I think.  Last name was "R@ndom!".  Think it was around 90 honor.  Let me know what other info you need.  I think it was on my dad's email address.. which I can guess at if needed.

I can't just take someone's word for "trust me, I was 100 honor".

I agree and don't think that I suggested that; if I did, I did not intend to.  I intended to suggest that the framework should be more workable than nearly "screenshot or no honor," such as a demonstration of special game knowledge or something else.  I'm not saying that I have a perfect solution or that purely "trust me" is better.

And if this is such a dead game, then why are you here and why do you care?

I meant no offense with that.  I meant "dead" in a factual sense in that the creator of the game no longer supports it.  I apologize that that came across offensively.  Maybe I could have used a less ambiguous word.  I care about this game and enjoy it, which is why I thanked you multiple times.

Also, we do have name history. So if you show me a random name on the toplist, I can tell that it's not yours.

You match Assist username to toplist account name?  That is essentially as susceptible to fraud as "trust me."  All one needs to do is create an Assist username that matches a toplist account name, correct?

The problem with everyone being at the same honor is that we loose the progress aspect that people enjoy. The absence of progress (with respect to honor, anyway), has been here for a few years until we were able to enable honor gain through AATracker. And while I may be wrong, I do think this was deterring some people from playing the game.

That's a fair point, and I completely agree with that.  I too really like the new honor tracking.

As for the pay-to-win scenario you're proposing, I don't even know what to say about that, really.

"Pay to win" is a strawman of that suggestion.  Honor does nothing other than factor into, along with previous set performance, an individual's class slot selection order.  No one on the team gets a stronger gun, more health, etc. from anyone being 100 honor, nor does the team get an additional class slot.  Honor is just one of two factors in an individual's class selection order; the class slot will be accessible to the team no matter what.  Paying for 100 honor would not be "paying for more ability to win" but paying for more personal enjoyment by getting to play your ideal class more often.  Even then, 100 honor does not guarantee that you will get your preferred class.  All of that being said, I do agree that paying for honor could be problematic.  I just quickly threw out that idea.

With that said, if you can provide a better framework with at least some accountability, I'm more than willing to hear you out. I.e if you could get such info reliably from TWL/ESL or whatever (if I remember correctly, some of them required you to take a SS of the result at the end of matches).

Here are a few suggestions, some that I've already mentioned but am listing here for accessibility:

1. (my favorite idea)  Do not allow honor claims, and reset everyone's honor.  As we've demonstrated in this conversation, it is extremely difficult if not impossible to truly verify whether someone held a previous level of honor since this game is dead no longer supported by the creator and very, very few third parties.

Now this part I'm sure is probably controversial, but I personally think it could be really fun to reset everyone's honor to 10.  Then, we all start from the same point, we know that no one has an honor that they did not earn, and honor will mean a lot more because you earned it through Assist.  I think that that could be really cool.  Maybe we could poll the community?  Even if I had 100 honor, I'd be a fan of the reset because it adds a new ability to progress and compete against other players!

Man, the more that I think about it, this one could be fun.  Might be fun to do the same to stats.

2.  Require some sort of direct-message quiz that would require advanced game knowledge.  This isn't a great solution because you could have been 50 honor and still have advanced knowledge, but I think that it's at least worth mentioning.

3.  Allow people to pay for honor.  This game rarely if ever hits its donation goal.  Every time that I have tried to, the donation link was broken.  I'll try again, BTW.  Looks like it's working now.  Further, as discussed above, this is not pay to win.

4.  Keep doing what is being done.  This is probably my least favorite idea, as it's susceptible to fraud and makes it highly unlikely that people will be able to successfully claim honor.

That's all I have for now.  I'll come back with more if I think of them.

AA username: Devast8r
In-game name: Jurispizza
Requested honor: 100
Proof: I don't really have any. I played from 2.8.3 until they shut the servers down. I have had several accounts, been in multiple clans, etc. I don't know how to prove it. I played Bridge Crossing and Hospital a ton.  I can't remember what my previous AA name was; it was years ago, and I changed my name a few times. I know all the spam 203, AR, and sniper shots on Bridge. I also remember when they first came out with ES2 Bridge and other stuff like that. Played in Invisible Clan Unit's Bridge server, Devil Dog Infantry's Pipeline server, Company Clan's Bridge server, 82nd Airborne, 3rd Infantry Division, goes on... Does any of that help?  You can quiz me.  I just literally don't know how to prove this.

When I play AA on my MacBook, the mouse will sometimes "catch" if that makes sense. Even though I am moving my mouse, the cursor won't move and will instead just vibrate. It happens whether I'm pointing a cursor or moving the crosshairs. Any idea what could be causing this? It doesn't happen with any other game.