Alt accounts

[zoraster]

game mods can't, but listmods can. It's really confusing they have basically the same name.

[zoraster]

Game mods cannot do so unless they had that information revealed to them by the player. Listmods can (as well as Discussion Mods). They shouldn't be doing that to specifically gain an advantage in the game and should replace out if they did do that, but checking people's alts is something that is absolutely necessary to performing the duties of those jobs. I know lots of people's alt account identities just from the course of my job as an admin and my past one as a listmod. It's possible in the future I'll end up in a game with an unknown alt. That's potentially unfair, but in an environment with secret alts, that's how it has to be.

Consider that some people know the identities to secret alts while others don't. Let's say in scum chat the secret alt mentions it off-hand. In a future game, the secret alt is in it with the person who knows the secret alt's identity. Should that person be forced to leave the game? Should he or she reveal the information to everyone? It's certainly not a level playing field.

[zoraster]

Honestly I would assume all list moss know who you are before checking unless you're a brand new alt.

[zoraster]

Unless it's a new alt, I would assume that listmods and GD mods know the identity of all alts. Sure, they shouldn't purposefully use their power to gain an advantage, but it's unlikely that they have to do so to know the identity of most alts. Requiring replacing out for knowing alts is too much. If you don't want that to happen in your modded games, require that all alts be known (as I like to do) or prohibit those with access to alts from joining (for the record: listmods, admins, GD mods, and I think chamber still may have access).

[zoraster]

not everyone has access to what?

[zoraster]

the latter.