I would like to know if it's necessary to merge with twitch if the only thing I want is to browse the site w/o actually using some functions like innkeeper.
How will this affect non-registered users? Will they be forced to register just to browse the forum? Or will that dreadful "Merge with Twitch" page show up every single time we click on anything on this page?
We've isolated the issue to one of our site nodes which wasn't behaving. We've taken it offline which prevents anyone from hopping onto it so all logins to HearthPwn accounts should now be successful.
This behaviour explains why a couple of people were able to get around it after previously having it break - they simple got routed to a different node!
How to Unmerge
It's quite simple to unmerge your Twitch account from HearthPwn account. Visit the following URL and click the link that says 'Merge with a different HearthPwn account'. This will ask you to confirm, click yes. After confirmation, you can login to your HearthPwn account as usual.
Just to put it out there again, at some point in the future we will require Twitch logins. It hasn't been determined when that will be but I will make sure we give advance notice of it.
Thanks everyone for your feedback this evening and for staying patient with us while we looked into the issue. Have yourselves a good day, I'm off to get some rest!
Maybe consider sticky-ing this post?
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"What we do in life, echoes in eternity." - Maximus Decimus Meridius
When this does happen, the force only happens for those logged in, with an old legacy Curse account. The experience for signed out users will remain the same as it is now, no need for an account.
We've isolated the issue to one of our site nodes which wasn't behaving. We've taken it offline which prevents anyone from hopping onto it so all logins to HearthPwn accounts should now be successful.
This behaviour explains why a couple of people were able to get around it after previously having it break - they simple got routed to a different node!
How to Unmerge
It's quite simple to unmerge your Twitch account from HearthPwn account. Visit the following URL and click the link that says 'Merge with a different HearthPwn account'. This will ask you to confirm, click yes. After confirmation, you can login to your HearthPwn account as usual.
Just to put it out there again, at some point in the future we will require Twitch logins. It hasn't been determined when that will be but I will make sure we give advance notice of it.
Thanks everyone for your feedback this evening and for staying patient with us while we looked into the issue. Have yourselves a good day, I'm off to get some rest!
Maybe consider sticky-ing this post?
This effected only a small set of users on one of our 6 nodes, making a sticky about the account unmerges is not wise, as we have run into people that signed up with only twitch ending up with orphaned accounts.
When it comes time for the real merge, there will be plenty of information and warning, all over the site.
I would like to know if it's necessary to merge with twitch if the only thing I want is to browse the site w/o actually using some functions like innkeeper.
How will this affect non-registered users? Will they be forced to register just to browse the forum? Or will that dreadful "Merge with Twitch" page show up every single time we click on anything on this page?
You'll never need to register to simply view the site. Everything that is open today to unregistered users will continue to be open in the future. The majority of our visitors don't login, we'd be shooting ourselves in the foot if we didn't allow them to continue lurking in the shadows!
I've unmerged, it was easy. I won't be re-registering when it becomes mandatory to use twitch, since I'll have deleted my twitch account. Guess it's back to tracking my collection with a spreadsheet from then on ;)
@Fluxflashor I hope you can chime in on this issue.
After reading the FAQ on the recent forced merge announcement, I am still unclear on what happens if we have an existing Hearthpwn account and a Twitch account with different usernames/display names. On Hearthpwn, I want to use my Hearthpwn username. On Twitch, I want to use my Twitch username, which is different. I don't want to use the same username for both. I also don't want to use the same password for both. This is a message forum and I prefer to use a different password than for my Twitch account.
@Fluxflashor I hope you can chime in on this issue.
After reading the FAQ on the recent forced merge announcement, I am still unclear on what happens if we have an existing Hearthpwn account and a Twitch account with different usernames/display names. On Hearthpwn, I want to use my Hearthpwn username. On Twitch, I want to use my Twitch username, which is different. I don't want to use the same username for both. I also don't want to use the same password for both. This is a message forum and I prefer to use a different password than for my Twitch account.
Thanks.
Your name on HearthPwn will not change, it's independent of your Twitch account.
Can't have a different password though, it's one single account. The whole point of the process is to move to one singular login system across the network.
I would like to know if it's necessary to merge with twitch if the only thing I want is to browse the site w/o actually using some functions like innkeeper.
How will this affect non-registered users? Will they be forced to register just to browse the forum? Or will that dreadful "Merge with Twitch" page show up every single time we click on anything on this page?
"Are you not entertained?! ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!"
"What we do in life, echoes in eternity." - Maximus Decimus Meridius
When this does happen, the force only happens for those logged in, with an old legacy Curse account. The experience for signed out users will remain the same as it is now, no need for an account.
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When it comes time for the real merge, there will be plenty of information and warning, all over the site.
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Guess I won't unmerge since it wont change anything. But thanks @Fluffflashor for your job here, you really cared about this issue.
I've unmerged, it was easy. I won't be re-registering when it becomes mandatory to use twitch, since I'll have deleted my twitch account. Guess it's back to tracking my collection with a spreadsheet from then on ;)
@Fluxflashor I hope you can chime in on this issue.
After reading the FAQ on the recent forced merge announcement, I am still unclear on what happens if we have an existing Hearthpwn account and a Twitch account with different usernames/display names. On Hearthpwn, I want to use my Hearthpwn username. On Twitch, I want to use my Twitch username, which is different. I don't want to use the same username for both. I also don't want to use the same password for both. This is a message forum and I prefer to use a different password than for my Twitch account.
Thanks.
Disgusting windows10 tier of forcing hand of users. Find me some other site that shares 80g quest and i'm out.