WOT player dies. What happens to his/her account?
Дата: 09.09.2019 23:24:03
DomoSapien: This question comes up occasionally. It's always devastating to
hear that we lost a member of our community but it is an
unfortunate circumstance that we do have to deal with from time to
time.
Ultimately, we discourage account sharing so it's probably not in the cards to authorize multiple people who can access your account, nor do we have any realistic way of vetting who these people are. I can imagine there may also be some type of GDPR restrictions involved so gathering personal information to identify who people are probably isn't in the cards for us.
That said, if someone is a clan commander, for example, and passes away - we have no way to verify that the individual who passed away is in fact the original owner of the World of Tanks account. An account ownership verification request can be submitted on the late owner's behalf, however verifying ownership of the account requires information that you probably won't have access to without being in direct contact with that individual's family.
A clan is a community, and often, lifelong friendships are formed through clans and just gaming together in general. Get to know your clan leadership and have a means to contact their families; not just as a contingency in case the unthinkable happens and nobody can access the commander's account, but also simply because our love of gaming and tanks brings us together. Meeting someone face to face after knowing them for several years via teamspeak etc. is really a surreal experience - it's like running into an old friend or family member after a period of long absence.
I guess my TL;DR is - there's no way to properly plan for something like this, both in the context of our game but also life in general. The people in our lives are precious - we should cherish them and make an effort to stay in touch with them, lest we lose the opportunity to do so by the time something dreadful occurs.
Ultimately, we discourage account sharing so it's probably not in the cards to authorize multiple people who can access your account, nor do we have any realistic way of vetting who these people are. I can imagine there may also be some type of GDPR restrictions involved so gathering personal information to identify who people are probably isn't in the cards for us.
That said, if someone is a clan commander, for example, and passes away - we have no way to verify that the individual who passed away is in fact the original owner of the World of Tanks account. An account ownership verification request can be submitted on the late owner's behalf, however verifying ownership of the account requires information that you probably won't have access to without being in direct contact with that individual's family.
A clan is a community, and often, lifelong friendships are formed through clans and just gaming together in general. Get to know your clan leadership and have a means to contact their families; not just as a contingency in case the unthinkable happens and nobody can access the commander's account, but also simply because our love of gaming and tanks brings us together. Meeting someone face to face after knowing them for several years via teamspeak etc. is really a surreal experience - it's like running into an old friend or family member after a period of long absence.
I guess my TL;DR is - there's no way to properly plan for something like this, both in the context of our game but also life in general. The people in our lives are precious - we should cherish them and make an effort to stay in touch with them, lest we lose the opportunity to do so by the time something dreadful occurs.
WOT player dies. What happens to his/her account?