When the ladders hit, will we be forced to register through CnCNet website?

[aWarNoob1]

From my understanding, when the ladders and ranking system drop on cncnetYR people will need to register with their nicks with a personal password. Will the client remain simple and easy for newcomers by allowing them to create their game account through the client or will everyone need to flock back over to the cncnet.org website? It might not seem like that big of an issue but I forecast the latter scenario as  a deterrent to the newcomers. Remember Xwis' primary failure for YR was the unnecessary loops and complications newcomers would have to go through to register and play online, not counting random server, lag, connection issues.

 

On a final note, here is hoping to a continuing spike in activity. Origin is still giving out YR copies for free, and if you google "yuris revenge online" the first sites that pop up are cncnet.org, so yay.

[Rampastring]

From what I've understood, you can still simply connect (without an account) to play online, but if you want to play ladder games, you'll need to register on the forums.

[Nyerguds]

That was my impression too, though I wouldn't mind there being some sort of mandatory registration system in general to keep name thieves out -_-

[Rampastring]

Lack of registration means that there's a very low barrier for entry though, which is part of the reason why CnCNet has got this popular to begin with. I'd rather make it so that if you use a registered nickname, you're forced to log in to the account, while with an unregistered nickname you're free to just connect to the lobby and play non-ladder games. That way you could prevent name thieving by simply registering your nickname, while no one would be forced to register.

[Nyerguds]

So, kind of like it's always been in IRC with nickserv

[Grant]

There will always be an option to play as a guest, to continue the legacy of "download and play".  If people want to play on the leaderboard they can sign up to do so. Ideally to sign up you can do so via the forum, and eventually within the client.

[Adam]

Can the option of "forum" on RA2 / YR be enabled again on the client so it directs you to a pop-out window as it used to do with WOL - and then making registration easier?