How do I register to actualy play

[Fawn Calyx]

I rather expected this question to already be posted. I am sorry to say you guys have totally blown it. Both the edition I downloaded to my Kindles recently and the online (Java) version I tried to play just now have the identical "Login/Register" window. Once this window is opened on has the option to enter and email and password. If one is NOT registered, one is told the information given is invlid. There is no button or link to a registration form. I came here and registed for the forum, but that's not the same thing as registering to play. I was expecting the site to have a registration form. How HOW IN BLOODY HELL DO YOU EXPECT NEW PLAYERS TO REGISTER!?

Please excuse my indignation but I cannot believe this game has been avaiable for over a week without someone commenting one this.

Where is the invisible "Register" button I am missing. On my kindle I tried pressing on the text of "Login/Register" to no beneficial effect. I didn't try it on the web version.

[Shadow Era]

In general, you simply enter in your email and a password in the form, and hit the button.

If the email is invalid, it will tell you so. Check to make sure the email is in a valid format such as me@domain.com
If the email doesn't exist in our system, it will create a new account for you.
If the email exists already, it will log you in, or tell you the password is incorrect if it doesn't match.

Please email support@shadowera.com so we can help you without you posting your info here, perhaps you are entering an invalid email such as an extra space somewhere.

[Backer]

If the email doesn't exist in our system, it will create a new account for you.

OMG

So every time someone enters their email incorrectly a new account is made??? That's why there are 4 million registered accounts!

[Shadow Era]

No, accounts that have not chosen their hero and player name are not included in that statistic

[Index]

Please excuse my indignation but I cannot believe this game has been avaiable for over a week without someone commenting one this.

A week? in Wulven time indeed...
Welcome to SE!

[JUSTICAR]

SE is so new... who knew?

[Fawn Calyx]

Well, I have finally gotten started play, earning crystals and gold, etc.

The problem is your parsing of email. You register F and f as distinct characters. However the WWW standard for URLs and Email adresses is the capitalization is ignored in email addresses and domain names (well the first two levels, anyway, however my experience is that capitalization in subdomains is ignored).

Your parser reads Fawn@SpiritSeeker.net as an invalid email address. I've been using it exactly like that for 15 years. In fact, it's hard for me not to include the capitalization.

I've no idea why there was a problem on the Java app. It translated (at least for display purposes) into caps. I am pretty sure I tried my email all in lowercase, but I might have slipped and had no way to catch my error.

However, long term, I highly recommend setting 'ignore case' in your regular expressions or other pattern matching.

I'm registered now, so I consider the issue close, though it would be nice to hear if you decide to change eaddr parsing.

[Gondorian]

Well, I have finally gotten started play, earning crystals and gold, etc.

The problem is your parsing of email. You register F and f as distinct characters. However the WWW standard for URLs and Email adresses is the capitalization is ignored in email addresses and domain names (well the first two levels, anyway, however my experience is that capitalization in subdomains is ignored).

Your parser reads Fawn@SpiritSeeker.net as an invalid email address. I've been using it exactly like that for 15 years. In fact, it's hard for me not to include the capitalization.

I've no idea why there was a problem on the Java app. It translated (at least for display purposes) into caps. I am pretty sure I tried my email all in lowercase, but I might have slipped and had no way to catch my error.

However, long term, I highly recommend setting 'ignore case' in your regular expressions or other pattern matching.

I'm registered now, so I consider the issue close, though it would be nice to hear if you decide to change eaddr parsing.

Thanks for the feedback. Ignoring case seems wise and I am shocked we don't do it already.

I hope we've not lost too many customers, who care about the case of their email address when they type it, due to this. I'm glad you persevered and hope you can enjoy the game now.

[Makizushi]

OMG

So every time someone enters their email incorrectly a new account is made??? That's why there are 4 million registered accounts!

Why do you think we occasionally get panicked forum topics about how "the damn game lost ALL my cards!!"? Because someone mis-spelled their email address and thus made a new account. Personally I think it's not the smartest way to go about account creation, but it's tradition here.. so...

[DSide Daemons]

There should be a notification/confirmation that a new account is being made.