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[fixed] Teleportation Tokens Usable When Game is Offline

The game is closed. I'm bored and looking at some of the new streets in Kalavana. I scroll to the bottom of a page and in the Map Routing section is the "Teleport Here" button.

Of course I click it (a Glitch can dream) and up comes the message "Are you sure you want to spend a Teleportation Token to Teleport to Jellow Diaspora? You have used 0 of your 5 allowed token teleports today, and have a total of 73 tokens." Again, I click ok and somehow I am not magically transported into the game.

Interestingly, according to my account history I did use up one token, and the status on my profile page now reads "Offline right now. Last seen exploring Jellow Diaspora" though when the game closed I was at a lovely EOTW party in Hell.

I'm curious. If we weren't going to reset, where would I actually end up when I got back in game? Jellow Diaspora? Hell? The street I was in before I went to Hell?

Possibly no need to disable the ability to use tokens when Glitch is closed if/since the game is going to be 24/7 from here on out. But I also wonder what happens if I am offline when the game is open and I click "Teleport Here". Will I automatically be logged in, enter the game in my old location, then teleport to the new location? Or will I automatically be logged in and enter the game in my post-teleport location? Or will I stay logged out but use up a token and then appear in either my previous or new location the next time I actually log in?

Posted 15 months ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • You will enter the game in your post teleport location. I recall stoot saying that this was the way teleportation tokens were supposed to work if you owned them but did not yet have the teleportation skill because, imo, it would be silly to not be able to use an item that you've paid cash for.

    eta: found the link
    beta.glitch.com/forum/gener...
    Posted 15 months ago by MaryLiLamb Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ah...perhaps. But now that I am a lvl 1 again (woot!) my location has changed to a street where I have never been. and not the location I used the token on.

    So many unanswered juicy questions!
    Posted 15 months ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If I were you I'd definitely Report a new issue since those tokens are worth real money. As you said this isn't necessarily something that will happen in the future, however should they need to take the system down for maintenance or something at a future date it will be nice to have this fixed so they don't have to deal with a few hundred token refund requests. Hopefully TS will refund you your token!
    Posted 15 months ago by Skwid Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Skwid - thanks I did.

    Like I said - I'm not so worried about the loss of a single token - but from a TS POV I guess that could get pricey if they have people like me idiotically mashing buttons and expecting magic and or refunds.
    Posted 15 months ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Exactly. It's not that big of an issue if something doesn't behave quite like you would expect when you're spending currants on it, but if you're spending dollars on something you expect it block you if you try to do something stupid or useless. I honestly don't see a need for there to be any way to use teleportation tokens outside the game window.
    Posted 15 months ago by Skwid Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Skwid, I use this option sometimes when I get kicked or have to log out due to a lag heavy street and I do not want to reenter the world on the same street.
    Posted 15 months ago by MaryLiLamb Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That's a good use for it, but the issue isn't the need to use a teleportation token outside the game, the issue is the enormous lag on the street keeping you from using it. I still think that letting people use their tokens outside of the game is "dangerous".
    Posted 15 months ago by Skwid Subscriber! | Permalink