Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Quick Links
Broken IP location on NA-only sweepstakes?
wilcoxon
Member UncommonPosts: 98
Is it just me or is whatever method MMORPG uses to determine location based on IP address very flawed/broken?
I tried signing up for the LotRO sweepstakes and get the error that I must reside in North America and that my IP may be masked. However, when I copy-and-paste the "bad" IP address (mine) from the error page and do a whois, it clearly comes back as owned by Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc (a US company).
Active: D&D Online (alpha,beta,&unlimited)
Retired: Anarchy Online, Archlord (beta), Auto Assault (beta), CoH/CoV, Dark Age of Camelot, Dungeon Runners, Elder Scrolls Online, Everquest, EVE, Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online (beta,live), Pathfinder Online (beta), Rift (beta,live), Secret World (beta,live), Star Wars Old Republic, Vanguard (beta), Warhammer (beta,live), World of Warcraft
Comments
So to confirm, you are a NA resident?
Laura "Taera" Genender
Community Manager
MMORPG.com
Yes. Fortunately, in my case at least, I had also filed a support email and someone contacted the third-party company responsible for the IP location applet and it was corrected.
Generally, basing location checks on IP address is a bad idea (it's relatively easy to get an IP address from somewhere else).
Active: D&D Online (alpha,beta,&unlimited)
Retired: Anarchy Online, Archlord (beta), Auto Assault (beta), CoH/CoV, Dark Age of Camelot, Dungeon Runners, Elder Scrolls Online, Everquest, EVE, Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online (beta,live), Pathfinder Online (beta), Rift (beta,live), Secret World (beta,live), Star Wars Old Republic, Vanguard (beta), Warhammer (beta,live), World of Warcraft