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I WANT TO DELETE MY WARCRY ACCOUNT

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Killed 10 Boars
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Joined: 3 Mar 2009

Well, its come to this.

I've been a member of the escapist for a long time but I recently googled my name and it has 3 pages of Warcry and my account. This isn't good. I'm trying to get a good job and employers will google my name and see all of this.

How do I delete my account.

"The trick is to keep moving, or else they'll outnumber you," said Jesus as he reloaded his laser gun...

WarCry Choice
Posts: 2259
Joined: 5 Jan 2007

The Escapist and WarCry share user accounts. That means if you register to either of them, you'll have access to the other.

That said, you can email editor@escapistmag.com asking for account removal.

Keep in mind that deleting your account will not automatically remove your Google search results, which may remain there for quite some time.

WarCry Choice
Posts: 1197
Joined: 16 Oct 2004

Once its out there its out there. just deleting your account won't make a difference.

I would have to say unless your doing goverment work which I pretty sure they use other things then google to background check their employees.

You should be fine.

P.S. Employers get hundreds of applications daily for jobs I truely doubt they have time to google you. Posting on a video game site unless work applying for a anti-gaming company. If they google your name the only thing that could hurt you would be news posts of criminal activity.

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Master Looter
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Joined: 6 Apr 2009

Out of curiosity, why would an employer care about your internet life? Surely being active on forums is a plus for any social aspects of employment.

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WarCry Choice
Posts: 7365
Joined: 31 Aug 2003

Don't put your real name in your profile. Case closed.

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Master Looter
Posts: 2843
Joined: 1 Feb 2008

Why would it matter if your potential employer read what you've written on the Escapist? Unless it revealed that you were an aggressive, semi-literate troll with serious issues with certain demographic groups or an over-arching hatred of the world in general, in which case about a third of the Escapist population should nuke their accounts when they put in their first job application.

Alternately, as Chi said, take your real name and info out of your profile.

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