Update: Account merging will go live one day later, on 9/26
Recently, we provided users the ability to merge their MTGSalvation account with a new or existing Twitch account. With Twitch account merging, we’re able to provide more streamlined account security, faster user support, and an easier log-in process. Now, we’d like to extend these benefits to all MTGSalvation users.
Starting on Sept 25th, all users will need to merge their MTGSalvation account with a new or existing Twitch account. If you’d like to merge your account before Sept 25th, you can do so here.
Merging your account into a Twitch account takes less than a minute, and you won’t lose any account data. Your display name, forum posts, and comments won’t be impacted at all. After merging accounts, you’ll simply log in using your Twitch credentials.
Have questions? Feel free to reach out to our support team here.
MTGSalvation is owned by Curse/Twitch. You are not providing Twitch with any information it doesn't already have. You're simply going through a process that will consolidate the information into one place, so that there aren't multiple servers housing personal information.
About passwords, I have over 300 sites where I have some kind of username and password, and each of those has a different password.
But fine, whatever.
Here's what I want to know: If this merger happens and people stick around, is the functionality of MTG Salvation going to return? Right now, there are still piles of problems that have been noted and still not fixed. If not, what's the point of the merger from a user standpoint?
Let me try again.
Person A has 47 different accounts on various websites. If any of those 47 sites is breached, his personal information is now had by hackers. More than likely, that person didn't use 47 different passwords, so they probably have access to a multitude of other sites. Even if not, that person is relying on all of those websites not being hacked.
Person B has an account on Facebook. He then uses his Facebook account to sign in on 47 different websites. If any of those 47 websites gets breached.. the hackers get grand total of his facebook name, and nothing else.
This is the general overview for single sign on.
MTGS/Curse are owned by Twitch. Currently, everyone has a Curse account which spans all of curse's sites and infrastructure. There is, of course, overlap between the Curse and Twitch infrastructure as the merger matures. Trying to keep curse accounts separate from twitch accounts across a multitude of sites and servers, with different systems and protocols, is the antithesis of good security measures.
Person D uses twitch for everything. Twitch gets hacked. He loses access to all 47 accounts.
Also, what about the functionality of MTG Salvation? Is it being worked on? Does the user account change help?