There have been a few more instances recently of members having their accounts deleted due to their password being guessed.

Accounts accessed this way have also been used by others to break site rules.

Please note that if this happens, your account will be permanently banned.

The security of your account is your responsibility - make sure your password is not easy to guess by picking something unique to yourself, and not related to your username or profile image.

For example, some users have had a football badge as their userpic, and a password like "arsenal" or "gunners" - this is just asking for trouble.

You can check your password strength here : http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/password/checker.mspx

Stay secure, and don't lose your hard earned stats over something so simple.

Well said mate

well said but i dnt agree with the password checker as its goes on the amount of letters you have it says mine is weak when there is no way on earth any1 will guess it

Its been proven that passwords which include a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols are harder to guess than passwords that just contain letters (somewhat irrespective of length).

With regards to a funkysnooker password I would personally recommend a password that
1) Is at least 8 letters long
2) Contains one or more numbers

Edited at 11:46 Tue 27/05/08 (BST)

well said mate

But mate to have a mediam password theres a good chane someone will forget there password

iv tried that password strength thing and i keep getting weak

no matter what i put lol

Then your putting weak passwords.


Try Using capital letters and numbers in them.

Underscores are also permitted in funkysnooker passwords, I would advise using a combination of lowercase letters, numbers and under_scores in order to keep your account secure.

lol nevermind Josh got in there before me.

Edited at 13:14 Tue 27/05/08 (BST)

*bump*

Also, don't use passwords like this:

1qaz2wsx

This may look secure but if you look how it's typed, its in a pattern.

i've been tying to guess lyle's password for ages jokes haha..no1 can guess mine

ive just changed mine and i keep typing in my old one before i go 'oh yeh i changed it didnt i"