Clarify how to properly register an account; daunting "Halt, Where is your Writ of Passage?" message.

[chadjoan]

Attempting to create an account from the main page results in a "Halt, Where is your Writ of Passage?" prompt. There is no way to proceed, just a back button.

Repro steps:

• Be logged out of kickback kingdom. Run in browser in private mode if need be.
• Start at http://www.kickback-kingdom.com
• Expand top-right icon
• Click "Login"
• (Login prompt opens)
• Click "Create Account"
• ("Halt, Where is your Writ of Passage? - Gate Guard")

Attempting to create an account from the Raffle entry page results in a registration form. This seems like the desired behavior, so I would expect the main page's "Create Account" button to do the same thing.

Repro steps, shorter route:

• Be logged out of kickback kingdom. Run in browser in private mode if need be.
• Start at http://www.kickback-kingdom.com
• Click on the latest raffle in the feed. Test was on "Deep Rock Galactic".
• (Raffle page loads)
• Click on the "Enter Raffle" button
• (Login prompt opens)
• Click on "Create Account"
• (Registration Form opens)

Repro steps, longer route:

• Be logged out of kickback kingdom. Run in browser in private mode if need be.
• Start at http://www.kickback-kingdom.com
• Expand "Community" menu near top-left
• Click "Guild Halls"
• (Guild Halls page loads)
• Click "Adventurer's Guild"
• (Adventurer's Guild page loads)
• Click on a raffle. Test was on "Deep Rock Galactic".
• (Raffle page loads)
• Click on the "Enter Raffle" button
• (Login prompt opens)
• Click on "Create Account"
• (Registration Form opens)

I am marking this as a "bug" because it is unexpected behavior.

[chadjoan]

Notably, when I talked to @AlibabaTheGreat about this, he mentioned that it is intentional that registration can only happen when signing up for a quest, or when an admin registers a user (e.g. they asked for registration in Discord or something).

So this issue won't so much be about lifting that requirement, but about communicating it more clearly. Possibly solutions:

• Change the "writ of passage" message to kindly explain that the user should access a quest (ex: a raffle) first, then attempt to register from that context. (And maybe mention the alternative possibility of asking for help, and point them to the right place to ask? Maybe the Discord?)
• Make the "Create Account" button only be present in the correct context. In other contexts, be sure to have some line of text that explains or to register, or have a link to a help page that explains how to register.
• Using the "Enter Raffle" button should directly open the registration prompt, if there is no user logged in. When this happens, there should be some additional text displayed stating something along the lines of "You'll need to create an account to enter the raffle; just use the form below..." and also some text saying "Already have an account? \<a href="...">Sign in.\</a>"

The easiest would probably be to just modify the "writ of passage" text (or add some explanation below it). But it is probably important to do those other things too, because the experience will be rough without those things. Because this feature is important for the building of the community, it is important that it be as frictionless as possible ;)

[AlibabaTheGreat]

Great Points! We definitely need to structure the onboarding process better for new members. It is terribly confusing at the moment and requires hand holding lol our main fear was getting spammed with bots like in previous projects or accounts that are essentially dead weight and not interacting with anything. We tossed around the idea that accounts could only be created at the point of community interaction but haven't ironed out the process.

Another thing I noticed from reading the bug report was possibly another bug. Sounds buggy if someone is able to enter the raffle of an already concluded raffle as that would essentially waste their ticket. Which actually leads me to another thought, new accounts won't even have a raffle ticket in their inventory to begin with lol. They'll make an account and not be able to do anything.