Username Changes

[YoshL]

Originally Posted by One Winged Angel

I feel like even if I change my name people would still call me OWA

#whatsthepoint

cmon Rob don't be such a downer :^ )

[TC_Halogen]

Originally Posted by One Winged Angel

I feel like even if I change my name people would still call me OWA

#whatsthepoint

shut up owa

[Wayward Vagabond]

It's been years and people still call me wc

[Frank Munoz]

Originally Posted by reuben_tate

Can we do something where everyone has a unique username but they are free to change their display name? So kinda like skype where everyone has their unique skype handle, but you can set your display name to whatever. ...

This would be the best option, similar to what facebook does. You set your permanent "URL", and change your Display Name freely.
regardless, the amount of cluttering, work, cataloging...
I also feel new-coming users don't need to be anymore confused in the forums than they are now, and doing this would bring even more questions to the table; not to mention the leader boards.

There are just a bit more downsides to this than I'd like to admit.
Only good thing coming from this is that I could add four "X's" to my name and an underscore.

[YoshL]

didn't velocity have that image as his username on the forums for some time?

[Velocity]

Originally Posted by YoshL

didn't velocity have that image as his username on the forums for some time?

Correct, though that was for effect but used some css to pull off the affect.

As it stands currently, changing usernames is extremely difficult because the majority of the site long ago used usernames are the key and not user ids. Due to this, one would have to find where all the references to usernames throughout the site are, change them all over to userids, update all the usernames in the database to user userids as well, and then maybe be able to change them without breaking something that was overlooked.

[TC_Halogen]

Originally Posted by Velocity

As it stands currently, changing usernames is extremely difficult because the majority of the site long ago user usernames are the key and not user ids.

*cringe*

[Dark Saga]

Originally Posted by Velocity

As it stands currently, changing usernames is extremely difficult because the majority of the site long ago user usernames are the key and not user ids.

[-JiZ53-]

is there something in the site code that allows for me to know who the hell banned Attractive?

[Soundwave-]

Something that should be brought up is the fact that there are multiple places that use display names just fine, with little to no confusion, even in retrospect.

If somebody changes their name in such a way they're difficult to identify, they either:
a) lose their reputation within that context, which is, for most, a bad thing
b) are trying to hide a bad reputation. Contexts where this is significant should be using alternate methods of identification anyways.

I dunno, I just don't foresee this being a place where name scamming will be particularly prevalent, and if somebody is just changing their name to change their name, so be it.

[justin_ator]

Originally Posted by Velocity

Correct, though that was for effect but used some css to pull off the affect.

As it stands currently, changing usernames is extremely difficult because the majority of the site long ago used usernames are the key and not user ids. Due to this, one would have to find where all the references to usernames throughout the site are, change them all over to userids, update all the usernames in the database to user userids as well, and then maybe be able to change them without breaking something that was overlooked.

This is a non-issue if display names are implemented forum-wide and in-game, as a user ID and a username are still unique to a person. You wouldn't be changing that username, you'd be changing a "display name" which is much like your CSS play for your image. Just takes a little more back-end and some reworking on site features so that they pull Display Names instead of Usernames

[MarioNintendo]

Why would PrawnSkunk edit Velocity's post?

[-JiZ53-]

Originally Posted by MarioNintendo

Why would PrawnSkunk edit Velocity's post?

security reasons.. the original post revealed who banned Attractive and if anybody knows who banned Attractive, it's a potential security risk.

[Frank Munoz]

Originally Posted by MarioNintendo

Why would PrawnSkunk edit Velocity's post?

Think about it,
have you ever seen them both in one place at the same time?

except for right now in this thread, ignore that

[Velocity]

Prawnskunk is an alt account I use to dodge the blame of messing up the highscores without actually leaving, true fact.

In actual fact, I got him to fix a spelling mistake visible in the quotes where I wrote user twice.

Display names aren't a standard feature of vBulletin 3, and adding such feature would be a massive undertaking for both the site and forums.

[MarioNintendo]

Man I thought you'd have stopped feeling guilty about that scores thing at this point.

I'm curious... if display names is not what Prawn and Tristan had in mind (referring to OWA's post on the first post), then what is the plan, actually? Is it a massive overhaul of the caliber you speak?

[Velocity]

Originally Posted by MarioNintendo

Man I thought you'd have stopped feeling guilty about that scores thing at this point.

I'm curious... if display names is not what Prawn and Tristan had in mind (referring to OWA's post on the first post), then what is the plan, actually? Is it a massive overhaul of the caliber you speak?

I stopped feeling bad about the scores long ago because FFR is something I keep coming back to no matter how mad I get at the game or community.

In the moment, they seem to be trying something, though I haven't been in development for months now.

[ShadowDueler97]

Hoo boy this would be nice if it ended up happening.

[reuben_tate]

Originally Posted by justin_ator

This is a non-issue if display names are implemented forum-wide and in-game, as a user ID and a username are still unique to a person. You wouldn't be changing that username, you'd be changing a "display name" which is much like your CSS play for your image. Just takes a little more back-end and some reworking on site features so that they pull Display Names instead of Usernames

I was just about to say this but I think this says what I would have said pretty well.

Although the actual implementation might be a bit tricky considering display names aren't a feature in vBulletin 3 as noted by Velocity. Dunno if it would be easier to try to perhaps gradually introduce the feature by trying to implement it for portions of the site at a time? (i.e. printing the display name instead of the username)

[side_boobies]

I don't regret my username at all.