Username Changes

[Tarrik]

This is sort of a cool idea being able to change names. Unsure what i would change mine too, or if i would.

[rushyrulz]

Originally Posted by YoshL

also probably have a page that logs name changes so people can see exactly who changed their name to what. for example, if someone decided "hey I want the name ._Spitfire_. now" and changed it to that, there would be a little bit of a troll problem, given that people also have very old alt accounts that may easily fit a time constraint put on the name change

Just restrict names from being changed into others' original usernames.

[YoshL]

what if i made an alt to preserve a name that i wanted lol

[XelNya]

Originally Posted by YoshL

what if i made an alt to preserve a name that i wanted lol

THEN YER SHIT OUT OF LUCK AIN'T YAH

Nah kidding, showing you own the account would be pretty easy.

[.Gazelle.]

id just take the periods out of my name but apparently that was taken a little after i made this account and i'm pretty sure it wasn't me. why the fuck did i even put periods in the first place lmfao.


also 1337

[PhantomPuppy]

if name changes were a thing i'd change mine to something more original. like IWasAPuppyOnce or perhaps TC_HaloPup.

[Gradiant]

Originally Posted by TC_Halogen

but yeah, like... there's a bunch of people who would want this and it's kinda not fair to see someone get it very quietly; you don't do that

Kinda sucks as I lost out on quite a bit of Grandtotal Score when I had to actually make a new account to get a name change, would've been close to unlocking vROFL through the 50billion if it could've transferred as well to this account :/

[botchi246]

Ill think ill just take the number off my account if i could

[CocoaPuff3100]

>500,000 credits
>i have 51,559

maybe make multiple ways to pay, like vet, account age, credits, or real money (because that's the only way i'd ever be eligible)

[MarioNintendo]

If this becomes a thing, reading old forum posts will become hellish... As somebody who cares about this game history and who did what and when, I have seriously mixed feelings about this. I don't know, I feel there's a reason why communities generally don't allow name changes.

[YoshL]

Originally Posted by MarioNintendo

If this becomes a thing, reading old forum posts will become hellish... As somebody who cares about this game history and who did what and when, I have seriously mixed feelings about this. I don't know, I feel there's a reason why communities generally don't allow name changes.

if you have a list of name changes or something, this doesn't really seem to be a problem? the previous posts of the user will be updated as well, maybe i'm not understanding something

[Poison-]

Maybe somewhere under your profile picture it could say your previous username? Just a thought.

[justin_ator]

Originally Posted by TC_Halogen

if you have a list of name changes or something, this doesn't really seem to be a problem? the previous posts of the user will be updated as well, maybe i'm not understanding something

For a post's author, yes, but any reference within posts to others' posts would not update, causing it to be... more or less impossible to follow conversation.

On that note, I wonder if quotes would update as well (since they have username format too, but are not linked to the post itself for the name [see what I did to your quote YoshL])

[YoshL]

yeah i do see the point now

[rushyrulz]

Originally Posted by CocoaPuff3100

>500,000 credits
>i have 51,559

maybe make multiple ways to pay, like vet, account age, credits, or real money (because that's the only way i'd ever be eligible)

Originally Posted by rushyrulz

Make a user wait 6 months or pay 500,000 credits to get a name change.

^^

[Deadlyx39]

Originally Posted by MarioNintendo

If this becomes a thing, reading old forum posts will become hellish... As somebody who cares about this game history and who did what and when, I have seriously mixed feelings about this. I don't know, I feel there's a reason why communities generally don't allow name changes.

Keep it so that any posts made before the name change keep the old forum name, but it redirects to the same profile. That way you keep the history of the forums.

[Soundwave-]

Have the best of every world by displaying the name a post was posted with, but under it in a smaller font "currently known as <current username>"

There's a much bigger incentive to collect credits if you can spend a small fortune for the perfect shitposting username.

To prevent impersonation, hold names for an amount of time, or even permanently, since you can already create posting alts, you might as well keep your stats

[justin_ator]

Originally Posted by Deadlyx39

Keep it so that any posts made before the name change keep the old forum name, but it redirects to the same profile. That way you keep the history of the forums.

While this seems like a solution, it would prevent anyone from ever using any username that was ever used in the past, unless the username was simply a placeholder and not actually tied to a user ID still

[Deadlyx39]

Originally Posted by justin_ator

While this seems like a solution, it would prevent anyone from ever using any username that was ever used in the past, unless the username was simply a placeholder and not actually tied to a user ID still

I honestly don't believe that people should be able to use a username that was previously used anyway, so that wouldn't matter too much for me.

[SKG_Scintill]

problem: my username is bad
solution: don't pick a name when you're 14