What's in a Name?

Jeeves · by Jeeves on Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:06 pm

According to the new update, you can now change your screen name to make it different than your username. Will anyone be taking advantage of this interesting new feature?

3mptylord · by 3mptylord on Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:53 pm

I would, but I'm concerned about the fact that "Psychoboy8" would become available for other players to use. I could always create a fail-safe account after 28 days + 7 days so that Psychoboy8 remains mine.

Unfortunately, the name I would use is already in use by another account of mine. And I would have to upgrade that one to member in order to change it to something else, then wait for 5 weeks to change Psychoboy8. There should be the means of "Switching Names" between two accounts, requiring only one to have membership, but both passwords. Smile

Ruy112 · by Ruy112 on Fri Oct 02, 2009 6:56 am

I don't think anyone would take my name. Though it would be horrible if they did.

I am changing mine, to get rid of the numbers, but keep Ruy in some way. That has kinda become me.

3mptylord · by 3mptylord on Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:58 pm

Another issue is players who don't log in. When do forumers get informed?

Usernames should be reserved, end of. When choosing a display name, aside from usernames, a display shouldn't be reserved... even while you are using it. So there could be multiple persons with the same display name. When adding one as a friend manually (and not via clicking Add As Friend), it should just give you a list of all usernames connected to that display name.