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juan999999
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Jester

Okay look i made a forum about this and what about if we could only change it 2 or 3 times.That way we could track spammers easily.

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lil_gangsta72
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Nomad

I agree juan but dont you think changing your name would be very confusing as what if everbody in the top 100 switched there name who would know whos who but also if name changing was added to the game i agree with you that you would only be allowed 2 or 3 times to reduce havock

skater_kid_who_pwns
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Blacksmith

nah, It would be way to confusing. it would cause spam like OMG! Who are you? And such.

juan999999
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Jester

No like only change it once

jjbb18
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jjbb18
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Nomad

no this idea sucks

juan999999
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juan999999
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Jester

hey man if you don't like it then don't respond with negative answers

lil_gangsta72
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Nomad

that was un called for man don't say negative stuff like that

ShintetsuWA
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Nomad

No flaming allowed jjbb

But I don't understand what you mean though, can you explain it more?

juan999999
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Jester

Yeas of course.You see they said people would get away with spam.Well how about only change your name once or twice.And after that you can't change it anymore.That way we could keep up with spammers.

Carlie
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Blacksmith

Are there really any sites like this that allow you to change your username?

plokkey
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Jester

Are there really any sites like this that allow you to change your username?


Yea I have been in a few but usually those don't turn out so good.

OK compare the pros and cons

PROS:
People can have what they want
People won't argue about name changing anymore
CONS:
Causes extra work to the administrators
It gets confusing
I think you know the rest.

So the Cons are not worth the Pro.
InTheZone
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Bard

Okay, say User X is the biggest spammer in the world. One day, they decide to change their name to User Y. Well, don't you think the moderators could already track that person? For example, through an IP address label or just seeing wherever that person posts on the forum, etc.

It'd be utterly useless and there'd be no sense in changing your name, because as I wrote in the previous thread, people should think about their usernames before they sign up - if you don't like it: a) suck it up or b) create a new account.

It's that simple.

Also, the only pro I see: a bunch of whiners can change their name (kind of like what plokkey wrote :P).

juan999999
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Jester

But my name was my accident.My brother typed it not me.

InTheZone
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InTheZone
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Bard

But my name was my accident.My brother typed it not me.


Well, I don't know why you just didn't start a new account RIGHT AFTER (or shoved your brother off).
thingthingfreak
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this has allready been vrought up sevral times, and each time the answer is 'no' because think of all the truble it would cause.

thingthingfreak
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But I still agree with this idea, because I have the worst name ever

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