Username Changes

Spyrorocks · Jun 21, 2006 2:48 AM

Username changes are currently discontinued until further notice.

Hello. Are you bored of your current Username? Want a username change? Well, you can change your username simply by PMing me and asking me!

Please PM me in this format for a quicker response:

Subject:

Username Change

Message:

New Username: <Insert New Username Here>
Reason: <Inset why you want a new username here>

You will also be required to put a line of text in your signature that will read as so:

I, <Old Username Here> have recently changed my username to <New Username Here>

For one week, so other users know that you had a name change.

Any question, comments, or suggestions for this service, please post here.

Theory · Nov 09, 2006 1:24 AM

spyrorocks , shouldn't you allow only some of the usergroups to change?
Like if you allow anyone to change their old username , who knows? they might change from e.g: OMG - Loser , then change back to OMG.. that is very rude.

Zekira Drake · Nov 10, 2006 9:23 PM

Usually, spyrorocks regulates what words can be in the username, and he knows when one user is abusing this availability of changing the usernames.

Spyrorocks · Nov 11, 2006 1:14 AM

Yes i do have morals you know LOL.

It is not a automated process. I have to do it manually.

Zekira Drake · Nov 11, 2006 9:27 AM

Ž Â· And I think, if I'm not mistaken, that the replacement of the names is supposed to be editted in the database through a find and replace function... or am I wrong, I dunno.

Hazarath · Feb 09, 2007 1:10 PM

Ž Â· And I think, if I'm not mistaken, that the replacement of the names is supposed to be editted in the database through a find and replace function... or am I wrong, I dunno.

Nah, he just goes to the phpBB conrtol panel, search for a name, go to their profile page, and change there name on the 'User name' field.

[No, I am NOT a mod or admin, I just ran a form once.]

-Haz

Zekira Drake · Feb 09, 2007 3:29 PM

Ž Â· ...oh yeah how could I forget... heh...

Spyrorocks · Feb 09, 2007 4:21 PM

Phpbb is quite user friendly. I could go through the database if i wanted to, but its much more easier to do it though the phpbb admin panal.

DanteAndVergil · May 01, 2007 11:52 PM

i like the Phpbb's system its very easy to use and as SR said very user friendly

Zekira Drake · May 01, 2007 11:56 PM

Å½ Â· pHpBB has done a very good job in maintaining it's easy management... it gives out every option for the appropriate rank of the member.

DanteAndVergil · May 01, 2007 11:57 PM

yes very true

PixelArtist · Apr 25, 2008 5:26 PM

wth...? so your just letting people change there names... they should make thewm pay you like 1000 gems lol

Doppelgangergang · May 21, 2008 12:16 AM

It's going to be confusing for some people (like me) to track username changes.

corky · May 29, 2008 7:25 AM

how come u closed username changing for awhile?

Doppelgangergang · May 29, 2008 8:02 PM

corky wrote:

how come u closed username changing for awhile?

Same question.

Spyrorocks · May 30, 2008 5:36 PM

Because all these username changes are getting confusing.

Doppelgangergang · Jun 03, 2008 1:34 AM

Okay, I know that was off, but what if small fixes are to be made?

For example:

I registered on Engadget with the name "aguiluz." They allow small edits to a username, so I asked them to change it to "Aguiluz." Notice the capital "A."

corky · Jun 03, 2008 7:43 AM

That's not a bad idea, Doppel! wink

Stormy · Jun 03, 2008 5:24 PM

[sub]Redemption recently implemented a feature like this on Neoseeker; it's actually been quite helpful to people. At first I didn't really see the point, but I think something like it has good potential, if the name changes are getting confusing.

How it works is like this:

Username change page wrote:

What this page allows you instead is to modify the capitals in your username and add or remove up to 5 numbers from your the beginning or end of your username. It also allows you to add, or remove spaces and underlines. For instance, you can change a username with all capitals (eg "29FIRES_TORM") to something like "FireStorm6" or "Fire Storm". Please note the following restrictions on using this feature:

~You may only change your username capitalisation once per year. NO EXCEPTIONS (if you make a mistake you will have pay the Name Change Fee to correct it or wait a year).
~ We do not allow you to change your username to all FULLCAPS

This makes it so people aren't getting name changes left and right (as it can only be done once a year) and the name changes that they get aren't too different than their old names. I think corky's right; it's a good idea.

Edit: Why is there no [ul] and [li] markup? sad [/sub]

corky · Jun 04, 2008 8:55 AM

Once a year???? (:) o_O THATS CRAZY!!! should be like once a month.

Stormy · Jun 04, 2008 5:00 PM

[sub]No, that's unreasonable. The one year wait is so people will make sure they have their name the way they want it and not confuse people by changing it every month. [/sub]

Doppelgangergang · Jun 06, 2008 1:41 AM

How about re-enabling this and charging 1000 gems per change?

Spyrorocks · Jun 06, 2008 4:08 AM

Id easily charge 25,000 gems for a username change.

Doppelgangergang · Jun 06, 2008 12:53 PM

Spyrorocks wrote:

Id easily charge 25,000 gems for a username change.

Well, that could be like this:

100 Gems: Spelling, Caps, Typo and Spacing Fix. Like "aguiluz" to "Aguiluz" or "Cristal" to "Crystal" or "Dogyg" to "Doggy" or "Asmo_Vestor" to "Asmo Vestor."

1,000 Gems: First Username Change
5,000 Gems: Second Username Change
10,000 Gems: Third Username Change
15,000 Gems: Fourth Usename Change
20,000 Gems: Fifth Usename Change
25,000 Gems: Sixth and SEMIPERMANENT Username Change

(Semipermanent = Permanent for 400 days from username change.)

Also, there must be a lag time of six months before changes.

The 100 Gem fix can be used as many times as appropriate, and newly registered users can get it at 10 Gems only if they somehow misspelled/miscased/typo errored the username.

alexis1213 · Jun 07, 2008 1:48 AM

interesting hmmmmmmmmm yes it sounds good but sooner or L8r u may lose a lot of gems

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