Username Changes

[YoshL]

Re: Username Changes

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]

Re: Username Changes

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

#whatsthepoint

shut up owa

[Wayward Vagabond]

Re: Username Changes

It's been years and people still call me wc

[Frank Munoz]

Re: Username Changes

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]

Re: Username Changes

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

[Velocity]

Re: Username Changes

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]

Re: Username Changes

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]

Re: Username Changes

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-]

Re: Username Changes

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

[Soundwave-]

Re: Username Changes

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]

Re: Username Changes

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]

Re: Username Changes

Why would PrawnSkunk edit Velocity's post?

[-JiZ53-]

Re: Username Changes

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]

Re: Username Changes

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]

Re: Username Changes

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.