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  • MarioNintendo
    Expect delays.
    FFR Simfile Author
    FFR Music Producer
    • Mar 2008
    • 4177

    #76
    Re: Username Changes

    Man I thought you'd have stopped feeling guilty about that scores thing at this point.

    I'm curious... if display names is not what Prawn and Tristan had in mind (referring to OWA's post on the first post), then what is the plan, actually? Is it a massive overhaul of the caliber you speak?

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    • Velocity
      Doing the wrong thing the right way since 2010.
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      FFR Administrator
      • Jul 2007
      • 1817

      #77
      Re: Username Changes

      Originally posted by MarioNintendo
      Man I thought you'd have stopped feeling guilty about that scores thing at this point.

      I'm curious... if display names is not what Prawn and Tristan had in mind (referring to OWA's post on the first post), then what is the plan, actually? Is it a massive overhaul of the caliber you speak?
      I stopped feeling bad about the scores long ago because FFR is something I keep coming back to no matter how mad I get at the game or community.

      In the moment, they seem to be trying something, though I haven't been in development for months now.

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      • ShadowDueler97
        scarhand pls
        • Mar 2012
        • 547

        #78
        Re: Username Changes

        Hoo boy this would be nice if it ended up happening.


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        • benguino
          Kawaii Desu Ne?
          • Dec 2007
          • 4185

          #79
          Re: Username Changes

          Originally posted by justin_ator
          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
          I was just about to say this but I think this says what I would have said pretty well.

          Although the actual implementation might be a bit tricky considering display names aren't a feature in vBulletin 3 as noted by Velocity. Dunno if it would be easier to try to perhaps gradually introduce the feature by trying to implement it for portions of the site at a time? (i.e. printing the display name instead of the username)
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          • side_boobies
            FFR Player
            • Jun 2012
            • 6

            #80
            Re: Username Changes

            I don't regret my username at all.

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            • rushyrulz
              Digital Dancing!
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              • Feb 2006
              • 12985

              #81
              Re: Username Changes

              holy shit! lmao


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              • MarioNintendo
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                • Mar 2008
                • 4177

                #82
                Re: Username Changes

                I still find this whole thing troubling. Why no official word from Prawn or Spitfire?

                If Spitfire got a name change the way he did as a special treatment unavailable to us mortals, fine by me (still salty he would choose anything else than spitfire, but whatever, to each his own). If however Max is actively working on something, some details would be appreciated: how would this be done?

                I'm starting to think OWA made it up in his post and that there really was no plan to implement this to begin with. Confirmation would be nice, though.

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                • TC_Halogen
                  Rhythm game specialist.
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                  • Feb 2008
                  • 19376

                  #83
                  Re: Username Changes

                  Originally posted by MarioNintendo
                  I still find this whole thing troubling. Why no official word from Prawn or Spitfire?

                  If Spitfire got a name change the way he did as a special treatment unavailable to us mortals, fine by me (still salty he would choose anything else than spitfire, but whatever, to each his own). If however Max is actively working on something, some details would be appreciated: how would this be done?

                  I'm starting to think OWA made it up in his post and that there really was no plan to implement this to begin with. Confirmation would be nice, though.
                  as blunt as I am towards staff and as much as i'd like to believe there was no intent, I very much doubt that OWA would do that if not only because he doesn't give enough of a shit in the first place about that kind of thing, not to mention that i'm pretty sure he's not really... lied about anything with regards to notable changes

                  an update from Prawn/Null would be kinda nice right about now

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                  • dashoe93
                    Alphabet Crowd
                    FFR Simfile Author
                    • Nov 2005
                    • 2950

                    #84
                    Re: Username Changes

                    ~DAShoe93~

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                    • Nullifidian
                      ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
                      FFR Simfile Author
                      • Sep 2007
                      • 1837

                      #85
                      Re: Username Changes

                      I didn't even see this thread until now so sorry for a late reply. I only asked Prawn to change my username as a courtesy cause my username has been a thorn in my eye for years now. I don't know what Prawn's plans on managing username changes are but I can confirm that what OWA said is true. Prawn told me he is keeping these changes in a script so that one day he can let anyone change their name. I'll let Prawn know about this thread too so he can share his thoughts on this as well.


                      Originally posted by MarioNintendo
                      (still salty he would choose anything else than spitfire, but whatever, to each his own)
                      Haha, even if I could've gotten the username Spitfire (which is already taken iirc), I want nothing to do with the name anymore. Like I said, it's been a thorn in my eye for the past couple of years.
                      Last edited by Nullifidian; 02-5-2016, 11:54 AM.

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                      • MarioNintendo
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                        FFR Music Producer
                        • Mar 2008
                        • 4177

                        #86
                        Re: Username Changes

                        He knows about this thread, I saw him viewing it. He even edited one of Velocity's posts, lol

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                        • Nullifidian
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                          FFR Simfile Author
                          • Sep 2007
                          • 1837

                          #87
                          Re: Username Changes

                          Maybe he's still working out the logistics of this. I have no insider knowledge about any of this so yeah.

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                          • PrawnSkunk
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                            • Dec 2007
                            • 3907

                            #88
                            Re: Username Changes

                            Sorry for the 5 page delay in posting, I've been feeling really burned out of FFR recently. Velocity has been helping me compile a script that searches and updates the database for all occurrences of a username. We're refining that list now, and have it narrowed down to about 70 tables. _.Spitfire._ was a good account to test this on, because his username would be on every table we want to change, and he wasn't afraid if his account got bricked as a result. I want to make sure automating username changes is possible and safe before making plans for a username reserve policy or previous name display. If you guys have any other questions, let me know and I will respond to them when I can.

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                            • -JiZ53-
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                              • Nov 2014
                              • 199

                              #89
                              Re: Username Changes

                              who banned Attractive?

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                              • PrawnSkunk
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                                • Dec 2007
                                • 3907

                                #90
                                Re: Username Changes

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