Question: No name change, so alts?

[Massacre.]

I understand that you removed name changing, but if you make an alt, what if you register with the same email? Otherwise, are there any rules for alts?

 

[Sydian]

I don't think it would allow you to register with the same email, as that email is linked to the first account you made. And the rules for alts is essentially that you don't go around sock-puppeting, or pretending you're a different person, example being making an intro thread introducing yourself as someone completely different than your main account.

Hope this helps.

 

[Massacre.]

I don't think it would allow you to register with the same email, as that email is linked to the first account you made. And the rules for alts is essentially that you don't go around sock-puppeting, or pretending you're a different person, example being making an intro thread introducing yourself as someone completely different than your main account.

Hope this helps.

Thanks. I want to make an alt, so I'll use my MSN to use it. Close this thread, plz.

 

[King Gumball]

Why was name changing stopped in the first place? It seemed like a good idea and all :/

 

[Livewire]

Why was name changing stopped in the first place? It seemed like a good idea and all :/

It put far to much stress on an already stressed server, so we discontinued it awhile back.

 

[curiousnathan]

Why was name changing stopped in the first place? It seemed like a good idea and all :/

Because it put too muc stress on the server having to find that user's posts and changing every mention of the old name into the new one. So basically it means PC would've crashed more, and we all hate when that happens.. :<

omg; nija'd by a ninja'd nija!


.. D=

 

[King Gumball]

Because it put too muc stress on the server having to find that user's posts and changing every mention of the old name into the new one. So basically it means PC would've crashed more, and we all hate when that happens.. :<

omg; nija'd by a ninja'd nija!


.. D=

:( Maybe there could be certain requirements to change a username and a long period before you can change it again, like maybe you get one change each year, if you have over 3000 posts or something?

 

[bobandbill]

:( Maybe there could be certain requirements to change a username and a long period before you can change it again, like maybe you get one change each year, if you have over 3000 posts or something?

Stuff like that has been suggested but the thing is even one name change has the risk of breaking the server or whatnot.

 

[King Gumball]

Stuff like that has been suggested but the thing is even one name change has the risk of breaking the server or whatnot.

Hmm... Okay then, that sucks :/

 

[Massacre.]

I SED CLOSE DIS THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kthxbai.

 

[Nick]

In CQ&F, we don't close threads upon request, usually, since more often than not some people might have something to add. We also don't answer upon demand, so please don't go demanding this thread to be closed a few posts after you request. Rather rude and discourteous to the staff, if you ask me.

 

[Massacre.]

In CQ&F, we don't close threads upon request, usually, since more often than not some people might have something to add. We also don't answer upon demand, so please don't go demanding this thread to be closed a few posts after you request. Rather rude and discourteous to the staff, if you ask me.

I find it rude as well, although I fixed the issues, Thanks to syd, but it's kinda getting off topic. So I think the thread is dead now.

 

[Roy-Chibi]

I think this would be a cool... idea... I gave my other account I made (without falsing any information. Everything about me is the same) to my friend, since I figured the Name change is... and never will come back... However, if the alt thing is do-able, I can show my friend the hoops of making an account of her own, so I can take my other account back... *hoping* (she's new to computers and the PC site looked cute to her, so yeah... I was just being generous that night.)

I don't want to be framed for falsfying any information that's been distributed is all, and yeah...

If I could have one name change, I'd take it... *sighs* Ah well. Such is life.

 

[curiousnathan]

I find it rude as well, although I fixed the issues, Thanks to syd, but it's kinda getting off topic. So I think the thread is dead now.

Yes, but it's elabprating on you're problem and generating some suggestions for future solutions or alternative solutions.

Have a limit to the Name changing would be good, but like bobandbill mentioned it only takes one to break PC and for one person's need it's wipes out more than one persons pleasure/experience here for an amount of time, whether short or long. :(

 

[Sydian]

Have a limit to the Name changing would be good, but like bobandbill mentioned it only takes one to break PC and for one person's need it's wipes out more than one persons pleasure/experience here for an amount of time, whether short or long. :(

There were limits on them when we did have them. You could only have your username changed every four months. So that wouldn't make a difference really.

 

[Nick]

On vBulletin, there's something called Replacement Variables. I don't see why we can't use those. It doesn't change the username, but it changes what it looks like. You know when you're on a text editor and need to change a word to something else? That's pretty much what it does, for those who don't know. Kind of like other forum software where you have a username that's static and a dynamic display name that can be changed. You always log in with your username, but your display name can be anything you'd choose. It replaces in the templates everything to something else. I don't know if that affects the server and database as much as username changes do.

 

[King Gumball]

On vBulletin, there's something called Replacement Variables. I don't see why we can't use those. It doesn't change the username, but it changes what it looks like. You know when you're on a text editor and need to change a word to something else? That's pretty much what it does, for those who don't know. Kind of like other forum software where you have a username that's static and a dynamic display name that can be changed. You always log in with your username, but your display name can be anything you'd choose. It replaces in the templates everything to something else. I don't know if that affects the server and database as much as username changes do.

I think that is what GTS+/GPX+ uses (you only change the display name) , since I still log on with my old user name there. That would be a very good idea, maybe PC can test it out for a bit? It may work :)

 

[Nick]

I think that is what GTS+/GPX+ uses (you only change the display name) , since I still log on with my old user name there. That would be a very good idea, maybe PC can test it out for a bit? It may work :)

I certainly wouldn't be opposed to it. I think if that were to happen, it should be limited and restricted the way username changes were. They can only be changed X times a year, every X months. Join date requirements, etc...

I don't think it would be too difficult, actually. Maybe just a change to the usergroup username HTML markups, maybe a template added, and a new profile field that only can be accessed by administrators. I can't see how that would really eat up the database, either. Maybe to avoid confusion, usernames can be displayed in the postbit as well as the display name.

But for some reason, I don't see this happening.

 

[King Gumball]

I certainly wouldn't be opposed to it. I think if that were to happen, it should be limited and restricted the way username changes were. They can only be changed X times a year, every X months. Join date requirements, etc...

I don't think it would be too difficult, actually. Maybe just a change to the usergroup username HTML markups, maybe a template added, and a new profile field that only can be accessed by administrators. I can't see how that would really eat up the database, either. Maybe to avoid confusion, usernames can be displayed in the postbit as well as the display name.

But for some reason, I don't see this happening.

Well hopefully it could happen in the future when one of the Admins is feeling bored ^.^ But definatly restrictions and x amount of times a year. Maybe every every 90 days, so a max 3 times a year, if you have over 1500 posts ?

 

[Purple Materia]

But definitely restrictions and x amount of times a year. Maybe every every 90 days, so a max 3 times a year, if you have over 1500 posts ?

Yeah, I'm game for that idea.
Want to change my name to DivineValefor. :P