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No name change, so alts?
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?
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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.
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Why was name changing stopped in the first place? It seemed like a good idea and all :/
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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= |
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:( 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? |
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Hmm... Okay then, that sucks :/ |
I SED CLOSE DIS THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kthxbai.
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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.
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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. |
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. |
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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. :( |
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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.
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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. |
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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 ? |
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Want to change my name to DivineValefor. :P |
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Can't you just add a replacement variable for all the username hooks?
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I miss username changes...I hate my username, missed the final changes, and don't want to use my Alt because it doesn't have all my posts, threads, emblems, friends list, and much more. Maybe the admins could re-enable it for a Christmas present? :D
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The staff probably won't enable it for a Christmas present if it could crash the servers. |
Idea: isn't it possible to transfer posts, threads, friends list, infractions etc. from one account to the other? SPPf also doesn't allow name changes (and for the same reasons), but they do this as an alternative, so users can create a new account, but retain everything from their old ones.
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