Username Changes!

Would you change your username?

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If you're referring to the name changes, nothing was ever promised. We just really thought that it would work out, and then it didn't.
 
A rich person could always join PC tomorrow, donate millions and then we'll have name changes back. But I doubt that.
 
Team Fail said:
My alt was done on a whim and I kinda wanna give it back to Sydian because he came up with Seed Bby. I was an idiot but I can be nice.
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hehehaohohoaohohoaohoaohoho yes team fail, 'he'
unless you mean sydian as in hiiro or whatever oops
 
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I would change my name, I changed it to Pave Low because of MW2, but I guess I have to live with it now (unless a rich person does donate millions to PC). I can live with it, though, albeit not one of my most favourable usernames.
 
I'm getting tired of my username tbh and I wouldn't mind a change. I usually go by the username of curiousnathan now, haha, my name irl, and my username. c:
 
When we did have our final username change, my desired username "Harlequin" was already taken and I hated my current username so I just thought of one off the top of my head and that's what I came up with, but I do get bored of it like Nathan.
 
Well, if username change is unavailable, why not clear the user list of tons of inactive ghost (0 posts, last logged in >week after registration, X years/months old) accounts so at least active users could get alts they always wanted to have as their main username? There are a tons of accounts that were abandoned on the same day they were made.


And the argument: "Oh, but they can return, blablabla." is bad, IMHO.
If they didn't change their email a few times, they forgot PC exist or they're using another username already.
 
Gonz0 said:
Well, if username change is unavailable, why not clear the user list of tons of inactive ghost (0 posts, last logged in >week after registration, X years/months old) accounts so at least active users could get alts they always wanted to have as their main username? There are a tons of accounts that were abandoned on the same day they were made.


And the argument: "Oh, but they can return, blablabla." is bad, IMHO.
If they didn't change their email a few times, they forgot PC exist or they're using another username already.
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It would be great for this to happen to open up some really good usernames. A lot of the Pokémon names were taken and never used, which is a shame.
 
AdvancedK47 said:
I think the failure of the name changes is a sign that we either need to upgrade to forum software or get a new server o__o

I mean, honestly, how can name changes even be an option if they are just gonna get every server derped like it's high on electricity.

On topic, I don't think my username is politically correct anymore o__o. I'd either get it changed to Godot17 or think of something creative to permanently apply it as my internet identity.
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I agree, i have been wanting to get a name change for quite some time now >.> But for some reason pc crashes whenever a name change occurs.

But my username is too original and has my real name in it (Made this account about 3-4 years ago) i would want my username to be changed to Element.
 
Ausaudriel said:

What's the point of opening up names if you can't change to them anyway? @_@;
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I think the point is that unlike staff, members can change accounts with little to no repercussions (except for the potential loss of donation money). So if the names were opened people would use them as alts and eventually as new main accounts I assume.
 
that and im sure a lot of new members would like names that are taken. i originally wanted to be Haunter but it was taken - by an account inactive since 2005.
 
Toujours said:


I think the point is that unlike staff, members can change accounts with little to no repercussions (except for the potential loss of donation money). So if the names were opened people would use them as alts and eventually as new main accounts I assume.
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The problem with this is that for some people like me, the repercussions would be great, i have a trade thread, an awsome profile, lots of friends, donation money and a bunch of other stuff. If i just went ahead and made a new profile everything i worked hard to get would be gone, so making a new profile is out for me /:
 
jerichob10 said:
The problem with this is that for some people like me, the repercussions would be great, i have a trade thread, an awsome profile, lots of friends, donation money and a bunch of other stuff. If i just went ahead and made a new profile everything i worked hard to get would be gone, so making a new profile is out for me /:
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You could just...put in your signature that you used to be jerichob10. Trade threads can be the exact same with a different owner (as in, take the thread you have now, make a new account the OP). Also, the donation money I didn't consider much of a hurdle because very often, although they say it's not allowed, PPN will transfer donation money from account to account haha. And...are they really your friends if they'd abandon you once you told them you changed names...?

The only reason why changing a name is pretty much impossible as a staff member is that h-staff won't allow name skipping if you want to keep your position. It's easy to switch names as long as you're not staff. The only thing you can be guaranteed to lose is your old post count.
 
jerichob10 said:
The problem with this is that for some people like me, the repercussions would be great, i have a trade thread, an awsome profile, lots of friends, donation money and a bunch of other stuff. If i just went ahead and made a new profile everything i worked hard to get would be gone, so making a new profile is out for me /:
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Toujours said:


You could just...put in your signature that you used to be jerichob10. Trade threads can be the exact same with a different owner (as in, take the thread you have now, make a new account the OP). Also, the donation money I didn't consider much of a hurdle because very often, although they say it's not allowed, PPN will transfer donation money from account to account haha. And...are they really your friends if they'd abandon you once you told them you changed names...?

The only reason why changing a name is pretty much impossible as a staff member is that h-staff won't allow name skipping if you want to keep your position. It's easy to switch names as long as you're not staff. The only thing you can be guaranteed to lose is your old post count.
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Jericho, if you need help with any of this, I can put your new username into your old trade thread, even as the original post. So honestly, the only thing you'd really lose is your post count if you can get your supportership transferred.
 
Team Fail said:
IIRC, it cannot be transferred. I think you'd have to donate under the new name.
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Depends on who you ask for the transfer, actually.
 
I'm not that bothered about name changed to be honest, I'm happy with my username and have been since I first used it. Any other username I might possibly want to change to some day I made as an alt a while ago.

Team Fail said:
Oh? I thought the FAQ said they couldn't be and that was final. Seems I'm wrong then.
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It depends on how much you donated too. You're more likely to get a T6 transferred than a T1.
 
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