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Loopster wrote on 2011-07-20 07:41
Quote from EndlessDreams;518963:
That would defeat the purpose of changing the first place, right?
Well, there's some games that I wished I could change my name in, what if someone didn't use a capital or has numbers but now has a great name? But what if someone named it after another person, who died or something happened between the those people? It's useful in many ways for some.
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Hiccup wrote on 2011-07-20 08:29
Ya I dunno if I wanted to be Bieber on nation forever D:
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Navy wrote on 2011-07-20 08:47
+1
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Kingofrunes wrote on 2011-07-20 11:34
This would be useful to have I suppose.
I only changed my username once and that was for a legit purpose, The Roleplaying Event. Now I'm back to normal, but still a nice feature to have nonetheless.
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Osayidan wrote on 2011-07-20 14:43
The username history would only work when the username gets changed by staff through the control panel.
The way the names are changed now is custom coded with the shop add-on that goes directly to the database after checking if the name doesn't already exist. So can't really track it without redoing the shop system.
Username change should probably be more expensive though, the original pricing was from when people didn't have so much gold when Nation opened up. People shouldn't be able to change names every week.
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JustNoOne wrote on 2011-07-20 14:47
Darn it!
Oh well >.< It was a nice suggestion DX
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Adelynn wrote on 2011-07-20 16:31
I forgot who was who so many times I just stopped caring. >_>
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Halfslashed wrote on 2011-07-20 17:44
Quote from Osayidan;519675:
The username history would only work when the username gets changed by staff through the control panel.
The way the names are changed now is custom coded with the shop add-on that goes directly to the database after checking if the name doesn't already exist. So can't really track it without redoing the shop system.
Username change should probably be more expensive though, the original pricing was from when people didn't have so much gold when Nation opened up. People shouldn't be able to change names every week.
Make it 50-100k gold or so. That should prevent abuse from certain people on the forum..
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JustNoOne wrote on 2011-07-20 17:48
It also makes it quite difficult for people like me to obtain one....
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Applejack wrote on 2011-07-20 19:24
It took me 7 months to get the amount of gold for a name change + I got help from an event I won. I spent it on level 3 Account and my Ferret donated 8500 for a namechange so I could get this name change. 15k-25k I would never get a name change let alone 50k-100k.
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Shirayuki wrote on 2011-07-20 19:32
New unwritten rule: everyone make a thread explaining who they are whenever they change their name.
Personally against this idea since it seems like a ton of work that isn't really needed since Nation functioned pretty well for the past year and the only people who can afford name changes are the ones who actually post/are well-known enough to be remembered regardless.
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Time wrote on 2011-07-20 19:51
Quote from JustNoOne;519822:
It also makes it quite difficult for people like me to obtain one....
Quote from Applejack;519906:
It took me 7 months to get the amount of gold for a name change + I got help from an event I won. I spent it on level 3 Account and my Ferret donated 8500 for a namechange so I could get this name change. 15k-25k I would never get a name change let alone 50k-100k.
Well...but why do you need a name change in the first place?
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Osayidan wrote on 2011-07-20 19:57
If you need a name change for a very good reason, or for events like the RP, you're likely to get it for free anyways when you ask nicely. So I think I'll be increasing the name change price a bit this weekend, get it at the current price while you still can.
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Shirayuki wrote on 2011-07-20 20:00
Quote from Osayidan;519940:
If you need a name change for a very good reason, or for events like the RP, you're likely to get it for free anyways when you ask nicely. So I think I'll be increasing the name change price a bit this weekend, get it at the current price while you still can.
Can I buy like 5 and keep them in a box for a while? :D