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Hi there, how do I change my user name?

I believe, the only way to do it without involving the Mad Scis, is to simply re-register under a new name...


Cell 617

:FAQ: Can you change my username?

And there's your answer, Karl. There's really only one person who can go and do it, and we haven't heard from him in a while. Add to that the fact that it's simply just alot of work to do it, means we'd prefer that if someone wants to change their username, they simply re-register

Justice 4 Pat Richard

...besides, nobody knows who you are now anyway..

*snicker*

I just re-reg(ed), but I only did it with the knowledge that it wasn't too confusing for everyone as I am using a similar name.

:::tao::: ::cell::

Another great and smart idea is to use a new name with a hint of the old one, for instance, you re-register as Wuthering_Heights_afka_Karl, for instance, so we know that you were Karl, and after some months, you can re-re-register as Wuthering_Heights_no_need_for_afka_anymore, and finally, some more months past, you get finally to the Wuthering_Heights nickname, by re-re-re-registering. You can add some more intermediate steps if you think you need more for the transition.
Isn't it a wonderful idea?

afka = also formerly known as

but what if his name is "afka" ??? then where would he be when he registered.

hmm?


[antique sigs are us]

Karl: (and anyone else interested in chanign their names): If you wait until we have the New Asylum this should be easier to do.

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Emps

The Emperor dot org

I want to change my name because, in French, 'viol' is a hell of a bad name.

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Karl: (and anyone else interested in chanign their names): If you wait until we have the New Asylum this should be easier to do

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Sorry, what? Come in again? Like hell it will be easier to change a username retroactivly.

Tyberius Prime

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Sorry, what? Come in again? Like hell it will be easier to change a username retroactivly.

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Ahhhhhhhh well thats me told then - I had assumed the wonders of relational databases would have made this fairly straightforward but clearly not.

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Skaarjj:

And there's your answer, Karl. There's really only one person who can go and do it, and we haven't heard from him in a while. Add to that the fact that it's simply just alot of work to do it, means we'd prefer that if someone wants to change their username, they simply re-register

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sorry. but if he do this then it would just take up space on the membership list, wouldn't it?

Karl:

There's no point of changing your username to another 'cos it will not just take up time but you will also just confuse people in here, just as the people above me said.

Deviations

Yannah: And? The average user account (and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here) on this board is less than 10 bytes in size...even with 5000 of them that's less than 5Kb of data for the entire user database. We count this as alot more desirable than putting in the work to change every record of Karl's name to whatever his new name is going to be.

Justice 4 Pat Richard

Even so, what's the use of the other username not being used?

Deviations

What's the problem in re-registering?
Your post count?
Are you here because of it?
Anyway, it doesn't mean much, specially when most of it were useless.

What? NO!
I actually think that postcount is useless aswell.
I'm just concious with the space getting used up by useless re-registering.

Deviations

So what I am gathering here is that I should jump in and reserve a bunch of names, just incase I want to use them in the future. I mean, what if I want to use Super Spud and find out that it was registered 3 years ago, even though it was never used....

Super spud could be lost to me forever!!!!!!!

Jason

On the other hand, if Karl changes his name to Doug, and Steve changes his name to Karl... Who would be the real Karl?

What we need are bar codes.... Forget the names...

I think that the MadSci's could assemble a Grand Ozone Jury for deciding on nicknames when there is a dispute. So, if you are known as "badass" amongst your clan, and some other guy comes first and takes this nick, than you file a formal complaint to the Grand Ozone Jury, bringing proofs that you're nick was cyberjacked, and the Grand Ozone Jury will decide.

... and the grand jury will decide. That you're an annoying little bugger, that is, probably.

Note: Please note that I didn't say it was easier to change a username in the grail. Nor did I say it's more difficult. But it set's bad precedent, and the guys where the importer can not make the link from their username to their cell, because, their username doesn't exist in the database anymore, quite frankly annoy me.

Ahhhhhhh but Mr Prime people are going to be doing this anyway by registering new names) whether we make it easier for them to do this. At least having a solution where we can change people's names means we don't get the confusing istuation of some inmates having various different accounts over time

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Emps

The Emperor dot org

I think it more confusing to click on a name, and get to a cell that apperantly belongs to some one else.
Reregister, if you want a new name. Write that in the contact details of your old account, if you want. But changing names of existing accounts is a can of worms which I don't want to open up.

I'm thinking of changing my username to: Karlos

I'm thinking of changing my username to Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern -schplenden -schlitter -crasscrenbon -fried -digger -dangle -dungle -burstein -von -knacker -thrasher -apple -banger -horowitz -ticolensic -grander -knotty -spelltinkle -grandlich -grumblemeyer -spelterwasser -kürstlich -himbleeisen -bahnwagen -gutenabend -bitte -eine -nürnburger -bratwustle -gerspurten -mit -zweimache -luber -hundsfut -gumberaber -shönendanker -kalbsfleisch -mittler -raucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.

RN3 - can you just give us the acronym for that one? We'd wear ourselves out typing it...

how about simply: Shmuck, The Fourth


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And what if we all changed our names to an un-pronouncable symbol? Or perhaps to a sound with no known visual interpretation.......

Sneaks in and places the Worm Can Opener where TP will find it

:::tao::: ::cell::

I always wanted to be a MadSci...

^ Can't believe no one ever thought of that one before...


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I can't believe it either !

Yeah... not too many inmates from Brazil...

Or with the same IP address

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Emps

The Emperor dot org

I regret not thinking before registering here with my username.

Deviations

Re-register, make a nice sig telling "I'm Yannah", after a while, no need for sig anymore.
Take Tao as an example (although his change didn't need a sig - he just grew up a bit)

Damn you, Mad Scientist!

Hehe, you should've just taken Lunatic instead of Psychotic.

Deviations

I think Lunatic is already taken. I remember not long ago someone showed up here with a nick that was also a ranking name. That was the first time I saw the idea. And that was when I thought: "smart ass this guy".
BTW, Psychotics are above Lunatics in the ranking here.

"what if" there were a inmate named Finglongers? would the MadSci's long to be with him/her/it?

hehe - i'll not jump on this bandwagon

go fart

edit: how long before takes the bait?

[This message has been edited by outcydr (edited 04-10-2004).]

Hmm...about that long