Name Changing
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Name Changing
So, how is that done?
Keeping with my overdone DDR-theme, I want to change my name in accordance with standard procedure and I think it is about time.
Keeping with my overdone DDR-theme, I want to change my name in accordance with standard procedure and I think it is about time.
Josh Kablack wrote:Your freedom to make rulings up on the fly is in direct conflict with my freedom to interact with an internally consistent narrative. Your freedom to run/play a game without needing to understand a complex rule system is in direct conflict with my freedom to play a character whose abilities and flaws function as I intended within that ruleset. Your freedom to add and change rules in the middle of the game is in direct conflict with my ability to understand that rules system before I decided whether or not to join your game.
In short, your entire post is dismissive of not merely my intelligence, but my agency. And I don't mean agency as a player within one of your games, I mean my agency as a person. You do not want me to be informed when I make the fundamental decisions of deciding whether to join your game or buying your rules system.
Someone with database access would have to manually change your name. This version doesn't come standard with a script to execute the change throughout the database to make sure your posts are properly connected.
Granted it is only about 3 fields that needs changed, but it would leave people confused when your old name comes up in older posts.
There is a hack for the board that COULD be installed to do this automagically IF the administration so chose it worth the time to allow name changes.
But that is just my back-end perspective on it.
Granted it is only about 3 fields that needs changed, but it would leave people confused when your old name comes up in older posts.
There is a hack for the board that COULD be installed to do this automagically IF the administration so chose it worth the time to allow name changes.
But that is just my back-end perspective on it.
Play the game, not the rules.
good read (Note to self Maxus sucks a barrel of cocks.)
Swordslinger wrote:Or fuck it... I'm just going to get weapon specialization in my cock and whip people to death with it. Given all the enemies are total pussies, it seems like the appropriate thing to do.
Lewis Black wrote:If the people of New Zealand want to be part of our world, I believe they should hop off their islands, and push 'em closer.
Actually, there's an option in the admin control panel (General Admin -> Configuration) under the heading "User and Forum Basic Settings." It's a little yes/no option - allow username changes - and when the setting is yes, anyone can change their username in their profile.
It's currently set to no on this board.
It's currently set to no on this board.
Last edited by Maj on Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:28 pm, edited 1 time in total.
It is there!
Yet another thing I probably removed from mine.
Yet another thing I probably removed from mine.
Last edited by shadzar on Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:49 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Play the game, not the rules.
good read (Note to self Maxus sucks a barrel of cocks.)
Swordslinger wrote:Or fuck it... I'm just going to get weapon specialization in my cock and whip people to death with it. Given all the enemies are total pussies, it seems like the appropriate thing to do.
Lewis Black wrote:If the people of New Zealand want to be part of our world, I believe they should hop off their islands, and push 'em closer.
Hooray ^-^.Zherog wrote:After talking it over with fbmf, we're not going to enable the feature. However, name changes will be considered on a case-by-case basis. To that end, Lago -- check your PMs.
I hated the name change feature or previous boards. You just don't know who is who if people keep changing their names. I mean it's fine on small boards like this one but huge ones jsut makes it bad.
Although while we have a low population our post count per topic is crazy so it would be bad in our case though.
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:cough: if possible, can my name just be Cynic without the preceeding "A_"
I know this is antithetical to what i just said earlier but I kept thinking about it and I decided to be a hypocrite.
I know this is antithetical to what i just said earlier but I kept thinking about it and I decided to be a hypocrite.
Ancient History wrote:We were working on Street Magic, and Frank asked me if a houngan had run over my dog.
Yes, Orion is available. However, my hunch is that this would be the sort of name change fbmf is looking to avoid. I'll check in with the boss to see what he has to say, though.Boolean wrote:Is "Orion" available? "Boolean" was never my favorite username anyway, I got stuck with it after losing access to my old account. But my old account still exists, so you can't change me to that, even if I wanted it, which I don't.
You can't fix stupid.
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." ~ Jackie Robinson
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." ~ Jackie Robinson
Well, I have a pretty specific reason for wanting this:
Orion is seriously my actual, real name, and I'm no longer scared of having my name on the internet. In fact, now that I'm working on several community projects I *want* them attached to me.
EDIT: I'll also leave a reminder in my sig for a while. or, if you can change people's title (like Duke) you could make mine "nee Boolean."
Orion is seriously my actual, real name, and I'm no longer scared of having my name on the internet. In fact, now that I'm working on several community projects I *want* them attached to me.
EDIT: I'll also leave a reminder in my sig for a while. or, if you can change people's title (like Duke) you could make mine "nee Boolean."
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Fbmf has given this one the thumbs up. To make sure I get what you want the first time, the C should remain capitalized, yes?A_Cynic wrote::cough: if possible, can my name just be Cynic without the preceeding "A_"
This one, too, has been given the fence building seal of approval. Capitalized O?Boolean wrote:Is "Orion" available? "Boolean" was never my favorite username anyway, I got stuck with it after losing access to my old account. But my old account still exists, so you can't change me to that, even if I wanted it, which I don't.
I should be able to get to both of these later, once we've confirmed spelling.
You can't fix stupid.
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." ~ Jackie Robinson
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." ~ Jackie Robinson
You got it right, Z.
THanks guys.
edit: Orion is a damned awesome real name. :-D
THanks guys.
edit: Orion is a damned awesome real name. :-D
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Ancient History wrote:We were working on Street Magic, and Frank asked me if a houngan had run over my dog.