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In most forums changing your usernames is forbidden. Not so on the NES Files.
And in my opinion that's not so good.
People change their names and then I (and surely other people, too) am confused. It usually takes some time to figure out, who is who after people change their nicknames here.
So I think we should remove that feature from the NES Files, for the sheer sake of clarity and to avoid confusion.
People who want to change their nicknames should come up with a good reason why they want to do so and then an admin would change it. Name changes also should be written down somewhere (maybe in this thread then?)
As we're a democracy, I opened this thread to start a discussion with the pros and cons of this problem.
If you are in favor of free name changes, state your reasons (and better let that be good reasons, not like "I want to change names when I'm in the mood to do so"). If you are annoyed by frequent name changes (like me) then feel free to rant about that, too.
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I agree that it causes confusion. But I understand that someone might become bored with their selection after awhile (ToddVania? What was I smoking when I came up with that)? I suggest, if I were an administrator or a moderator, giving 1 chance to do so, and that's it.*
I do note that Sir Airfiggy's change is rather cool, but I had that initial confusion ("Who the hell is Venom," I thought, while coming onto the site).
*I shall adhere to my own made-up rule and change my username only when I come up with something exceptionally cool, and it will remain as such.
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it's a little confusing, but it seems like people usually keep the same avatars. Some changes are confusing, people shouldn't be allowed to do it 10 times in a month or something rediculous like that.
my username is so boring....but it is pretty mcuh what i have on every forum i go to. someday I might change it, but it would have to be a cool name.
I just beat the super mario bros 2 world record!
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I'm OK with my username, even thogh it might seem weird to someone.
Actually, not all was thinking. Some was plotting, some was planning, and finally the explaining of my plan which I plotted after I thought of it.
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yeah i didn't even know airfiggy was Venom. :?
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I'm in favor of changing peoples names back to their original *Cough* AIRFIGGY. It is really confusing annoying and pointless. The little Phil Collins thing was just spontaneous when I was stoned on Hergest Ridge. Yes, names need to be locked, once Figg changes his back. :P
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"Bad Dog" wrote:yeah i didn't even know airfiggy was Venom. :? That makes two of us...
Actually, not all was thinking. Some was plotting, some was planning, and finally the explaining of my plan which I plotted after I thought of it.
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I'm all for getting rid of the name changing feature. It's confusing, and it's a hassle to read back through a user's post to figure out who the hell they are. The only acceptable exception to the rule should be anyone wanting to change back to their original name. Oh, and ZEN would have to be completely exempt.
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I don't really mind if people change thier names; but like I said before it would be nice if for a month or so they would put thier original name in their sig to avoid confusion.
I'm guilty of changing my name; but at least I kept it mainly the same. :wink:
http://www.myspace.com/jennikisaI need friends.... I had to nix Tom. He wasn't really my friend. His smile "mocked" me.
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Alright everyone this is me airfiggy. I just changed my name to my first name.
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Ok.
This thread was around for some time now and there was no single good argument FOR the free name changes, so I guess we should let Luke disable that feature. I'll contact him via PM.
From then on any name change must be ASKED FOR and BE DONE by an admin (that would be Luke).
May 16th...
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Wha? I thought they had been some time ago, as there's been no option to change my name in my profile for a while now (not that I wanted to)
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Yes, my bad. :oops:
The name-changes were disabled for a while already.
I never look at my profile so I didn't notice. :oops:
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I got a bit confused when figgy/venom changed his name, as I thought it had been disallowed. I guess he may have PM'd Luke, I dunno.
Anyway, it's far better now it's been disallowed, it makes things easier :P
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Rank: Lakitu
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Yeah, as long as I'm still allowed to change my avatar once and awhile (I'd like to have it rotate based on the game I'm obsessed with at the moment, and even then I won't change it much), and the sig every so often, I'm all for the names staying the same.
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Avatar changes are still allowed and welcome. As long as the name is the same, that's cool. :)
I think it's a nice touch to have an avatar based on the game you're into at the time. :o
I'd do that, too, but i'm quite fond of my avatar I have...
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Yeah. Fei Long is one of the most underrated and underappreciated characters in the SFII series. :)
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I only change my avatar to new, better, and more exciting characters. I upgrade every time. And seeing as to how the Prince of Space is the most spectacularly obscure Sci Fi character you can find, as well as being relentlessly mocked by MST 3000, I doubt I'll be changing my avatar for a while.
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Crap. I "guessed to myself" wrong again; I thought that was a picture of Samus.. :oops:
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"ToddVania" wrote:Crap. I "guessed to myself" wrong again; I thought that was a picture of Samus.. :oops: ....... :P
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