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I'm fine with it, I've got my name.

I don't know if anyone has suggested this yet, but perhaps make an automation to make the old user name site automaticaly redirect to the new page, until someone dicedes to use the old name...

I have no problem at all, since I signed up I slightly changed my name by adding something extra to either end of my username but its kept pretty much the same since I signed up.

It wouldn't really bother me, because I've had the same name since I first got this user ID. I've never seen the real reason to change it, other than changing the first letter from lower case to uppercase.

So shoot me, I'm boring...

Why do we even have to have user pages in the first place? THIS ISN'T GODDAMN MYSPACE!

I doubt I would need to change my name, but I think it's a great feature that you should try to keep if possible. On other sites, there are people who delete their accounts simply to change their user name, but Newgrounds gives users the flexibility of changing their names whenever they like.

What exactly worries you about the dead links? The problem would be when users themselves post links to their userpages on forums, reviews, author's comments, or other similar things. But if users can do that for other websites as well, and when those websites change the link becomes a dead link. It's to be expected whenever you allow user input on the site.

If you're worried about Newgrounds having problems when you make links to the user pages, that wouldn't be a problem. You already allow us to have signatures for forum posts, and whenever those area changed, they're changed across the entire site. You could do the same with user pages.

I reccomend putting a warning when people change their name though. Something like, WARNING: The URL of your user page will also change to match your new user name. If you have posted a link to your user page on the forums, in comments, your own personal site, or the like, these links will become un-functional. Maybe not a prompt though. That might annoy people.

Perhaps you could make user pages that have the user name in them optional, or make the user name user pages redirect to one that uses a number. It would give people a little more flexibility.

Good luck finding a solution to this dilemma, Tom.

meh, whatever i dont ever change my name

Name changing on the drop of a dime has always been a kind of neat thing to do on NG, but it's really nothing that's worth it, and doesn't actually help in any way, especially if it's going to cause problems for the developement of the new system. I say go ahead with a lockdown. If anything, it will be missed for less than a month.

At 11/6/06 08:29 PM, ZekeySpaceyIizard wrote: well tom its all up to you, i in my own opinion don't care, i like my name:D

You obviously don't reilize how much that is on his shoulders.

im fine with it personally. and i think you should lockdown. give people a heads up a few days (weeks) before making the urls. its like a last change scramble.

I've change my name once in 4 years. I think it was from -Subkutz-, so it doesn't really bother me.

Personal pages? I never knew about that.

Just tell me one thing please Tom.

Tell me this isn't becoming EmoGrounds and being like myspace. You won't let us customize our pages, right?

RIGHT :'(

hmm, well sometime in the future I might change my username. To my real name. Thats if I ever were to become a popular artist is only proffesional to let your fans know your real name right?

Why don't you just have the URLs done by number as well? like 510270.newgrounds.com instead of orb.newgrounds.com?

i personnally wouldnt care. i love my name.

Awww! I like username freedom!

Seriously, I like this name, but I'll probably get tired of it eventually. That happens with me. I'd still be LemonAxe if I hadn't gotten tired of that one.

At 11/6/06 10:05 PM, WadeFulp wrote: BTW, I just made up JoJoNuts. It will now become the greatest alias ever if someone decides to use it.

Gotcha Wade.

The best alternative would be to use the method MuyBurrito posted about; this would make some people happy and no one angry. However, with username lockdown, some users are angry and some don't care.

Hmm... I don't think it's such a great idea. While there are those who don't care and say "Do what you can to make NG better!" or "Yeah, doesn't matter to me", there are still the people who say "Hmm, I think this alias is a little bit too dull and stupid, maybe I should make it more efficient and nicer"

It's pretty much half and half. So the choice is up to you. I personally don't see much of a point in having your own username page for NG, although it would be really neat to see done, and easy to view profiles. However..... if it's going to be so much of a hassle where you think people will panic over it, then why risk it?

I don't know enough coding of internet languages to be able to help, so I wouldn't know how to solve the dilemna.

Half and half. Either fix it or count up some votes. It's election day tomorrow ;p

Trust me, I'll always love my screenname.

lol, what a coincidental topic!

It may sound odd, as I've changed my name temporarily, but I wouldn't oppose a username lockdown.

Just give us warning, so we don't get stuck with a weird name. :P

At 11/6/06 10:14 PM, C41um wrote:

At 11/6/06 10:05 PM, WadeFulp wrote: BTW, I just made up JoJoNuts. It will now become the greatest alias ever if someone decides to use it.

Damn, it was already registered in '04 :(

Heh, if you actually want it, I can change the alias back to Morgan-Webb.

At 11/6/06 10:13 PM, JoJoNuts wrote:

At 11/6/06 10:05 PM, WadeFulp wrote: BTW, I just made up JoJoNuts. It will now become the greatest alias ever if someone decides to use it.

Gotcha Wade.

That didnt take long.

I think user names shoudl be locked down. Really, does it make that big of a difference not being able to change names? Sure people will bitch and whine, but in the ned how many people will leave the site ebcause they lose the ability to chaneg their name for a week then chaneg it back.

I like my username.

At 11/6/06 08:28 PM, Dejanus wrote: I personally dont have a problem with it, I like my name and have only changed it as a temporary joke.

Same. Snype (or different versions of it) is practically my alias all over the Net. I love my name.

My name is my real name, so I'm perfectly content with it. Everyone knows me as this anyway.

I'm good with my username; the only change I've ever made was capitalisation, which I won't be changing back.

Go for it.

That's a problem for certain

example,if somebody want to become a clock,and he want to change his account name,what will he do to know that he is a clock now?

Maybe set up a time limit once per year or so for everyone that wants to change their names to do so. If they miss the time limit, then too bad for them.

That is, if you can automate the changing of the links...