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I like my username.

I'm good..my name is already searchable on google..our usernames in the url will just b better 4 me. Viva la Newgrounds

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...

Tom if my name is looked down I'll keep it forever id does not bother me on bit

Do you really need to put the usernames on lockdown? Maybe someone already suggested it, but couldn't you make the names variables that you can replace in that spot of the code that defines our user sites on Newgrounds? I'm not exactly sure what your whole 'code structure' looks like, but it seems that you could easily make the usernames (that are being used for the url of our profile sites) a variable that can be replaced and easily changed. I'm not claiming that it will fix the problem because who knows how your coding is done, but I think that would be quite the easy thing to do. Come on Tom, all that brain but nothing as simple as this resting in it? For shame.

At 11/6/06 10:17 PM, JoJoNuts wrote: Heh, if you actually want it, I can change the alias back to Morgan-Webb.

Nah I only tryed to dibbs it with an alt.. it's not all that amazing now we know you just changed yours :(

It is an all right idea I say even though I have changed my name so many times I think it may help out with the people who have that habit.

I like my username and don't want to change it anyways. The problem you bring up is difficult, but another problem is if people copy somones name and ruin them that way. I've had that happen before in stick arena where a hacker changed his name to be like mine and was claiming I was the imposter (although his colour was yellow and I was red). The lockdown of a username will be helpfull to stop if somone who has many usernames then could blam or protect something by using all of their accounts.

Hmm, wow uhh anyone who knows me should know this could be a problem. I've changed names so many times it's beyond ridiculous. Having a lockdown seems kind of unfair, but if it's REALLY necessary, then I guess I could deal with it. I do like the name I have, but I can't deny that there is at least one name I would rather have and was already denied for good reason.

In the end tho it's up to you Tom. People may bitch about a change, but if it's something that needs to be done, then so be it.

Lockdown the usernames if it will make things easier.

People will get over it.

Brushfire

Why not make our pages with our User ID then?

like mine would be:

847924.newgrounds.com

But do what myspace does. Each use has an ID like "847924" but you can still cover it up and make it like www.myspace.com/ohsnapyourface instead of www.myspace.com/847924

Ya know?

If you must.

I'm happy with my name, but when I first signed up, I was some queer "xmettalicax" shit.

I feel bad for those people who won't realize how awful their alias is, and get locked down into eternal faggotry.

At 11/6/06 10:05 PM, WadeFulp wrote: I personally never cared for name changing. The only time I changed my name is when I went from NG Fan to NG employee. I decided to drop "RedDakota" (which was dumb anyway) and go with WadeFulp. I haven't changed since.

I've always wondered why your name isn't just Wade instead of WadeFulp, or why TomFulp isn't just Tom instead. It would look a lot better in my opinion.

Anyway, I like the idea that some have mentioned about having a set url name and a separate, changeable screen name. That may be a bit confusing, but it would solve the problem of name changing.

I still want to be able to change mine. :( Actually, I wanted to be just plain Rubber, but that was taken. -Rubber- would have looked pretty good, but the hyphen rules made that impossible. So I went with Rubberr for a short time, but then changed it to what it is now.

Still, I'd like to be able to change it for no reason whatsoever, should I come up with something brilliant and desperatly want to change.

I propose that users have two names, one permanent name for their URL, and they can change the name that they're displayed as..

I think you already do this for Flash movies, right?

here's what i gotta say..
Tom Fulp ate my kids...

You could be stuck with your first url but still free to change your username.

I'm for being able to not change your name. Remember people a lot easier. You should probably add a warning for when people sign up that this will be there permanent name forever (if you actually follow through)

At 11/6/06 08:26 PM, TomFulp wrote:

I get this bad feeling that people will totally freak out at the thought of not being able to change their names. Plenty of sites already don't allow you to change your name, but people are accustomed to the option here on NG. Then again, are name changes really necessary or is it a feature that people abuse in the first place?

Perfect saying there Tom,never once i've seen a site where you could change your username and still have the account,i always thought it was cool but knew it could be easily abused.

If it's the best for Newgrounds then i'm all up for no more namechanging.

Consider this post a sort of heads up... There's a chance your name might go on lockdown, so be sure it's the name you want to have. This is also a chance for everyone to share their opinions concerning this course of action. Go for it.

Well i gave my two cents in but i'm probably gonna stick with the name i got since i'm not very creative.

Go ahead. I'm never gunna change my name.

I don't think that many people change their name. After all, you can always make an alt if you want a different name.

I think the username lockdown will piss off users at first, but with time, they will be able to get used to it. Maybe users could have the option to change their username only once. after that, they will need to create a new account if they don't like their alias anymore.

</my two cents>

Wait, what if one of us wants to hide, you know you pissed some people off and you want to hide by changing your name for a few days . . . just to get away from it all.

Personally I think you should leave it as is, but its up to you Tom.

meh im not really phased by this i guess...

Locking down names is probably a good idea. It makes so much more sense if people are quoting each other in the forums. If you go back into older posts, you'll find that half of the quoting doesn't make sense, because the names don't match up anymore.

Flexibilty compromised for consistancy may be a better idea.

squeakytoad.newgrounds.com would be awesome.
Numbers and crap would be kinda lame.
I'm fine with having the name locked down.

However, considering there are a few people who aren't, perhaps that display name and account name idea someone propsed earlier?