I thinks you have to actually ask one of the community mods to do it for you by sending them a private message. No joke. That's progress for ya!
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Originally Posted by Battlebabe_NA
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Niv is really fast on these (or she was when that post about how to do it first came out). She took the "underscore" out of my name is just a few minutes.
BTW, you may be able to get "Battlebabe" back unless the EU person beat you to it.
Altoholic - but a Blaster at Heart!
Originally Posted by SpyralPegacyon
"You gave us a world where we could fly. I can't thank you enough for that."
They restricted name changes so that people would not be able to avoid notoriety by changing screen names. So make sure you select names that you prefer, because you will probably not be able to select a new name in the future.
Really? I thought it was just because the new forums can't support that kind of thing. Is trolls changing their names really gonna fool anybody? Is this even a real problem? If I recall of the previous boards you could just check to see what posts they've made even after a name change to see what their history was.
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The new forum software is light years ahead of the old. The chance it doesn't support something the old did is unlikely. When the super secret forum planning committee (yes there was one) was working with Lighthouse and Ex Libris on what they should be thinking of, not changing names was something they specifically mentioned without any input from the members.|
Originally Posted by Irresponsible
Really? I thought it was just because the new forums can't support that kind of thing. Is trolls changing their names really gonna fool anybody? Is this even a real problem? If I recall of the previous boards you could just check to see what posts they've made even after a name change to see what their history was.
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You're right a mod or anyone can just looking at a post history to see the changes, but the point is, they shouldn't have to take the time. For someone who doesn't live on the forums and does it for a job, it's hard enough keeping track of the famous/infamous when they can't change their names, having people switch names for yuks just made things harder.
"Null is as much an argument "for removing the cottage rule" as the moon being round is for buying tennis shoes." -Memphis Bill
These boards are more complicated than the old ones, and things are harder to find. How do I change my name? I have this _NA thingy on the end of my original name and I would love to get rid of it.