Blockland Forum Name Change Topic Discussion + POLL

[- Jezza -]

So I've been debating if I should post this for a while. Do you think that there should be like a name change feature on the forums like there is on Blockland itself? I just thought that it should since the game has it and the forums doesn't. And also if people didn't like their name, they could change it. But I don't know if it would serve any purpose and people would just spam stuffty names. But I also thought that to prevent spam, there would be some sort of cool down. I can't see Badspot adding this feature though.

/discuss

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[Gytyyhgfffff]

there shouldn't be name changes because quite a lot of people would be changing their name so frequently that others would forget that person's previous names

[Defendor]

there shouldn't be name changes because quite a lot of people would be changing their name so frequently that others would forget that person's previous names

they could also add a previous name button or something to each peoples' profile

[Conan]

the forums is designed in a way that 1) it's really easy to read threads without clutter, and 2) users are always associated with and/or responsible for their posts. this is to prevent general starfishry followed by a quick namechange so people who dont take the time to check dont realize this guy is the starfish who spammed the forums before, for example.

badspot also mentioned before he is against adding functionality to the site that would either increase the costs associated with hosting it (hosting images, for example) or clutter the reading flow. a list of old names would make profile pages cluttered over time, even with a time delay preventing you from constantly changing your name.

its not a terrible idea and its implementable in a way that avoids the issues above, but its not like theres much demand for it other than from people who want to hide their identity.

[- Jezza -]

the forums is designed in a way that 1) it's really easy to read threads without clutter, and 2) users are always associated with and/or responsible for their posts. this is to prevent general starfishry followed by a quick namechange so people who dont take the time to check dont realize this guy is the starfish who spammed the forums before, for example.

badspot also mentioned before he is against adding functionality to the site that would either increase the costs associated with hosting it (hosting images, for example) or clutter the reading flow. a list of old names would make profile pages cluttered over time, even with a time delay preventing you from constantly changing your name.

its not a terrible idea and its implementable in a way that avoids the issues above, but its not like theres much demand for it other than from people who want to hide their identity.

You do have a point. But then again, on that person who spammed the forums before' profile, their ID is always the same. So Badspot could see their ID and ban this ID from the forums. Preventing them from changing their names.

[Flowey]

But then they would buy another key.

[gr8dayseth]

yeah I'd rather not it'd be confusing af even if there was a way to check who they previously were
I already have a difficult time telling who half of my steam friends are anymore

[Scout31]

An easy solution would to just show in-game names associated with the account's BLID below the username. The accounts already link to BLIDs, so adding a column to track usernames would be trivial. I doubt Badspot has the care to implement this, but it'd be a really easy solution.

[The Resonte!]

it will cost $10 hahaha

[jes00]

An easy solution would to just show in-game names associated with the account's BLID below the username. The accounts already link to BLIDs, so adding a column to track usernames would be trivial. I doubt Badspot has the care to implement this, but it'd be a really easy solution.

I like this idea the best.

[Remurr]

it will cost $10 hahaha

yeah i'd be down for a $10 optional name change kind of like how SA does it