Author Topic: Requesting a possible nickname change?  (Read 8015 times)

Flandre5carlet

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Requesting a possible nickname change?
« on: January 15, 2015, 06:23:27 PM »
Hey,

Since I don't know much about these forums, I'd initially PMed Helepolis about this who in turn directed me to this place.
Anyway, I would like to know if it was possible to please change my current assigned nickname to my current assigned display name (Flandre5carlet).

As it stands, my display name is the name I use on virtually all platforms (Twitter, Steam, Tumblr, etc etc.) and the chances that I would change it any time soon are abysmal at worst and non-existent at best, while the nickname I currently have doesn't stand for much, and I must have set it to that back when I registered without paying much attention to the fact that it would be displayed or that it was impossible to chance because I didn't originally intend on posting much.

Thank you!

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Re: Requesting a possible nickname change?
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2015, 09:00:07 PM »
Nickname can't match your username.

Flandre5carlet

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Re: Requesting a possible nickname change?
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2015, 09:19:40 PM »
Really? I thought if they were the same it was just not displayed...
I suppose nicknames have to be unique don't they? If so, do display names have to be unique as well?

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Re: Requesting a possible nickname change?
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2015, 09:37:11 PM »
As it stands, my display name is the name I use on virtually all platforms (Twitter, Steam, Tumblr, etc etc.)
Hey now, Salty Bet should be the first one on that list.

Flandre5carlet

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Re: Requesting a possible nickname change?
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2015, 09:42:52 PM »
Hey now, Salty Bet should be the first one on that list.
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Re: Requesting a possible nickname change?
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2015, 10:00:27 PM »
EleGiggle

I sometimes go on Salty Bet when I'm bored or when there's a tournament, and I see your nickname in the top betters most of the time.

Flandre5carlet

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Re: Requesting a possible nickname change?
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2015, 10:07:21 PM »
Yeah, sounds like me alright.  :V

Re: Requesting a possible nickname change?
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2015, 10:09:23 PM »
Wait... What was the whole deal about different usernames and nicknames in the first place?

Flandre5carlet

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Re: Requesting a possible nickname change?
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2015, 10:10:46 PM »
Wait... What was the whole deal about different usernames and nicknames in the first place?

That I would like to change my nickname (which I pretty much don't use anywhere) to be the same as my display name (which I use virtually everywhere) but apparently that isn't possible...

Edible

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Re: Requesting a possible nickname change?
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2015, 10:13:15 PM »
I'm just going to delete your nickname entirely.  Problem solved!

Re: Requesting a possible nickname change?
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2015, 10:13:48 PM »
Perhaps I should restate my question: Why are you required to have a different username and nickname on the forum?

Edible

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Re: Requesting a possible nickname change?
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2015, 10:16:08 PM »
If you're going to use a nickname, they're required to be different because what's the point of a nickname if it's the same as your display name?  Wasted text.

Flandre5carlet

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Re: Requesting a possible nickname change?
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2015, 10:20:17 PM »
Well, that works! Thank you!

Re: Requesting a possible nickname change?
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2015, 10:23:27 PM »
If you're going to use a nickname, they're required to be different because what's the point of a nickname if it's the same as your display name?  Wasted text.

Well, that makes sense. Although I've heard from somewhere that they need to be separate for security reasons. Can you explain that? I'm actually interested in how that works.

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Re: Requesting a possible nickname change?
« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2015, 11:41:47 PM »
That's also part of it, but I can't explain how it works because I forgot.

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Re: Requesting a possible nickname change?
« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2015, 12:09:17 AM »
There's three names. There's your username: the name you log in with that you cannot change (which should be different from your display name so hackers have a harder time getting into your account), there's your nickname, which you also cannot change, and is located under your custom text stuff in posts with the tag "Nickname:", and your display name, which is the one at the very top of your posts in big letters that you are allowed to change freely. The nickname stays the same so people still know who you are when you change display names. Your username is private and nobody else can see it. When your display name matches your nickname, your nickname disappears from posts as it's redundant, otherwise, they are both shown.
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Re: Requesting a possible nickname change?
« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2015, 05:38:38 AM »
For clarification, your USERNAME (what you log in with) should be unique and not the same as your display name or nickname. Nickname is automatically hidden if it matches your display name (since yes, Edible is right, it'd be redundant).


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