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Post by patrickp on Nov 28, 2006 19:58:04 GMT -5
Well, he's an admin - probably took advantage of his Special Powers... The only thing that was the same was your Chuck Norris joke sig Whatever happened to your Chuck Norris sig, GM?
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Post by Ultima on Nov 28, 2006 20:55:06 GMT -5
Nah, administrators can't change their login names
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Post by TheCloudOfSmoke on Nov 28, 2006 21:13:38 GMT -5
Well, he's an admin - probably took advantage of his Special Powers... I did that before I became an admin. The problem is that even though you change your name, the url to your profile stays the same. So if you look at Mika's or Gamesoul Master's profile, the url still shows Herra and hoshikuzu. Your display name actually is the same as your login name right now -- without the capitalization xD I deleted my old account and made a new account a long time ago with the correct name the second time around.
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Nov 28, 2006 22:34:36 GMT -5
I eventually decided to replace the Chuck Norris jokes with something a lot better... my favorite set of lines from Final Fantasy VII.
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Post by Melanogaster on Nov 28, 2006 23:29:38 GMT -5
Hey... I tried to warn you, Gamesoul Master! But it seems my attempt wasn't very succesful... patrickp: Indeed, name changes seems to be the thing to do, lately... I got both hoshikuzu->Gamesoul Master and Herra->Mika changes quickly, but if everybody starts doing it, I don't know if I'd get them all... And TheCloudOfSmoke would feel like he was on another forum, so it's better keep it this way, I guess... Hehehe...
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Nov 29, 2006 0:17:20 GMT -5
Wow... I even read it at the time, and I think I just didn't think anything of it. I really *was* out of it at that time, wasn't I? Thanks for trying, anyway.
Don't forget one other name change (though I'm sure everybody got it instantly...). Sune_S. I eventually switched to Gamesoul Master because "Gamesoul Master" and "Master of Gamesoul" are my gaming handles. Not to mention the game I've been working on (started many years ago) was intended to be released under that company/organization name (Gamesoul). So I probably won't be changing *that* anytime soon.
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Post by patrickp on Nov 29, 2006 7:38:52 GMT -5
No special powers, hmmm? Well somebody's changed things so that original user names don't show in profiles any more; just the one you're using now. Have a look at Sune_S, GM or Mika... Yes, I think I will change my name; here we go... I've changed it to patrickp - bet no-one can remember what my original username was, eh?
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Post by Melanogaster on Nov 29, 2006 15:52:53 GMT -5
@gamesoul Master: Indeed, Sune Salminen->Sune_S was another one and, as you said, pretty easy to guess. But... if we're going to name even the slightest changes overall, Ultima was "ultima" before becoming an administrator here... Alright, that wasn't even a name change, but anyway... still a (minimal) change.
Don't forget that Truth Unknown was once "True X Unknown"... Hehe...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2006 16:50:07 GMT -5
Well somebody's changed things so that original user names don't show in profiles any more; just the one you're using now. Have a look at Sune_S, GM or Mika... They still show up, above the "Member's Bio - Send Personal Message" text. In my case, "View Profile: Mika (username: herra)". Or maybe someone put it back in just now. I never payed attention before, so I wouldn't know. And also, when you quote someones post you'll see their login name as well.
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Post by TheCloudOfSmoke on Nov 29, 2006 17:04:19 GMT -5
I just tried to quote you and it says "Mika wrote:". It seems that my lame, unawesome admin powers on proboards can't change the original signup names either . So no matter how much everyone hates their original signup names, it'll still be there in your profile. That's what everyone gets for rushing through the signup process .
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2006 17:16:15 GMT -5
I think you misunderstood. This is what I mean.
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Post by TheCloudOfSmoke on Nov 29, 2006 17:22:30 GMT -5
Oh, sorry. I thought you were talking about the name on the top of the quote box after you post .
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Nov 29, 2006 20:05:33 GMT -5
That'd be another thing. If we transferred the forums to a different site, we'd all be able to basically have another chance to decide what base username to have... lol. Not much of a perk there, since we can change the name everybody sees anyway.
I guess that raises another question though. What kind of options will we have for profile customization if we move? I always like having more options. Emuforums has more options to work with. Bigger avatars would be cool. And longer sigs, as the ones here aren't very long, especially if you use links in it.
Edit: And I just noticed... not all the profile features here work. It won't let me add any website for my personal website (it just keep pretending I didn't enter anything), and the same thing happens with adding a Yahoo Messenger screen name. I'm starting to get disappointed immensely... :/
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Post by Ultima on Nov 29, 2006 20:36:26 GMT -5
Even if the board software isn't too customizable by default (whatever software might be used), it can always be modded to be more customizable. In all, though, I'm not too much a fan of profile customization (ah, look at Ultima's lovely plain profile xD), so if anything, it wouldn't be much of an incentive for me either Edit: Clearly, Mika can enter his website stuff properly, so I doubt the issue lies with ProBoards ;o
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Post by Gamesoul Master on Nov 29, 2006 21:06:46 GMT -5
I noticed that many people have these things customized. That's why I'm not happy that it suddenly isn't working for me. I think it's some kind of cosmic equalization. Cuz... on Myspace, I seem to be the only person able to upload more than 16 pics to my profile (in fact, I tested it... I've uploaded 100 pics to my profile right now), so it's been decided by the galactic council that I wouldn't be able to add some things to my profile here... XD
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