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Derekku
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Derekku

zhangze611 wrote:

If I change my username, I still have to do My Map, Can I change "BEATMAP CREATOR"?

Spoken English *SO POOR*, sorry
You will need to. Otherwise, when you go to update one of your maps, an error will come up saying that you're not the beatmap creator.

To fix this, you'll need to edit the creator field of each difficulty (either in the editor or by manually editing the .osu files in notepad). Then, while you're submitting, make sure that the "download location" matches your currently uploaded one. Whatever message you had in the text box should be there as well.

Example Submission and Beatmap Info

I'm not sure if this can be done easier, since I was a bit afraid that I'd mess something up when updating (and I don't have any other pending maps to test atm).
ekopret8ks
ekopret8ks

peppy wrote:

Before anyone thinks otherwise, if you use this for "fun" and change your name to something stupid, I will not give you a second chance.

oops
peppy
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peppy
If you have any pending maps, you will need to change them before submitting. Ranked maps will not have your new username until osz2 is implemented (which will mean they are fixed).
DoraX
30 posts
Joined July 2009
DoraX
Thank you very much....
Happy now....
:-)
K2J
872 posts
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K2J
Am I supposed to be allowed to change? I'm not a subscriber at the moment, though I once was.
Derekku
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Derekku

K2J wrote:

Am I supposed to be allowed to change? I'm not a subscriber at the moment, though I once was.
You must have donated once at any point in time.
K2J
872 posts
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K2J
Well, then.
Kurai
osu! Alumni
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Joined March 2009
Kurai

Ekaru wrote:

Nharox wrote:



Wow, Sushi wasn't taken yet?
It was taken, but it was determined to be an abandoned account so it went bye-bye.
I want to change my nickname in "Kurai", But There are a guy who have already this nick (http://osu.ppy.sh/u/47761 playcount : 0 | Joined: Nov 2, 2008)
Is that possible to delete this account ?
(If that possible for Sushi, Why not for me >.<)
Galkan
Global Moderator
2,024 posts
Joined September 2009
Galkan
Same like above, niko8rs wanted to change for Niko, but he must of add "-" 'cause it's already taken by guy with zero playcount.

http://osu.ppy.sh/u/Niko
http://osu.ppy.sh/?p=profile&u=175141

Also it's a feature request: Couldn't those accounts (with zero pc) be auto-deleted after some time to allow others change their nick?
Zekira
9,233 posts
Joined September 2008
Zekira
So tempted to change to Zekira Drake, but then people I have abandoned will be able to hunt for me easier :<

...then again the name Zekira is rare anyway, I think I'm the only one using it lol.

Oh well.
KRZY
Former osu! Champion: OWC#3
4,850 posts
Joined May 2009
KRZY

Ekaru wrote:

It was taken, but it was determined to be an abandoned account so it went bye-bye.
Is this possible?

If so, under what conditions?
Curisu
2,241 posts
Joined January 2010
Curisu
Oh……That's so crazy~
peppy
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peppy
Support for taking existing usernames that are no longer active will be available soon.
KRZY
Former osu! Champion: OWC#3
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KRZY

peppy wrote:

Support for taking existing usernames that are no longer active will be available soon.
thank you, i really appreciate that XD
Kurai
osu! Alumni
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Joined March 2009
Kurai

DJ KRZY wrote:

peppy wrote:

Support for taking existing usernames that are no longer active will be available soon.
thank you, i really appreciate that XD
Me too :3
Aoitenshi
711 posts
Joined February 2009
Aoitenshi
Thanks! Formerly Known as Aoitenshi.
Aqua
298 posts
Joined December 2008
Aqua
I Love you Peppy! <3

Now i will stop flooding your pm box xD

I just have to wait till i can take the inactive "Aqua" :)
FurukawaPan
649 posts
Joined August 2008
FurukawaPan
It makes sense to me that if an account registers and never plays/posts in the forum, that those sorts of accounts should auto purge after a certain time frame has passed. Aqua is one such example of an account that appears to have registered and done nothing (most of these are actually spambots anyway).

http://osu.ppy.sh/u/70230
Hyguys
1,272 posts
Joined May 2010
Hyguys

peppy wrote:

Before anyone thinks otherwise, if you use this for "fun" and change your name to something stupid, I will not give you a second chance.
like justin bieber also knows as CDFA
Lemon Water_old
199 posts
Joined March 2010
Lemon Water_old
I am formally known as Lemons In Your Eyes but I think no one cares.
Derekku
COOL DUDE
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Derekku

FurukawaPan wrote:

It makes sense to me that if an account registers and never plays/posts in the forum, that those sorts of accounts should auto purge after a certain time frame has passed.
This is what I thought as well. Perhaps a timeframe of two years (or even one year) would make sense, especially if the account has 0 beatmaps/0 posts/etc. Obviously there could be more lenience if the user has a higher playcount or such, but I digress...

Purging old accounts this way works too. :p
Esupanitix
393 posts
Joined June 2009
Esupanitix
Well thanks to this I thought the "new guy" named masher who was actually Agent Spin Here was Wojjan because of the excess trolling at one point
Cuddlebun
965 posts
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Cuddlebun
and here's weegee finding an excuse to baww, this thread's complete
Esupanitix
393 posts
Joined June 2009
Esupanitix
Alright cuddlebun, get back to ponyland
Infinity_old
286 posts
Joined October 2009
Infinity_old
omg.. change nick NICEEE
Pokebis
2,047 posts
Joined April 2008
Pokebis

peppy wrote:

Support for taking existing usernames that are no longer active will be available soon.
I don't like that idea.
And how is "no longer active" classified? I've seen quite a few people who put osu! down for quite a while, but eventually came back to it. I don't think that's fair to them, plus you could do some nasty things with it. Say I turned into MOOMANiBE, Saturos, or Sarumaru. Actually, they have recent site visits...
But still, I could hijack a recognizable person and mess with people, despite them being able to see I used to be Pokebis.
I think it's just a bad idea 100%.
Derekku
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Derekku

Pokebis wrote:

peppy wrote:

Support for taking existing usernames that are no longer active will be available soon.
I don't like that idea.
And how is "no longer active" classified? I've seen quite a few people who put osu! down for quite a while, but eventually came back to it. I don't think that's fair to them, plus you could do some nasty things with it. Say I turned into MOOMANiBE, Saturos, or Sarumaru. Actually, they have recent site visits...
But still, I could hijack a recognizable person and mess with people, despite them being able to see I used to be Pokebis.
I think it's just a bad idea 100%.
#modHelp was discussing different restrictions with peppy last night about this. Number of ranked maps, playcount, (and possibly forum posts?) would be taken into account. Therefore, old ACTIVE users would never be touchable.

The accounts that people want seem to have <100 playcount, haven't been logged since 2008 or early 2009, or were only active for a day or two.
KRZY
Former osu! Champion: OWC#3
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KRZY
Well there is no harm in purging the obvious, i.e. 0 posts, 0 playcounts.
Nakata Yuji
471 posts
Joined April 2009
Nakata Yuji

Pokebis wrote:

peppy wrote:

Support for taking existing usernames that are no longer active will be available soon.
I don't like that idea.
And how is "no longer active" classified? I've seen quite a few people who put osu! down for quite a while, but eventually came back to it. I don't think that's fair to them, plus you could do some nasty things with it. Say I turned into MOOMANiBE, Saturos, or Sarumaru. Actually, they have recent site visits...
But still, I could hijack a recognizable person and mess with people, despite them being able to see I used to be Pokebis.
I think it's just a bad idea 100%.
Definitely agree with this one.
Zetta
334 posts
Joined December 2009
Zetta
Any chance I could get my name changed to Zetta?

http://osu.ppy.sh/u/zetta

This guy hasn't logged in for 4 years so I'm sure his account is abandoned. =/
Andrea
Beatmap Nominator
16,650 posts
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Andrea

Zettaslow wrote:

Any chance I could get my name changed to Zetta?

http://osu.ppy.sh/u/zetta

This guy hasn't logged in for 4 years so I'm sure his account is abandoned. =/
Maybe 2 years you mean?
qlum
481 posts
Joined October 2008
qlum

osuplayer111 wrote:

Zettaslow wrote:

Any chance I could get my name changed to Zetta?

http://osu.ppy.sh/u/zetta

This guy hasn't logged in for 4 years so I'm sure his account is abandoned. =/
Maybe 2 years you mean?
still he used it only for one day.
Lesjuh
Elite Mapper
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Lesjuh
Lesjuh
Previously known as lesjuh
Always wanted to do that :')
Zetta
334 posts
Joined December 2009
Zetta

osuplayer111 wrote:

Zettaslow wrote:

Any chance I could get my name changed to Zetta?

http://osu.ppy.sh/u/zetta

This guy hasn't logged in for 4 years so I'm sure his account is abandoned. =/
Maybe 2 years you mean?
Woops, sorry I misread it. =/ I'm also a Satanist and write the devils number as 888 a lot of the time. :P
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FurukawaPan
649 posts
Joined August 2008
FurukawaPan
I can't imagine peppy was thinking of letting people grab the identities of people who were substantial contributors and for whichever reason have stopped playing/mapping/posting. I assumed inactive account meant 0 plays/0 posts anyway which would definitely not be the case for any significant past contributors to the community.
PhyProductions
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Joined February 2010
PhyProductions
Apprently once someone changes names, the old one IS grabbable.
Example: http://osu.ppy.sh/u/gladiool (Gladi before)
And now theres: http://osu.ppy.sh/u/gladi as of yesterday.

Just pointing it out.
Derekku
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Derekku

nickopet2007 wrote:

Apprently once someone changes names, the old one IS grabbable.
Example: http://osu.ppy.sh/u/gladiool (Gladi before)
And now theres: http://osu.ppy.sh/u/gladi as of yesterday.

Just pointing it out.
Try reading through the thread.

peppy wrote:

For the time being the old username will be obtainable by others. If you are worried about this being a problem, then don't change your username yet. I may look at the possibility of reserving the old one at some point. I think most people who want to change their names won't be that attached to the old name (they shouldn't be if they are changing it) so apart from obvious impersonation attempts (which can be dealt with on an individual basis) I don't see there being too much harm the way it is.
GladiOol
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GladiOol
Everybody wants to be me~
Galkan
Global Moderator
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Galkan

GladiOol wrote:

Everybody wants to be me~
'Cause you have tasty piece of cake in avatar. Let me eat it :<



Lol :-P I haven't seen it before, nice thing. More updates pls o/
peppy
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peppy
Changes now work for old but inactive users. Conditions are:

User must have a playcount of less than 100 (across all game modes).
User must not have logged in for 640 days or more.

Enjoy and don't abuse.
KRZY
Former osu! Champion: OWC#3
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Joined May 2009
KRZY
XD Many thanks peppy
Aqua
298 posts
Joined December 2008
Aqua
:(
http://osu.ppy.sh/u/aqua
Playcount 0
Total Hits: 0

Last Visit: Apr 1, 2009

Looks like i have to wait a bit...
8Ball
826 posts
Joined September 2009
8Ball
" :( " ©
http://osu.ppy.sh/u/8ball
Last Visit: Jun 2, 2008
Play Count: 18
Chachaziro
3 posts
Joined July 2009
Chachaziro
I wanted to change my Nickname to Chachaziro but it says the name is still used...
there doesnt exist any user named like that.
peppy
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peppy
This should be fixed now.
peppy
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peppy
Fixed page styling so people will read.
Gabi
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Gabi
oh cmon haha, i knew something like this would happen
Ekaru
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Ekaru
I did read the part about 'recognize you' and stuff. I was just being emo, stupid, and trying to quit chat 'cuz a friend got banned so I changed my name. The moment I pressed the button I realized what I had just done and went, "AH SHI-" because I knew I did nothing but confuse everybody and frantically pressed 'back', but it was too late.

...Is 'I was being absolutely positively retarded' a valid reason to request a name change back to one's old name? >.>; If not I'll deal with it. If it is I'll go request it then.

EDIT: And... wrong place to post this. Oops.

EDIT2: Was answered. You can delete this post actually.
LuigiHann
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LuigiHann

peppy wrote:

Fixed page styling so people will read.
You should probably make the currently not-huge parts of that sentence also large, currently it interrupts the flow too much. Maybe have the sentence go from big to bigger to biggest
K2J
872 posts
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K2J
I think interrupting the flow was the point.
awp
osu! Alumni
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awp
can you make the account registration page do that, too?
Zekira
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Zekira
HUEG BLACK TEXT
peppy
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peppy
And yet some people still don't get it.



The next well-known player to change their name to an unrecognizable one will force me to rollback all similar cases and block further name changes for these users.
Mafiamaster
osu! Alumni
3,460 posts
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Mafiamaster
You can change my name back if you want.
Just wanted to try something new for a change ._.
Zeugziumy
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Zeugziumy
I saw when you have downloaded a map, and the guy of creator changed the name, you will need download again:
peppy
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peppy
no, you don't.
Colin Hou
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Colin Hou
We can find many popular IDs are registed but never be logged in or used :(

What can we do with them, ppy?
peppy
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peppy
Nothing.
Colin Hou
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Colin Hou
*sigh
Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani

gabrielwoj wrote:

I saw when you have downloaded a map, and the guy of creator changed the name, you will need download again:
For pending maps, you have to, but for ranked maps, you don't.
peppy
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peppy
Username rollbacks:

Mafiamaster
Ekaru
Wojjan
Takuma
CDFA
DataCirno
ouranhshc
Teta

If you have any questions, take them up with my hand.
Colin Hou
osu! Alumni
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Colin Hou
so don't be so famous guys :D

CDFA wrote:

For pending maps, you have to, but for ranked maps, you don't.
For pendings, you can use your edit to change the creator without doing a full download again.
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Andrea
Beatmap Nominator
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Andrea
I will never change my username, just to let you know :V
KRZY
Former osu! Champion: OWC#3
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KRZY

Colin Hou wrote:

so don't be so famous guys :D

looooooooooooooooooooool
arien666
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arien666

Colin Hou wrote:

so don't be so famous guys :D
Then, I'm not famous :3<JK



Umm...
;_;...

Some people think that this nick seems little stupid orz
Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani
Well that was fun while it lasted.
peppy
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peppy

CDFA wrote:

Well that was fun while it lasted.
I'm glad it was for one of us.
Cuddlebun
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Cuddlebun
I actually don't mind Wojjan having my name ;< tantamount to our status as BFFs
Kii-Sakurada
49 posts
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Kii-Sakurada
old name: kiisakurada
new name: Kii Sakurada

Just wanna change, because most pages doesn't allow to use spaces on the nick.. I didn't know you can here!

Thanks! Nice feature :)
Powerdrone
464 posts
Joined October 2009
Powerdrone

kiisakurada wrote:

old name: kiisakurada
new name: Kii Sakurada

Just wanna change, because most pages doesn't allow to use spaces on the nick.. I didn't know you can here!

Thanks! Nice feature :)
You can do it from your profile page. You just have to have had a supporter tag.
Kii-Sakurada
49 posts
Joined February 2010
Kii-Sakurada

Powerdrone311 wrote:

kiisakurada wrote:

old name: kiisakurada
new name: Kii Sakurada

Just wanna change, because most pages doesn't allow to use spaces on the nick.. I didn't know you can here!

Thanks! Nice feature :)
You can do it from your profile page. You just have to have had a supporter tag.
Don't have one yet so I have to ask here, but anyways thanks for the advise
Andrea
Beatmap Nominator
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Andrea
You can't ask here, I think.

Best way is to get supporter :D
Zeugziumy
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Zeugziumy

CDFA wrote:

gabrielwoj wrote:

I saw when you have downloaded a map, and the guy of creator changed the name, you will need download again:
For pending maps, you have to, but for ranked maps, you don't.
Oh...
I like download much pending maps.. So I have much :DD
Ty
Galkan
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Galkan
ouranhshc
Previously known as ouranhshc

Looks weird now.
Mara
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Mara

peppy wrote:

Username rollbacks:

Mafiamaster
Ekaru
Wojjan
Takuma
CDFA
DataCirno
ouranhshc
Teta

If you have any questions, take them up with my hand.
Hey, I didn't want DataCirno back!
peppy
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peppy
And you think you have a choice.
Mara
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Mara
Well were those usernames listed above/below that got their username changed back requested by the user or did you just decide to change it for no reason?
Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani

DataCirno wrote:

Well were those usernames listed above/below that got their username changed back requested by the user or did you just decide to change it for no reason?
He changed it because the name change system was intended to be used for things like Beuchi-chan becoming Beuchi, and stuff like that. Therefore, he kicked some ass and rolled back names that didn't follow this original intention.
James2250
osu! Alumni
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James2250
He changed them back because the rules state you are not allowed to change your user name to something unrecognizable (it says it in big letters) to what it was before, those people didn't follow that.

/good job posting 50 seconds before me CDFA :P
Mara
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Mara
That sucks. 0/5

It is just highly recommended...

Cuddlebun?
Ekaru
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Ekaru
Cuddlebun used her name in IRC for months, so her name change didn't cause any confusion to most people.

Others were either recognizable under their new name or just weren't well known (AKA no one cared about them).

The names that were changed were the ones that caused the most confusion from what I can tell (including DataCirno's name change, he's a frequent Off-Topic user). Except for CDFA. That wasn't that confusing to me, since CDFA is the only person on this planet who would change their username to Justin Bieber. It was probably confusing to other people though.

This is why we can't have nice things.
Neo@lex
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Actually, DataCirno is known as LunaticMara everywhere other than osu. It was a worthwhile change.
LuigiHann
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LuigiHann

arien666 wrote:

Umm...
;_;...

Some people think that this nick seems little stupid orz
At least I could still recognize you. Most people went too far in a random direction
Cuddlebun
965 posts
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Cuddlebun

Neo@lex wrote:

Actually, DataCirno is known as LunaticMara everywhere other than osu. It was a worthwhile change.
this

plus he was bitching for a while that he wanted to be LunaticMara.


And expounding on Ekaru, not only did I use it in IRC for months, I usually talked ONLY in irc, so there wasn't conflict between Cuddlebun/Todesengal, even when I was on osu. Not to mention I was Cuddlebun elsewhere, like vent ^_~
Galkan
Global Moderator
2,024 posts
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Galkan

Ekaru wrote:

That wasn't that confusing to me, since CDFA is the only person on this planet who would change their username to Justin Bieber.
So you want to say he's just an idiot?
Aqua
298 posts
Joined December 2008
Aqua
What about that:
No direct Change.
You can "Request" a new Username and a Bat/Peppy have to check it. If its oke, the change will be done, if not, the Player will get a PM with the Reason for "NO!"
Jarby
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Jarby
Jarby victory!

lolidance.gif
Larto
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Larto

Jarby wrote:

Jarby victory!

lolidance.gif
Soon...
Orkel
osu! Alumni
450 posts
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Orkel
I stand for DataCirno, he uses LunaticMara pretty much everywhere else so he should be allowed to change it to that.
TKiller
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TKiller
I see hyt103 has been rolled back too?
Pokebis
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Joined April 2008
Pokebis

Neo@lex wrote:

Actually, DataCirno is known as LunaticMara everywhere other than osu. It was a worthwhile change.
Yeah, I recognize him as Lunatic, he's Lunatic everywhere that's not osu!
Mara
4,907 posts
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Mara
Requesting LunaticMara back~
Bass
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Joined January 2009
Bass
Also still a lot of names are confusing eg.

Mutsui changed to Rick Astley
Matusiek3 changed to Andzia is my mom.

My nickname isn't confusing tho :lol:
Alice
2,672 posts
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Alice

Bass-chan wrote:

Mutsui changed to Rick Astley

this

Mutsui is really active in #french and I find it confusing.. >_< sorry Mutsui..
Glass
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Glass
< Previously known as Glasslake
TKiller
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Joined May 2009
TKiller
Some people keep telling me I should rename myself to Golimar :<
WiiAndii
56 posts
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WiiAndii

peppy wrote:

Changes now work for old but inactive users. Conditions are:

User must have a playcount of less than 100 (across all game modes).
User must not have logged in for 640 days or more.

Enjoy and don't abuse.
WHY?! SERIOUSLY, WHY!? :cry:

I was away from August 1st til August 10th, this feature was introduced one day after my departure, I've been asking for it a while ago, and now it's gone again? Are you kidding me?

I joined osu! more than a year ago because someone showed it to me, but I didn't think about my username very long because I didn't play it that much and thought I'd never write something anyway.
But after about half a year I downloaded it again and now I love it, but I also hate my old username, it's stupid.

Please, give me and maybe also others a chance! :( I promise I won't regret changing my name and I won't ask to change it back. PLEEEAAASE!

Oh, and I don't have any ranked or pending maps right now, so in my case it wouldn't cause many problems. I'm actually a newbie, anyway, even though I have a large playcount (at least over 100)...
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Froslass
Beatmap Nominator
9,344 posts
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Froslass

Andi_the_Fan wrote:

peppy wrote:

Changes now work for old but inactive users. Conditions are:

User must have a playcount of less than 100 (across all game modes).
User must not have logged in for 640 days or more.

Enjoy and don't abuse.
WHY?! SERIOUSLY, WHY!? :cry:

I was away from August 1st til August 10th, this feature was introduced one day after my departure, I've been asking for it a while ago, and now it's gone again? Are you kidding me?

I joined osu! more than a year ago because someone showed it to me, but I didn't think about my username very long because I didn't play it that much and thought I'd never write something anyway.
But after about half a year I downloaded it again and now I love it, but I also hate my old username, it's stupid.

Please, give me and maybe others a chance! :( I promise I won't regret changing my name and I won't ask to change it back. PLEEEAAASE!
....

It's not gone. It's still there, but you have to donate to osu! first.
WiiAndii
56 posts
Joined May 2009
WiiAndii
Oh, so if I donate I can still change my name even though I have a playcount over 100?

Allright then, I think I got something wrong, sometimes I have problems with understanding English and I read all this quite fast... :oops: :lol: Sorry!
Glass
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Glass
You read it wrong. What peppy meant is that if you want to change your name to one that's already taken, that other account must have less than 100 plays.
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