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...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.
I don't like that idea.peppy wrote:
Support for taking existing usernames that are no longer active will be available soon.
#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.Pokebis wrote:
I don't like that idea.peppy wrote:
Support for taking existing usernames that are no longer active will be available soon.
And how is "no longer active" classified?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.Pokebis wrote:
I don't like that idea.peppy wrote:
Support for taking existing usernames that are no longer active will be available soon.
And how is "no longer active" classified?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%.
Maybe 2 years you mean?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. =/
still he used it only for one day.osuplayer111 wrote:
Maybe 2 years you mean?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. =/
LesjuhAlways wanted to do that :')
Previously known as lesjuh
Woops, sorry I misread it. =/ I'm also a Satanist and write the devils number as 888 a lot of the time.osuplayer111 wrote:
Maybe 2 years you mean?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. =/
Try reading through the thread.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.
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.
'Cause you have tasty piece of cake in avatar. Let me eat it :<GladiOol wrote:
Everybody wants to be me~
I haven't seen it before, nice thing. More updates pls o/
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 biggestpeppy wrote:
Fixed page styling so people will read.
For pendings, you can use your edit to change the creator without doing a full download again.CDFA wrote:
For pending maps, you have to, but for ranked maps, you don't.
Colin Hou wrote:
so don't be so famous guys
Then, I'm not famous :3<JKColin Hou wrote:
so don't be so famous guys
I'm glad it was for one of us.CDFA wrote:
Well that was fun while it lasted.
You can do it from your profile page. You just have to have had a supporter tag.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
Don't have one yet so I have to ask here, but anyways thanks for the advisePowerdrone311 wrote:
You can do it from your profile page. You just have to have had a supporter tag.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
Oh...CDFA wrote:
For pending maps, you have to, but for ranked maps, you don't.gabrielwoj wrote:
I saw when you have downloaded a map, and the guy of creator changed the name, you will need download again:
DHey, I didn't want DataCirno back!peppy wrote:
Username rollbacks:
Mafiamaster
Ekaru
Wojjan
Takuma
CDFA
DataCirno
ouranhshc
Teta
If you have any questions, take them up with my hand.
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.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?
At least I could still recognize you. Most people went too far in a random directionarien666 wrote:
Umm...
;_;...
Some people think that this nick seems little stupid orz
thisNeo@lex wrote:
Actually, DataCirno is known as LunaticMara everywhere other than osu. It was a worthwhile change.
So you want to say he's just an idiot?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.
Soon...Jarby wrote:
Jarby victory!
lolidance.gif
Yeah, I recognize him as Lunatic, he's Lunatic everywhere that's not osu!Neo@lex wrote:
Actually, DataCirno is known as LunaticMara everywhere other than osu. It was a worthwhile change.
Bass-chan wrote:
Mutsui changed to Rick Astley
WHY?! SERIOUSLY, WHY!?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.
I promise I won't regret changing my name and I won't ask to change it back. PLEEEAAASE!....Andi_the_Fan wrote:
WHY?! SERIOUSLY, WHY!?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.
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!
Sorry!A little context:Andi_the_Fan wrote:
WHY?! SERIOUSLY, WHY!?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.
Actually I was able to change to this name even though the former user logged on recently, he didn't have any plays though.FurukawaPan wrote:
The peppy-quote above are conditions for someone *else* to essentially take over some inactive user's name. They must have not played the game significantly (less than 100 plays requirement), and must not have logged in for nearly 2 years.
Still waiting answer for this.DataCirno wrote:
Requesting LunaticMara back~
I think now your nick sounds better.Lemon Water wrote:
Requesting Lemons In Your Eyes back~
Yeah, it sounds better even though I get confused with LemonWaterGalkan92 wrote:
I think now your nick sounds better.Lemon Water wrote:
Requesting Lemons In Your Eyes back~
It was just like 2 days since the feature when half of the community changed its name. :SRemco32 wrote:
Great, I'm on a holiday for 2 weeks and half of the community decides to change his/her username. Will be a bit harder to identify people now...
okpeppy wrote:
No.
http://osu.ppy.sh/u/176037Galkan92 wrote:
I think now your nick sounds better.Lemon Water wrote:
Requesting Lemons In Your Eyes back~
Say what?dNextGen wrote:
http://osu.ppy.sh/u/176037
herp a derp
That's pretty much what I thought too.Remco32 wrote:
Great, I'm on a holiday for 2 weeks and half of the community decides to change his/her username. Will be a bit harder to identify people now...
I'm pretty sure this isn't a word.lothos wrote:
psnecd
Well, you can't do anything about it and, beside, I suggest to think one more time when you decide what nick to choose.lothos wrote:
But my parent dont want spend money for this =(
Is not possible to do only one time Free please?
lothos wrote:
But my parent dont want psnecd money for this =(
Is not possible to do only one time Free please?
It helps to read. Be patient.peppy wrote:
You do have to have an osu! supporter tag, but this limitation may be removed at a later stage.