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Seara Arrodan
Whiskey and Cigars
#1 - 2012-09-09 19:22:47 UTC
I have just reactivated my accounts after a several year break and I'm not sure I still care for my toon's name. Is there a way (other than starting over) to change a toon's name?

Hmm.... Not sure if troll?...
Roll Sizzle Beef
Space Mutiny
#2 - 2012-09-09 19:24:46 UTC
If they could possibly be offensive to some one in some way you can report yourself. If not, you're SOL.
Corina Jarr
en Welle Shipping Inc.
#3 - 2012-09-09 19:25:02 UTC
Well, if it is offensive you can have it changed to "[insert race] Citizen [insert long number]".

Otherwise... not really.
Seara Arrodan
Whiskey and Cigars
#4 - 2012-09-09 19:29:22 UTC
Oh well, thanks for the quick reply.

That is something they could develop though. Pay X amount of real world money and have the old name and date of change logged in your profile for ever. Also could limit it to once or twice only. We would not want it to be too easy to escape your history would we.

Hmm.... Not sure if troll?...
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#5 - 2012-09-09 19:36:31 UTC
Seara Arrodan wrote:
We would not want it to be too easy to escape your history would we.

Many would argue we would not want it to be possible at all to escape your history. As a corp recruiter (and now CEO), the prospect frightens me.

Accidentally The Whole Frigate - For-newbies blog (currently on pause)
Seara Arrodan
Whiskey and Cigars
#6 - 2012-09-09 19:39:48 UTC
No no I get it , I do all I am suggesting is the name the corp history would still be the same and the old name would be right there above the corp history

Like I said make it expensive and limit it to once or twice ever.

Hmm.... Not sure if troll?...
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#7 - 2012-09-09 19:41:43 UTC
Seara Arrodan wrote:
No no I get it , I do all I am suggesting is the name the corp history would still be the same and the old name would be right there above the corp history

Like I said make it expensive and limit it to once or twice ever.

Oh, I see. That would be fine, but I suspect heavy on backend coding for CCP.

Accidentally The Whole Frigate - For-newbies blog (currently on pause)
Cass Lie
State War Academy
Caldari State
#8 - 2012-09-09 19:52:49 UTC
Hey, at least you are not named 000AAAtestchar, which would put you on top of everyone's local and targeting broadcast.
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2012-09-09 20:45:41 UTC  |  Edited by: James Amril-Kesh
There's literally no reason not to implement limited name changes.

One per character. No PLEX required, just a single use. Include name history in character sheet and link all APIs and old character names with the new character name.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Lysanne Reqetta
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2012-09-09 21:05:19 UTC
I'm happy with my name(s), but I can see why a one-time recorded change would be useful: spotted a typo (Catpain Kirk would benefit from this), decided you wanted to stop ruining immersion and name yourself something sensible, wanting to start over after a hiatus with a changed personality, but keep the skills...

Blatant alt posting? In my EVE? It's more likely than you think.

NEVER FORGET - NOVEMBER 2013 - THE GREAT SIGNATURE MASSACRE
Paul Oliver
Doomheim
#11 - 2012-09-09 21:07:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Paul Oliver
I'd be happy with the ability to resculpt one's character within a certain amount of time. I don't know how many characters I've gone through because I got sick of how they looked or didn't notice some tiny but annoying imperfection until it was too late (OCD can be a ***** like that).
Its good to be [Gallente](http://dl.eve-files.com/media/1209/QEQlJ.jpg).
Eternus8lux8lucis
Guardians of the Gate
RAZOR Alliance
#12 - 2012-09-09 21:43:58 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
There's literally no reason not to implement limited name changes.

One per character. No PLEX required, just a single use. Include name history in character sheet and link all APIs and old character names with the new character name.

Actually if youd have it on the character history like a corp history you could do it once a year like neural remapping. Though once a year would be confusing.
Id be interesting though given availabilities for names at different times though if CCP could code the old name into the new one somehow then duplicate names could work as they would have different histories. But I doubt itd ever happen.

Have you heard anything I've said?

You said it's all circling the drain, the whole universe. Right?

That's right.

Had to end sometime.
Senarrius
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#13 - 2012-09-09 21:53:44 UTC
I'd certainly like a name change after all this time.

I chose a silly name Oops
Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
#14 - 2012-09-09 22:01:52 UTC
I don't see an issue, so long as they have in corp history -NAME CHANGED FROM XX TO XX ON 0000.00.00-. I also wish CCP would purge some of the names of very very old inactive accounts.

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Eternus8lux8lucis
Guardians of the Gate
RAZOR Alliance
#15 - 2012-09-09 22:10:26 UTC
Brooks Puuntai wrote:
I don't see an issue, so long as they have in corp history -NAME CHANGED FROM XX TO XX ON 0000.00.00-. I also wish CCP would purge some of the names of very very old inactive accounts.

I could see this as being a fine vehicle for that just like how ppls names get changed to Caldaricitizen2903848230 or whatever for offensive names, just change all the inactive accounts names to those and then allow reusage of that now available name.

Have you heard anything I've said?

You said it's all circling the drain, the whole universe. Right?

That's right.

Had to end sometime.
Thor Kerrigan
Guardians of Asceticism
#16 - 2012-09-09 22:27:15 UTC
For the sake of permanent consequence and being able to search for characters while only remembering their name, I think only adjusting capital/lower-case letters would be the most sensible option. A character name is essentially a permanent alias, while the "real name" of your character remains hidden.

This won't alienate corp search history and gives those who want to rename a way to deal with their predicament by personalizing their current alias.