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Boseo
Azure Horizon
#41 - 2012-02-06 15:25:29 UTC
for the people who have helped me with the lower case b to upper-case thanks! now I know it can be done I will be looking in to getting it sorted Big smile

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Nova Fox
Novafox Shipyards
#42 - 2012-02-06 15:32:06 UTC
the reason why capitolization is allowed is it really doesnt effect alot of things I can still name search you and get the same result and other chractes cannot impersonate me by having nova Fox or Nova fox or nova fox for thier names.

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CanIHave YourStuff
In Praise Of Shadows
#43 - 2012-02-06 16:08:10 UTC
Lorik Q'uin wrote:
Lol I am sorry that I didn't spend over an hour looking and sifting through different threads regarding the subject, and if you have such a sour opinion regarding me even asking the question, I'd appreciate you leaving the discussion.

I think the point is you are making yet another tiresome thread about a topic that has been done to death a million times.

http://bit.ly/w6t5yN

It's fine if you have something new to contribute but you simply don't, and sloppy posting is not appreciated here. It's bad enough with all the moronic trolling that goes on, hence why you get a rather curt response to your bad thread.
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#44 - 2012-02-06 16:38:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Mr Epeen
I see one reasonable name change scenario.

First let me flog my dead horse a bit. I completely disagree with selling characters. I think the character should be bound to the acct that made it. Then again, since it will never happen and that is how I make most of my ISKies...

When a new owner takes over a character there is no reason for him to retain the history of that character. It should be treated as a new acct. Which it is. Therefore, I see no problem with wiping the slate clean and going for the name change as well.

Can that mechanic be abused? Sure can. But so is every other mechanic in this game.

I think over all it would work out for the better.

Mr Epeen Cool
Sasha Azala
Doomheim
#45 - 2012-02-06 16:49:52 UTC
Mr Epeen wrote:
I see one reasonable name change scenario.

First let me flog my dead horse a bit. I completely disagree with selling characters. I think the character should be bound to the acct that made it. Then again, since it will never happen and that is how I make most of my ISKies...

When a new owner takes over a character there is no reason for him to retain the history of that character. It should be treated as a new acct. Which it is. Therefore, I see no problem with wiping the slate clean and going for the name change as well.

Can that mechanic be abused? Sure can. But so is every other mechanic in this game.

I think over all it would work out for the better.

Mr Epeen Cool




Not sure if they retain the history or not, but they should.

If they don't then I can see it helping out your business of selling characters, especially if the name can be changed as well.

Which means you have a biased view anyway.
Robert Saint
The Grumpy Dogs
#46 - 2012-02-26 05:58:18 UTC
Names changes should be a given in a Game like this, where you can spend years developing a characters skills or pay a great deal for a toon with good skills, but stupid name. It just needs to be a service that CCP can get paid for their time. If it requires character investigations of corp history or whatever is involved that means man hours. If you can sell characters, so should be able to change names, there is absolutely no difference. With full understanding that a player can simply sell their character to themselves.. No one really knows who someone is anyway... Play the game and let me change my name from "Robert Saint" to "Super Robert Saint" once my skills improve and I will gladly pay the $50. RM, if I want it bad enough.

It's just a game and people should be able to pay to enjoy it more fully.

Any argument against my wonder opinion means you are WRONG....

but,,, i love you.
Ilandrin Yona
Doomheim
#47 - 2012-02-26 06:20:38 UTC
Seems like they could just give every character a unique "Pilot Identification Code" that is permanent. Then character history would be tied to the code and it wouldn't matter if they change their name. I can understand people getting tired of an ill conceived name. Although I don't know why people give their characters weird names to begin with.

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Ilandrin Yona
Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#48 - 2012-02-26 06:29:30 UTC
Robert Saint wrote:
Names changes should be a given in a Game like this, where you can spend years developing a characters skills or pay a great deal for a toon with good skills, but stupid name. It just needs to be a service that CCP can get paid for their time. If it requires character investigations of corp history or whatever is involved that means man hours. If you can sell characters, so should be able to change names, there is absolutely no difference. With full understanding that a player can simply sell their character to themselves.. No one really knows who someone is anyway... Play the game and let me change my name from "Robert Saint" to "Super Robert Saint" once my skills improve and I will gladly pay the $50. RM, if I want it bad enough.

It's just a game and people should be able to pay to enjoy it more fully.

Any argument against my wonder opinion means you are WRONG....

but,,, i love you.


So you used to be Robert the Child Molester?

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Don't talk to me unless you are IQ verified and certified with three references from non-family members. Please have your certificate of authenticity on hand.
Vaal Erit
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#49 - 2012-02-26 06:45:17 UTC
I agree with Mr Epeen, changing a characters name should be allowed when you buy a new character via the character bazaar. You'll understand why if you ever buy a character, it is very difficult to find the character you want with the skills you want and the price you want, getting a name you want as well is impossible.

I might also let newbies get a rename within 14 days as some people just type a random name to hurry up and play the game and then like the game and don't want to start over.

But letting everyone change their name for PLEX/cash? Heck no.
Nephilius
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#50 - 2012-02-26 07:20:56 UTC
Lady Spank wrote:
If you make a mistake during character creation you can petition it just afterwards. But once it has sunk in you are stuck with it unfortanetly. Even changing a characters casing can throw off a paper trail and is therefore not something CCP will likely ever consider.


I'm pretty sure CCP doesn't track players by name only.

It's a paranoia thing, OP. For all the so-called harshness of Eve, the potential chaos this would cause would be too much to handle for most people.
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supersexysucker
Uber Awesome Fantastico Awesomeness Group
#51 - 2012-02-26 07:33:01 UTC
We got to change our char hell we HAD TO. We should get one name change as well.
Steveir
Hagukure
#52 - 2012-02-26 09:33:19 UTC
Many players want to tweek their names. I thought you had to get to a certain level before you could add a surname (like other MMO).
LoTR and WAR has a great feature of being able to add titles.

So how about for PLEX, CCP would "adjust" names within sensible limits? Players want it, and CCP would like the cash. Although I accept some titles could be seen as more medieval rather than sci-fi (e.g. Steveir the ganked)
Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#53 - 2012-02-26 09:40:40 UTC
1. Make a character with an offensive name
2. Petition yourself to have the name changed because it's offensive
3 ???
4. Profit!

Perfection is a dish best served like wasabi .

Bumble's Space Log
Daroth Saken
N.A.T.O.
#54 - 2012-02-26 11:09:41 UTC
Lady Spank wrote:
If you make a mistake during character creation you can petition it just afterwards. But once it has sunk in you are stuck with it unfortanetly. Even changing a characters casing can throw off a paper trail and is therefore not something CCP will likely ever consider.


not all the time, i created a toon, made a typo in the name, checked that the name wasn't used and petitioned it within the hour of creation (i didn't want to delete it because i'd got the portrait *just* right) got a response inside the day and told nope they wouldn't change it
Turelus
Utassi Security
#55 - 2012-02-26 11:15:10 UTC
boseo wrote:
I want to turn the stupid lower case b to an upper-case B on this character, never noticed how annoying it was until recently

There was actually a post from a Dev in a thread about this a long time back where they said they can do that via petition, because it's not changing the name in the database. Try submitting a petition to check.

Turelus CEO Utassi Security
Serene Repose
#56 - 2012-02-26 11:17:09 UTC
There's a few reasons people want to change their names.

First and foremost, like Lady Spank's, the player was overcome by a sudden wave of adolescent cool, and devised a name that later (as their brains reached full physical development) they came to see as just as dumb as everyone else realized as soon as they saw it. Name change! Ooooh, darn!

Second, and sort of sympathetically, the player was drunk that night and figured all the cool names have been taken anyway so why bother thinking about it at all? Just throw something out there that'll draw a few sniggers...like Lo Hung. Name change! Ooooh, darn!

Third, and my favorite, the ones who're so jaded on the internet they think everyone's textual input is valueless, serves no purpose and only demonstrates the generator of such input's general ignorance of their nil value in the digital world....like 000588969. Thing is, nobody knows what to call them, so they wind up being "Hey, you!" Name change! Ooooh, darn!

There is a fourth...fifth...but geez. Use your imaginations.

We must accommodate the idiocracy.
Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#57 - 2012-02-26 11:18:20 UTC
Unlike some of you, I actually spent some time thinking about what I would name my character.

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Frostys Virpio: "We have to give it to him that he does put more effort than the vast majority in his idea but damn does it sometime come out of nowhere."
Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#58 - 2012-02-26 11:48:58 UTC
...really? Couldn't you have come up with something that sounds less than an alien sex toy?

Perfection is a dish best served like wasabi .

Bumble's Space Log
Mr Chili Palmer
State War Academy
Caldari State
#59 - 2012-02-26 12:09:30 UTC
almost everyone in real life has got or has a nick name, players should be able to create a nick name that is linked to their real game id and that way they can go under either of the 2 names.

william h bonney was born william h mcCarty aka billiy the kid

so would nicknames / alias's work?

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Emma Royd
Maddled Gommerils
#60 - 2012-02-26 15:07:49 UTC
Vaal Erit wrote:
I agree with Mr Epeen, changing a characters name should be allowed when you buy a new character via the character bazaar. You'll understand why if you ever buy a character, it is very difficult to find the character you want with the skills you want and the price you want, getting a name you want as well is impossible.

I might also let newbies get a rename within 14 days as some people just type a random name to hurry up and play the game and then like the game and don't want to start over.

But letting everyone change their name for PLEX/cash? Heck no.


K, Player A puts one of his characters up for sale on Character Bazaar, and has one of his alts buy it, his alt gets the name changed, and then transfers the character to the original account, all for the price of $40 or about 2 plex.

You can't have 1 without the other, even if CCP had some kind of check to try and stop it, it would then penalise the legitimate players who might want to drop out of eve for a while, lend their character to a friend and then have it transferred back when they start playing, or people transferring characters between their own accounts due to training issues.

All said and done, I really can't understand why people get so worked up about a character name, you made the choice, so deal with it Lol