Unease Peanut Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 will not be required to change them, although we would strongly recommend doing so, as continued use of non-alphanumeric symbology may adversely affect your ability to receive site Awards. For those using characters of a different language, such as Chinese or Russian (poor HaloGeek)? Also force number of name changes used to 0 when you do this, otherwise people can't changed because they're have to change to remove whatever annoying typography they're using to hnnnngggghh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedStarRocket91 Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 This is what I don't get. How is it hard? All you need to do is type in the part of the name that doesn't have the special characters. O.o When handing out an award to multiple people, I use the 'bulk award' system so that I don't have to track them down individually and go through the single award process for each member: this takes about 2-3 minutes per member so it's not exactly long, but if I'm doing it for 15 people it can potentially add up to half an hour's worth of work. Now that's not a huge investment of time by any stretch, but it is time I could be using for other things like actually reading the forums, and since the member search function can potentially turn up thousands of members if all I can input is a fragment of a username (assuming I actually know their username and it hasn't changed) it can take a lot of time to find it that way. Incidentally, this is part of why whenever we hold a Community Event, we ask members to post in a sign-up thread with their GTs, because it gives us a nice convenient place where we can find members very quickly and match them to the GTs we saw in the lobby, and use the manual award system if the bulk award system doesn't like their name. The way the bulk award system is configured is the other half of it, because characters in a username have to match up exactly with those of the member receiving the award - inputting even slightly wrong means the system just shows an error message and nobody receives any awards. What makes this even worse is that some special characters simply aren't recognised by the system, so even copying and pasting names doesn't work. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaulting♥Frog Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Awww that means I loose my little ♥.... Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drizzy_Dan Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Awww that means I loose my little ♥.... Oh well. It's safe until you change your name. So don't not care about it leaving yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Is not JL Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 It didn't occur to me back then, but where I come from, where I was trained to change my name, the limits are 1 name change per 3 months. Oh, you think the rule is your ally, but you merely adopted the rule. I was born in it, molded by it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axilus Prime Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 I never change my name, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacGrandma Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 I think your name should be your xbox gamertag. It is less confusing and changing names should be authorized through the site and only approved for good reasons... . Ladies an gents.. it gets very confusing to many when you change your names especially if you are on many posts and someone wants to look up and find a post from a previous message.. Be brave and stick to your name.. If you do not want your gamertag as your name then ask to change or alter your name so you are not looked up and found when you do not want it.. Not dissing name changes not calling out any names. It is just my experience in the past and I think you should use 1 name and only change it if you have changed your g/t on xbox. I mean New here and it very confusing between threads seeing new names unless I have read that article looking for a change! Many gamertagss include the Clan/alliance in the name. I went from MacGrandma PMS to Macgrandma and it was very confusing especially on forums! and I might say very HARD to change my name on most forums... Make a name you love and Keep it if especially if it can be your gamertag on Halo! It's a family! Live it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Is not JL Posted June 7, 2014 Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 Word Not everybody has Gold, an active console playtime, or even an Xbox. We aren't a site dedicated to playing the Xbox together; we're a site dedicated to talking about a game franchise we know called Halo. The ability to change my name a billion times to reflect the things I love, the things I enjoy, the fads I jump on, the points I stand behind, only further enforces the feeling of community. It has never, ever been hard for me to figure out where a person's post is, nor is it hard for me to figure out gamertags considering most people put it in their profile, which is visible just by hovering over a person's name or looking at their post itself. It certainly isn't hard to figure out who is who; all it takes is 2 buttons to be pressed. I joined and made a name I loved. Then switched to a name I loved. Then switched to a name I loved. Then switched to a name I loved. And I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted June 7, 2014 Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 ^ But do you still love it now ?, is the million dollar question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Is not JL Posted June 7, 2014 Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 who doesn't Yoko is bst sniper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterChiefMEAN Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 No issues here, I mean why would I change this awesome name? I thought I'd shoot my way out, for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIBERI0N Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 This is ok with me as I never change my name anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnimeAddict Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 I have to agree with first poster i dont really care for the rule but i see how it effects the moderating team and Im willing to make the sacrifice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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