Bans are a tricky business. IP bans, while seemingly permanent, are very easily circumvented; for me, all I would need to do is reset my modem and my ISP gives me a new IP. Username bans could easily be checked against a user ID instead of the username itself.
For example, you ban "Incento." Your server sends that info to Mojang, and Mojang gives you the user ID. That is stored in the server data, so the server will check against the user ID, not the username.
Normally, if you run your server in online mode, when anyone joins, they have their username checked against the session servers up in Mojangland. If it's valid (they have an active session), it then checks the username against the whitelist and blacklist in the server files, then allows or disallows access, respectively. If you start Minecraft, then turn your internet connection off, then back on, your session is invalidated and servers will give you the "Bad Login" error, because the session servers noticed that "Incento" is no longer logged in on a client.
On the cost debate, I honestly think it should be free for the first change, then $5 more after that, and be restricted to one change every 2 or 3 weeks. That way, griefers will have a much harder time tricking servers. Plus, if servers banned based on user ID, not username, there would be no way that a griefer could trick a server, unless it runs in offline mode and doesn't check the whitelist against joining users.
How did you pay for Minecraft in the first place? The only regulation alternative to payment is a timer between name-changes (e.g. you may change your name once every 3 months.)
Why not have a seperate username (What you use to log in, and what servers use for players), and screennames (What your name is actually seen as)?
You cannot have a screenname that's the same as another screenname, but it can be the same as a username. By default, everybody's screenname is their username until it's changed. Maybe a server command used by operators that can be used on somebody to figure out their username, and regulate people who are changing it constantly.
How did you pay for Minecraft in the first place? The only regulation alternative to payment is a timer between name-changes (e.g. you may change your name once every 3 months.)
Your Parents buy it for you, (I paid for it myself, I'm thinking of the 1,000s of kids that play Minecraft)
I really want to change my name. My parents created an account with a weird nickname, I'm hoping that I can change it soon. Single Player Commands 1.4.5.
i dont honestly think it will happen :/ it could cause a infinite amount of problems say if someone gets banned...they can just change there name and poof there back on the server WE CANT LET THIS HAPPEN!
i think the name changing is a great idea but should be restricted to the amount of name changes for instance "My mom made my account for me and i want this name: <Grezwal> my current minecraft name is <sasfa1> : i dont like <Grezwal> anymore lets chANGE IT TO <RANDOMNESS>" just a for instance there
I totally agree with you. Just think of all the noobs that would be changing their names all the time just for the hell of it! Although I think that for special cases (like people that accidentally put in their real name) should be able to change once.
NOOOOOO!!!!! it has to be so that you can change it whenever, just make it so that server's use uniqie player id's for bans and the player data in the world player folder, yeah this wont work for server's with online-mode set to false, but thats there fault, they shouldnt have it off unless the minecraft login server's are down
I think it would be a pretty cool idea but as someone already said 'fanboys' could just change there name to a well known youtubers old MC name and just make some people hate the youtuber. Which would suck because when youtubers get hate it spreads quickly and rumors wou;ld be spread, if they can some how get around this problem it would be fine
you can do the same thing with any service that lets you change names
I haven't read every post in this thread but i want to say something about the youtuber name stealing thing.
I'm pretty sure they would set where someone could not have the same username as some one else if they already picked it, for example, unless the said youtuber changed their name, a random person can't and could not have it. As well, Most website and games don't allow having the same name, unless its a screen name/ username set up. <---(not 100% sure on this but games and website I use don't allow it)
This is my opinion and thoughts. I probably won't respond to any replies and such. I don't come on the forums much besides to check for info/mods/texture packs. Thanks for reading!
For example, you ban "Incento." Your server sends that info to Mojang, and Mojang gives you the user ID. That is stored in the server data, so the server will check against the user ID, not the username.
Normally, if you run your server in online mode, when anyone joins, they have their username checked against the session servers up in Mojangland. If it's valid (they have an active session), it then checks the username against the whitelist and blacklist in the server files, then allows or disallows access, respectively. If you start Minecraft, then turn your internet connection off, then back on, your session is invalidated and servers will give you the "Bad Login" error, because the session servers noticed that "Incento" is no longer logged in on a client.
On the cost debate, I honestly think it should be free for the first change, then $5 more after that, and be restricted to one change every 2 or 3 weeks. That way, griefers will have a much harder time tricking servers. Plus, if servers banned based on user ID, not username, there would be no way that a griefer could trick a server, unless it runs in offline mode and doesn't check the whitelist against joining users.
I have really bad imaginations.
pls make it uniqe with out xxxx and numbers
Thx
paying screws over people without credit cards
probably around the same time as the API
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I chose a stupid name Dx
How did you pay for Minecraft in the first place? The only regulation alternative to payment is a timer between name-changes (e.g. you may change your name once every 3 months.)
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You cannot have a screenname that's the same as another screenname, but it can be the same as a username. By default, everybody's screenname is their username until it's changed. Maybe a server command used by operators that can be used on somebody to figure out their username, and regulate people who are changing it constantly.
Your Parents buy it for you, (I paid for it myself, I'm thinking of the 1,000s of kids that play Minecraft)
NOOOOOO!!!!! it has to be so that you can change it whenever, just make it so that server's use uniqie player id's for bans and the player data in the world player folder, yeah this wont work for server's with online-mode set to false, but thats there fault, they shouldnt have it off unless the minecraft login server's are down
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you can do the same thing with any service that lets you change names
I'm pretty sure they would set where someone could not have the same username as some one else if they already picked it, for example, unless the said youtuber changed their name, a random person can't and could not have it. As well, Most website and games don't allow having the same name, unless its a screen name/ username set up. <---(not 100% sure on this but games and website I use don't allow it)
This is my opinion and thoughts. I probably won't respond to any replies and such. I don't come on the forums much besides to check for info/mods/texture packs. Thanks for reading!