Every one of us picked our Minecraft user name when we signed up on minecraft.net for the first time (and every time thereafter). For most of us, knowing that whatever name was chosen is stuck with us forever is just a part of the game. Still, what if you gave yourself a silly or inappropriate name? What if you're just tired of the one you have? Currently, this means getting another copy of the game - but maybe not for long.
Jeb hinted that username changes might be a feature in the near future, something that Mollstam is looking into currently. While there is no set date - or even a hinted one - for the feature's arrival, it would seem that it's more a matter of "when" than "if" now.
Maybe I can use this opportunity to change my name to "MrFluffykins".
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Here we go:
Pros:
1. You can have a cool new username.
Cons:
1. Server Owners can't ban you if you change your name.
2. It is morally confusing for people to distinguish you.
3. It's going to cause many problems down the track, whether system overloads at Mojang, or debates of innapropriateness.
This is why I don't condone this new idea Jeb brought to mind, it's just plain horrible and will lead to a new level of griefing.
At first looks, I agree that problems may happen (Condone means you approve of it btw, not sure if that's what you meant) but until we see how Mojang actually do this, we can't make any assumptions on any cons there might be. Initially, I don't like the idea...but maybe it'll be really good?
Heh, yeah. I meant don't. And then again, this is just a server admins POV though,I just fear it will take a whole new level of griefing. I guess we can cross that bridge when we get to it though.
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.
What about the problem of confusing all the people on the server you get on?
What about people running a server and only BAN users for their name, such as greifing, they banned his name, not his IP address. We could all be ban evaders this way, which is more bad then good.
They have to keep this in mind.
They could keep track of your accounts and use that for bans instead
Or would this be like steam with seperate usernames and display names?