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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Precisely, and a lot of households also have dynamic IPs. Which would make an IP ban useless.
Let's say I choose the display name Name1 and my account is kwintersbite. In game, people would see Name1 over my head and in the chat. Now, if I started causing trouble on a server, an admin could ban my Name1 and hope I get the message. But then I'm like "BAN ME WILL YOU!? >:o", flip into rage mode and devote hours of my life to messing with someone on the internet. I change my name to Name2, but my account will forever be 'kwintersite'. So I join on Name2, say some rude things about the admin's mother, and he decides to ban the @kwintersbite part. No matter which name I changed to, my account tag is now banned. Not even switching to a new IP would I be able to get through.
It may be complex to set up, but it's the proper way to do things if you want the user to have a dynamic ability to change their names at will while retaining a proper method for blocking and banning griefers for the owners and managers of servers.
As said above, having the ability to change screen name but you can't change the user ID. And when someone gets banned, the ID gets banned not the screen name, in case someone changes to that first person's name later on.
I picked my name when I was the biggest BMTH fan boy back in 2010 and now I totally regret it. I believe there should be a unique ID so server admins don't have a problem with banning people and I think it should be limited to how many times you can change your name. Just my opinion
Exactly!
I would be more then happy if they worked it like this It wouldn't bother me much if it did cost money to change your name but as long as it wasn't a ridiculous price, $2-$4 is a reasonable price.
Every member would get a unique ID number that can never change. When someone gets banned, their ID gets banned not their name. So whatever name they have, they will always be banned from that server.
What if you ban someone, and then he comes back under a different name? Exactly!
On Steam, there's 2 account names. The first name is for your account while the second is the one displayed. Servers ban the account, not the name, so why not do that?
Look at the post, above yours.