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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I would rather see a display name coupled with a unique id [098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb]. The Unique Id is given from minecraft login servers and cannot be used in itself for login attempts but would be easily checked by white/blacklists.
People who use the same tag name could be given the choice at login to a server to change it. And people could also register a nick with a server like on IRC... give the server a password to prove that is your nick.
Logging in with nick Ozzymud..
Ozzymud is already in use assigning Guest10234, if the nick belongs to you /msg server Ozzymud <password>.
/msg server Ozzymud 3557et$%464
Verified! Returning your nick.
player.dat is still stored using the unque id, permissions and all that use the unique id.
UUID: There are 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 possible UUIDs
Maybe just once a month/year a name change? Anymore would cost 10 bucks?
but there is the thing what if griefers are banned from a server then change their usernames then grief it again?
Did you read any of the thread? I can change my dynamic IP within seconds by instructing my router to do so. Most DSL users also get a new IP on each connect (which is often). Or, I can use one of the MANY proxies out there to get a new IP address... not effective AT ALL for banning.
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These are the reasons I don't do multi-player without knowing the server owner... Sorry guy, but 4 posts total, no domain, just a server on a redirected port prolly running on your local machine... I'll pass
Like before players should be able to change their name FREELY once. Other than that they might have to pay $2-5 to change to an APPROVED name.
Well, maybe they could do the email address or the I.P?
Please never; I'd much rather Minecraft be more like Steam in allowing you to change your username whenever and however you want than be like the greedily-run Xbox Live with less freedom.