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[Onus]

Hello,

Upon registering, I wasn't aware that the username would be used in game. Unfortunately, I put my actual name. I really don't want this to be made public in multiplayer and would much rather a pseudonym. Is there anyway we can change our minecraft names?

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[HappyHitman]

You could try emailing Notch, but I'm not sure if you can change your username.

[Onus]

Yeah I'll try emailing him.. oh boy..
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[Onus]

Still no reply. I understand there's a lot of changes, but that's no reason for me to forget this issue.

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[XBel]

u said u registered, but have u paid? cos if u aint paid, jus make a new account, if u av paid, r u still within the 30 day refund thingy?

[VeryInsane]

Just get a refund if he doesn't respond.
Then just buy it again on a different account.

[br]

I did the same thing and used my name when signing up not realizing the significance of it. As for getting a refund and then getting the game again, seriously? It should be as simple as updating a database field. Notch only has to look at our handles to see that they do in fact contain our name and isn't just a case of wanting it changed for no real reason. It's a valid concern, and there should be a warning or something up on the site at the very least that tells you when you register you will be stuck with that name and it will be publicly viewable.

[Onus]

VeryInsane said:

Just get a refund if he doesn't respond.
Then just buy it again on a different account.

That's a silly idea. Plus, response time on refunds is also significantly slow if at all. This shouldn't be a big isse at all.
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[Faceless]

Email payment@mojang.com about your account transfer.

[Onus]

Faceless said:

Email payment@mojang.com about your account transfer.

Did this already and still been waiting. I've actually emailed every available email that I could find, tweet, and private message. I don't consider this a fault on my end or incompetence on where to find the proper support - it's just a lack thereof (which is claimed on the site, I know). However, I think there ought to at least be a disclaimer explaining the usage of the name in addition to support for those already in this position considering I now know I am not the only one, by any length, with this very same issue. It's a simple name change - not anything drastic by any means.

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[Onus]

Guiltless bump due to absolutely no response.

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[LuckyStrike]

i did the same mistake,
there really should be a warning.

ill try that refund thing ;-)

[emailtommy03]

Im going to bump this as well. I was under the same impression and used my regular forum user name , not my regular IGN i usually use. Now everytime I log into the game, I have this annoyance that wont go away =(

[MeinCraft]

Bump this as well since I need to change my name too

[Skobie]

Made an account to bump this thread, did same mistake as the the others.

if you were to have the same ign as some one else it could just ad a number after your name so /tp still works

two people join a server, both named player.
Player
Player(2)

or something.

[joe balls]

Same problem. Has anyone had a reply about this?

[joe balls]

Still got the same problem. It seems this is linked to the problem of selling loads of your game in a short space of time. The other systems i.e. customer support, struggle to keep up. I can see from the number of views of this thread that this is an issue for a great many other people.

In the short term it would be great if something was put on the sign up page and a way was put forward to change usernames. Any chance of that happening?

[crusaderesper]

Wouldn't mind a name change either. Having the lowercases in my name wasn't intended and now I'm pretty much one of the only people in MP that has an all lowercase name.

[lighter]

I too would like a change in name! Had I known my character would forever be known as jlsdiego, I'd have chosen more wisely.

[God Of APB]

Same here. I would really like people to stop telling me that APB is dead.
I know not many sites let you change your username in the first place, I would just like to be able to change it on Minecraft.