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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Don't sweat it, this isn't final. Plus, team Mojang is collectively smart, and they'll find a good way to work this out if they want to allow us Minecraft users to change our usernames. Also, I do like one of the ideas that I saw a few times: You can change your name once for free, and after that, you will need to pay a small fee to change it again.
Maybe to view a ID number you'd just have to hold Tab-Shift to show the numbers in place of players name.
Just put up a warning at signup that your username will be what is displayed when you play. People that want to change their name can already get a new account.
However, Steam has other reasons a person would want to avoid trolling/griefing/etc. If you get banned from one VAC server you get banned from all of them, rendering some games unplayable. If you get banned from several servers you risk getting banned from Steam completely, losing complete access to all your Steam games. With Minecraft, you can get banned from every server in existence, but still play Minecraft not only single player but on the multiplayer servers that come into existence the next day.
Well admins could read your username and ban that.
For some people, this is already a problem, for instance, my username is too long to enter on a sign, so I can't use any economy mods, as they all require you to put your screen name on the sign.
Sir, you are random.
I must admit that the idea of name changing would be problematic for server owners/admins/mods. However, I'm sure that Mojang could make it so that banned people would stay banned, even if they change their name. I'm not sure how, exactly, though. One way you could enforce this (personally my least favorite), would be to make them pay to change it (10, 15 US dollars, maybe). Another would be using something that stays constant to remember their first username and the servers they were banned from.
Are you all so blind that you can't see that this would just be an improvement and nothing more?
• Using unique IDs for separate people means that banning wouldn't be "impossible"
• Having to "relearn" your friends IGNs is just tough luck; you shouldn't really be worried about having to do that
• Why would you even want to pay more money than minecraft already costs? There are systems everywhere that permit display name changes but you still have to log in with the old username. They let you do it every 30, 60, or 90 days, but don't charge you "a dollar or two" to change it. Why would that even be a consensus???
The things that are being proposed in this topic are ridiculous. For something as simple as a name change.
You should only be able to change it a few times
Never "just assume"