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Would be nice feature, i wasnt 100% sure when i made an account that username was for ingame too. Because I just got the game and only started playing....

I hate my username. It is probably one of the worst out there. 'PonyPleaser' sounds pretty stupid. I am currently not banned on any servers, and would hate to have to pay a 'Fee'. I think to solve the 'ban problem' you could,

1. Give players and Numerical ID and ban that
2. Make it so you can only change your name ONCE, then pay a fee.

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Yea, hopefully the spammers stop spamming soon about their username

I think maybe you should pay a small price for this feature. Like 2 dollars or something.

You a are right small fee because you could go back on all the servers you were banned from. So every time you would have to pay 2$. Nice idea!

A friend of mine wants to change his name because his first letter isn't a capital letter...

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I hate my username. It is probably one of the worst out there. 'PonyPleaser' sounds pretty stupid. I am currently not banned on any servers, and would hate to have to pay a 'Fee'. I think to solve the 'ban problem' you could,

1. Give players and Numerical ID and ban that
2. Make it so you can only change your name ONCE, then pay a fee.

I like your idea a lot.

I believe that it should cost money only after the first time you do it unless the ID idea is implemented as well, and even then I wouldn't mind the change fee after the first time. Perhaps they could have a free name change every 6 months or so? After people make a name and figure out the game or if they look back and see how childish their name really was, they should have a chance to change it to something more mature or appropriate. After that, they would probably just be messing around anyway or trying to evade ban lists. That's when you hit then with a 5 euro fee. (Considering that Mojang primarily a European gaming company)

As for the famous crafters, they should probably just mention it to their fans and then the word will spread. The person who steals the name will more likely be raged at and shunned if they try something as stupid as impersonating a well known celebrity who just changed their name.

i like mine but out of curiosity, would you have to pay? also as for ips, yes they could be proxied but if people really wanted to get into a server they would get a new account anyways

I like the idea, but will that mean that usernames will no longer be unique? I really don't want to join a server with 10% of them called John. (Example.)

I think this is a good idea since my username sucks. I'm gonna change it to my youtube name.

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I'm sorry, but I despise this idea of changing names. Sure, I regret my name, and more so down the track because I chose it from what bullies used to call me, but honestly let's look at the pros and cons of this.

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.

Server owners can ban ips!!!!!!!

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I like this idea as long is there a cooldown like each month you can change your name

well no cool down to change it back in case you dont like it ....

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Server owners can ban ips!!!!!!!

People can change their IP. IP bans aren't all that good.

Changing your ingame name would definitely be helpful, because there are people (like me) who made there ingame name with something stupid and their year of birth.
Or their location, or just something that is plainly stupid/offensive.
But if it was inplemented, it should be free, but maybe only available once or twice, because otherwise it could become a daily occurance.
Also it would probably effect servers and bans that have taken place on them.

i would love to be able to change my name (nickname) . why not for free paying for it would be stupid

With the bad nooby usename problem, I was playing cracked Minecraft for a while (November 2011 to March 2012) so I knew what username I wanted, but I know a friend who has the stupidest username - even he hates it. So, yeah, being able to change your username would be good.

It also means MCBANS will fall!

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It also means MCBANS will fall!

There are so many ways to block a player from log into a server, no reason for it to fail for such a simple reason

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I do support the idea of account changes, but I think the best thing would be to only give each account one name change, so people can't constantly switch and grief on servers.

There could be a certain id for each player and maybe a cooldown too ... that way if a server bans the player, it will ban the id not the name Problem solved!Nvm about the cool down
I change my mind no cool down would be better just a unique id .

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I believe that it should cost money only after the first time you do it unless the ID idea is implemented as well, and even then I wouldn't mind the change fee after the first time. Perhaps they could have a free name change every 6 months or so? After people make a name and figure out the game or if they look back and see how childish their name really was, they should have a chance to change it to something more mature or appropriate. After that, they would probably just be messing around anyway or trying to evade ban lists. That's when you hit then with a 5 euro fee. (Considering that Mojang primarily a European gaming company)

As for the famous crafters, they should probably just mention it to their fans and then the word will spread. The person who steals the name will more likely be raged at and shunned if they try something as stupid as impersonating a well known celebrity who just changed their name.

I dont find that a fee is a good idea i mean like we already bought the game and now you want us to pay to change our name . Im not complaining just that most games have a feature to change your name.