Username Changing

[1. Luftballon]

perhaps make it just slightly longer than a month, so that if someone doesn't like their change, they can get it back?

 

[Butterfree]

This is the time during which you can't change your name to a name that used to exist. If it's the same as the time between name changes, then you will be allowed to get your name back. If I made it longer, you wouldn't, unless you waited a while.

 

[Karkat Vantas]

ffffffffffffff.

No namechange spamming for you!

Although I'm disappointed I can't change my name to Butterfree...

 

[Green]

I meant because of the problem with the not being able to change to your old name, since I planned to change to St. Christopher after the time period was up.

 

[Butterfree]

No namechange spamming for you!

Although I'm disappointed I can't change my name to Butterfree...

Butterfree, Dragonfree and antialiasis are all defined as forbidden usernames outside of all that, as a measure against impersonation. No matter how long I am Bachuru, nobody can register under any of those names, or change their names to one of them.

I meant because of the problem with the not being able to change to your old name, since I planned to change to St. Christopher after the time period was up.

You will be able to do that, when the time period is up. That's what my last post was about.

 

[Green]

I know.

 

[Cloudsong]

So...if you want to change your name back to what it was before, you have to wait a month. However, if you want to change it to something totally new, you don't have to wait? Cuz I changed mine from SkyAngel to Flyte a few days ago, and today I changed it to SkyWingz, and was pleasantly surprised to see it let me. Then I tried to change it back to SkyAngel just out of curiosity to see if I could and it wouldn't let me. Just wondering if this is supposed to happen?

EDIT: Further experimentation revealed that yeah, that's what's happening. I changed from SkyWingz -> SkyWings -> Cloudsong. And I am now done with spamming name changes, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy ^.^

 

[Butterfree]

Oh, right, the thing that checks if you can change your name was still trying to find a name change in the hack's history table rather than vBulletin's native one. Changed that to use that table too; should work.

 

[Vriska Serket]

Um...I just receive an error page telling me that the database has encountered a problem whenever I try to go to the name-changing page. :/

 

[Butterfree]

Should be fixed. Sorry.

 

[Vriska Serket]

Nope, I'm still getting an error.

 

[Phantom]

I am getting it too.

 

[Butterfree]

...oh, wait, that was silly of me. Sorry. Fixed now, for real.

 

[Ryan the Terrible]

I am Comma Police and I have an epic new username. :3

Now all I need is a complete profile overhaul.

 

[Kapton Jack]

No namechange spamming for you!

Although I'm disappointed I can't change my name to Butterfree...

I wish you could, I really want to be Karkat, I have the same zodiac sign and everything. Plus, I am a bit of a dumb shit, like Karkat (the character not you) XD
EDIT
My current username is fine though, it's been mine since.... well shit, since your mom thats how long XD.
The previous sentence totally made sense.

 

[Thorne]

Since I changed my name, I have to log in when I go to the forums, even though it's suppose to log me on automatically. Filling in the "remember me?" box doesn't change anything, either.

Anyone knows why?

 

[Murkrow]

Since I changed my name, I have to log in when I go to the forums, even though it's suppose to log me on automatically. Filling in the "remember me?" box doesn't change anything, either.

Anyone knows why?

Could you have set your browser to remember your login details for you, but it still uses the old username? Clearing your cookies or whatever is used might help.

 

[Green]

Okay, one month period's up...

and I can't change my name. :|

 

[Butterfree]

What happens when you try?

 

[Green]

I go to the page where I can edit my password, etc., and there's no option to edit my username.