Everyone do you think Jeb would be THAT stuipid to make the names instant changeable and being able to pass bans. You would keep your name and it would most likely be like the nicknames mod where you change it in game and its not permanent. Name robbing and power robbing would not be added.
Jeb would think about these things so stop complaing about a great new feature.
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No, he said he's going to implement some sort of ID system so that each player has there unique ID so when you ban a player your banning that ID not the name, Keep in mind you can still IP ban people too.
A solution would be to just convert everyone's current username to their 'Unique ID' and then give players the ability to change their display name either every 6 months or 12 months. The delay between name changes will let players change their display name if they are not satisfied with their current one but still restrict them from changing it constantly (for various reasons).
I'd also suggest changing the ban system as well so an admin just bans a display name and the server software will ban the 'Unique ID' for them instead of some other process which would take too much time if they are, for example, spamming and you want to ban them before they crash the server from lag. Also I suggest doing the same thing with OP commands.
As well as this I suggest adding a command available to all players that lets them check someone's 'Unique ID' so that they can tell if it is really their friend or not.
I think it's this way...
Mojang should have a special User ID of a player (like mine: "psychoelectro").
It will be the user ID which people will use to whitelist, OP, and else...
But the display name? it can change anytime...
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Trivia: My display name is my top 2 favorite Pokemon types.
Wish I knew about this plan before, could have saved myself $25...
But you shouldn't be able to change your actual Minecraft ID name. As stated before, griefers/spammers can get around the banning system.
In addition to the unique ID for every player, admins should be able to run a command to see any previous usernames the player has had.
Agreed?
I personally, would love to change my username. I always liked the ability to change your name in Steam. I got Minecraft in very early Beta days, and at that time, I just downloaded a "illegal" copy and I was living off that until 1.6.6, since then, people don't call me "LordAwesomeMan", to my Steam friends and others, they know me as "Redbird". So I think this new feature would be great for the game.
In addition to the unique ID for every player, admins should be able to run a command to see any previous usernames the player has had.
Agreed?
This is a feature of Steam, if you have a friend added to your Steam network, you can view their previous 'aliases'. Being able to view another players alias would be great in terms if you are an admin or mod, but the problem is, they would have to set up something similar to the Steam Community websites that lead you to peoples user ID and profile. To imitate this in-game would be hard, just programming the ability to change your name in-game would be easier.
hmmm... i'm all for the idea of this, yet then again, i still have a pretty epic name: tsumi1717. I use that name on pretty much every game i play. the reason i like this though, is so that i could put -CraftingTheMine- at the beginning, so that people who would see me and watch my videos would know for a fact its me! and also the fact my sister might want to change her name to something better.
Dont allow players changing their minecraft names! Server Owners will be not happy because they have a sh*t ton of banned players and the banned player changes his name and he will grief the server again and creating another mess. eg: You banned 10 spambots this week. these spambots changes their names and they go on that server again to spam. See?
Like the griefers teams, they will change their name to grief servers again. Hope you see my point.
first of all,
users will have a username. what it currently is (for banning etc)
they also have a display name, what is what people see in-game
therefore, no cheating your way out of bans etc.
AND, you can only change it one time
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if you change your name can you revert back to your first name for exampe
Ex Person Name : Testificate
And then he change To A different Name
New Name: Sheep
Can He Change his name back to Testifcate?
And then Change back to His new Name
Because
it Should act like this because a Player Should have 2 names Per Profile
if you change your name can you revert back to your first name for exampe
Ex Person Name : Testificate
And then he change To A different Name
New Name: Sheep
Can He Change his name back to Testifcate?
And then Change back to His new Name
Because
it Should act like this because a Player Should have 2 names Per Profile
However the feature is going to be implemented, it should be. I know this may sound silly, but someone can impersonate your account by using your name and then do whatever the heck you want.
Then again, this is flawed by the skin.
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I really dont think Jeb would go forward without considering the impact on bans. There would probably be a hidden "serial number" associated with the account. I'm sure he is discussing it with the devs at bukkit because permissions would also be affected by this.
I'd also suggest changing the ban system as well so an admin just bans a display name and the server software will ban the 'Unique ID' for them instead of some other process which would take too much time if they are, for example, spamming and you want to ban them before they crash the server from lag. Also I suggest doing the same thing with OP commands.
As well as this I suggest adding a command available to all players that lets them check someone's 'Unique ID' so that they can tell if it is really their friend or not.
Mojang should have a special User ID of a player (like mine: "psychoelectro").
It will be the user ID which people will use to whitelist, OP, and else...
But the display name? it can change anytime...
Trivia: My display name is my top 2 favorite Pokemon types.
That's what I was at least hoping.
Besides, you can't change your root name (username, in this case), can you?
10,000 posts!
Meh.
We should've one. I believe it'd be the counter of registered/paid account...like er, 'you're the Xth person to register an account!'.
But you shouldn't be able to change your actual Minecraft ID name. As stated before, griefers/spammers can get around the banning system.
In addition to the unique ID for every player, admins should be able to run a command to see any previous usernames the player has had.
Agreed?
This is a feature of Steam, if you have a friend added to your Steam network, you can view their previous 'aliases'. Being able to view another players alias would be great in terms if you are an admin or mod, but the problem is, they would have to set up something similar to the Steam Community websites that lead you to peoples user ID and profile. To imitate this in-game would be hard, just programming the ability to change your name in-game would be easier.
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Like the griefers teams, they will change their name to grief servers again. Hope you see my point.
users will have a username. what it currently is (for banning etc)
they also have a display name, what is what people see in-game
therefore, no cheating your way out of bans etc.
AND, you can only change it one time
I want to change my name from gologan13 to Yeti
Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper
Ex Person Name : Testificate
And then he change To A different Name
New Name: Sheep
Can He Change his name back to Testifcate?
And then Change back to His new Name
Because
it Should act like this because a Player Should have 2 names Per Profile
However the feature is going to be implemented, it should be. I know this may sound silly, but someone can impersonate your account by using your name and then do whatever the heck you want.
Then again, this is flawed by the skin.
i gotta say, people compliment my name a lot. i guess i just came up with something that worked well, so i stuck with it.