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You should have just picked a proper username from the start. Mine is not because I think I'm smart, but it's just an anagram of my last name.

Quote from MadlyInLoveWithHatsuneMiku

YES.Name changes would be awesome,I Thought megasonicking would be my log in ,But it was my ****ing user name ,I Shall change my name to KagamineLen-Kun1243

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Nice, but if you need to pay, then this feature would be useless to me

I believe that you should just have the opportunity to change your name once. This would eliminate the chance to get around server bans and would provide means to receive a more "MLG" name (alskoj -> KingPepe). Like TL said, we really can't know these cons for sure until this happens. I back this idea - hope Mollstam pulls it off!
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i would love to be able to change my minecraft username i am just bored of some of the ones i have

Quote from Sgt_Justice

I totally agree with you. Just think of all the noobs that would be changing their names all the time just for the hell of it! Although I think that for special cases (like people that accidentally put in their real name) should be able to change once.

TOTES MAH GOATS! I personally HATE my current username (SuperAwesome128). It's EXTREMELY LAME!

But... if you vhange your username, will your name change in plugins (Lockette and stuff)? I doubt it. I mean that would be a lot of work. .3.

I also think you would need to pay money to change your username... Something reasonable... around $5! It would be UNREASONABLE if the price of a name change is the same or more of Minecraft itself.

I can't wait till this username changeable thing comes out, (made no sense)

When I registered a minecraft account I relized soon afterwards that I put Xx_UaVrUser_xX instead of Xx_UaVrUsher_xX
But oh well...Games awesome keep it up..

also what happened with the html there? Fail! lol

Quote from McKukepea

Well, this might cause lot of problems!
Bans, got banned change your name....
My suggestion is, everyone has unique id, from this id you get banned/OPed etc... Username can be changed any time.

Or like steam where although you ban by name the server remembers your ip and uses that to keep you out instead.

I want to change my IGN because I got my account from my brother and it is a bit strange... Xerxesforver? ugh He even misspelled "forever"

who said you would be able to change your name multiple times? as far as i know it only meant 1 change, 1 more chance to get rid of a terrible name, i dont like my name, i didnt even choose it as a matter of fact. Even if no one would know what the original persons name was, and they did something like the horrid griefing that everyone is so frightened about, just ban them again.

They should make it so that you can change the names! I don't want my incredibly racist name BLACKERMAN as my name forever! I had no idea my username was my in-game name so i chose BLACKERMAN like I always do. The names should only be changable once for free. Then you should have to pay a dollar or something to change it again. Griefers should get banned from their ip address and not the username. This whole thing about the griefers is getting blown out of proportion. I mean come on, it is so simple an idiot can figure it out.

Quote from Reec3ty

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.

Perhaps we could always have an imprint of previous usernames (banning Humandude83 means also banning new account names)
Let's say if I try to connect under 'Joe' after being banned as 'Bob' the server will recognize that I was once 'Joe' and won't let me in. Same goes for .dat files.

I think they should either have it so you can only change your name once a month like they do in most games, or have it in other games so you have to pay a small fee such as $5. Xbox does this. For the username banning problems everyone brings up it would be an easy fix. I do believe everyone already has a unique ID and when you get banned from a server it should ban the ID not the username. If not, the IP ban is always a solution around that.

As Scarasyte stated, if it is payed for anywhere from 5-10$ people would not simply change thier name to get out of a ban. If so they are dedicated to get into your server, and may be someone worth having.

That is definately something that should be enabled, but it would be a bit hard to tell if someone really is someone you knew in the past. for instance, what if you had a friend on a server and they changed their name, then someone took their old name then claimed to be that person? of course, i bet if they made it so you could change their name, they would make it so no one could use your previous name.

I can't believe I never realized this was coming until now. I fully support this.

I seriously think that this should be implemented, but like Steam. Like the data you made your account with would be there, but you could change the name. So when you are banned, it bans using the account data instead of the name. Problem solved for people that think that this is bad because of banning issues. Should also be free, for names are just names. Paying like $5 for changing a NAME? Please someone explain that to me(as I think that is like DLC).And for Reec3ty, it wouldn't overload Mojang's servers, for changing skins doesn't. And if they did this, they should also add like a friend system with usernames and send like notifications every time you changed it so people could still distinguish you. and your first con was answered with using the account data and not your username. Or maybe even just ip banning you. So now all my ideas are spilled. Enjoy.

I hope Jeb allows username changes soon. In servers, when i protect stuff, my name is too long and it won't let me protect it, andmy username SUCKS

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They should make it so that you can change the names! I don't want my incredibly racist name BLACKERMAN as my name forever! I had no idea my username was my in-game name so i chose BLACKERMAN like I always do. The names should only be changable once for free. Then you should have to pay a dollar or something to change it again. Griefers should get banned from their ip address and not the username. This whole thing about the griefers is getting blown out of proportion. I mean come on, it is so simple an idiot can figure it out.

I agree and my name iphoneblaster224 is incredibly long and Stupid

Quote from McKukepea

Well, this might cause lot of problems!
Bans, got banned change your name....
My suggestion is, everyone has unique id, from this id you get banned/OPed etc... Username can be changed any time.

I think i know a solution. Your whole profile can be identified by a series of characters like minecraftplayer's profile can be 25323?`e
therefore the ban is for 25323?`e and if the player changes his/her name the ban still goes to the series of character's, not the name

well after reading almost every poast i have made a hypothisis on how you can cange your username with 0 cons (atleast major ones)
YOu can only change it once for free and servers wil ip ban you. that solves every problem i can think of and it may be long to code to do thind but every thing is long to code.

great idea, its have to be free though