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Gamertags and Usernames
03/10/06 11:04 pm | #1
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It is pretty inconvenient having 2 names for each user. What do you all think about setting every member's username to their gamertag, and only taking a gamertag when they register. To do this, everyone on the site would need to have an online gamertag, and anyone without one would need to be deleted.

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Re: Gamertags and Usernames
03/10/06 11:46 pm | #2
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I think you should do it. I've been wanting to change my username for a while too.
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Re: Gamertags and Usernames
03/10/06 11:58 pm | #3
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Quote by Pastafarianism:


It is pretty inconvenient having 2 names for each user. What do you all think about setting every member's username to their gamertag, and only taking a gamertag when they register. To do this, everyone on the site would need to have an online gamertag, and anyone without one would need to be deleted.

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I agree, however there should be a way for someone without a "Live" account to sign up.

Maybe set it up so that they can create a user id without a gamertag, but if they add a gamertag, their username will revert to it?

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Re: Gamertags and Usernames
03/11/06 12:06 am | #4
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I agree, however there should be a way for someone without a "Live" account to sign up.

Maybe set it up so that they can create a user id without a gamertag, but if they add a gamertag, their username will revert to it?

Z



I'm not sure how this would work. We'd have to assign them a username, but if anyone registered with a gamertag as a taken username, we'd need to change the username to something else.

The only thing I can think of, is have a username padded on the sides so it's larger than 16 characters ( max for a gamertag ). That way no one will have a conflicting gamertag, and people will be able to identify them as a non-live member.

For example... if someone registered with the non live username zoboa, I'd turn it into ______zoboa______. That's 17 characters, unique, and when people see underscores on the side, they'd know it was a non-live member.
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03/11/06 11:32 am | #5
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to tell you the truth it doesnt really matter to me, my username and GT are the same anyway
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Re: Gamertags and Usernames
03/11/06 5:17 pm | #6
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Quote by hockeypuck55:


to tell you the truth it doesnt really matter to me, my username and GT are the same anyway



same here
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