will there be a way of having 2 characters with different accounts have the same last name if you own both accounts, yet restrict the name from others?




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<<will there be a way of having 2 characters with different accounts have the same last name if you own both accounts, yet restrict the name from others?>>

Yes.

Once your name is registered, you will be able to determine who can use it.


Solomon

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What's going on?
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my question is... can the CM be fixed to where you can pick one of it's "suggested" names and not have to change it again afterwords. A perfect example:

girlfriend went into CM the other day and made a new character. She asked me for a name, I gave her "Trogus" it was used, it suggested "Ement" as a possible alternate, she chose it, went on to the next step, then it told her she had to change it because it was a bad name.

While we're on it, the SGE seems to have a bug in it too because after she found a legit name that the CM let her have, "Ement" still shows up in the character list for the SGE when she logs into it


Souv

xxxx is teaching a class on advanced (compared to what you already know) empathy, and there appears to be room in it. You are in this class!

Huzzah!

>We're currently looking at all the names of all the characters who have last names that start with lower case letters (a little over 7800 of them)

Wow. That's a lot of players to upset and a lot of circles down the drain. <shudder> Sure, probably some of them are just mules, but I wonder how many of them are 50+ circle. Ouch.

Ok, sometimes I like watching train wrecks, like say American Idol. However, this one I don't know if I want to see.

>Solomon


Obviously, you're going to delete all 7800 people, or make them reroll.

Duh.


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"Obviously, you're going to delete all 7800 people, or make them reroll."


I don't think that's what he ment at all, think he ment he's just gonna change their names and the only difference is a minor capitalization thing

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Yes, there is a Rename Room already coded into the system. Simply changing the name of a character does not require deletion of said character.

Amagaim; the player of,

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Our culture doesn't get smarter. It finds new ways of being retarded.

Where does one go to get these name changes or "register" names?

>a lil longer wont kill anyone.

You don't know that . . the wait is killing me!!
/drama

:)

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Hee! Azimee puts the biscuit in the basket. Nice shot there!

Back on topic, I'm sure it will be coming sooner than simu soon. Patience, grasshoppers.


Gladiator Maulem~

"The truth is that ineffective, unfocused violence leads to more death. However fully thought through, well executed violence never leads to more violence because afterwards, the other guys are all dead." ~Ternith

I'm just glad it looks to be possible soon, having been without a last name for oh, five years! What's another short while. All faith in the fact that the 'sooner' will indeed be sooner than we may expect.
Medir

This may sound like somewhat of a silly question, but is said 'Rename Room already coded into the system' accessible in game, or does it simply exist for testing purposes at the moment?

Medir

Ah I see, thank you-- I thought for a moment or two that it was a location you could intentionally get to, but I guess this seems like something that could follow from these changes.

Medir

<<It certainly has not been five years since the removal of the ability to create a surname.
<<Maybe two and a half, three?

And how do I create a surname? Malkien's still last-name less.

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>Five cause I took a break after my first character five years ago, and only started up again after the change.


No. It was 2003. 7/31/2003, is the post date.

http://www.play.net/forums/messages.asp?forum=20&category=1&topic=25&message=550

Note this:

Beginning next Thursday (after we take the games down and load the new core mechanics in), all NEW characters that are created in DR will have NO last name. When a new character is created, they'll only be asked for a first name and will then proceed into the Character Manager as usual.

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>I love the boards. so warm and fuzzy!

I just don't like to see untrue things spread like wildfire.

It makes my heart hurt.

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Huldah: "I heard Prydaens had hairy palms." Me: "...." Huldah: "No srsly. I read it on the Race boards, it must be true." Me: [leaves]
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>::twitch::

It's ok. It'll come soon.

:D

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Thank you for the clarification on the date. Either way, doesn't seem like it can be too much longer now.

Medir

No associated premie benefit, except for possibly some sort of preview thing. No mention of it by Bubba or Zadraes, however.


J'Lo, no that other one

I guess I've just never understood all the fuss...

I have characters that I rolled several years ago who have last names only because the system at that time required them. I'd actually prefer that they didn't have them.

I only have one or two characters that I've rolled within the last couple years that I think probably should have a last name - but it just isn't that big a deal to me ...

But I do hope the system gets finished for those who want them so badly. :)

>>>Oh. And I meant I've been last name less for about five years because of when I stopped playing before. ~Medir

>That still doesn't make sense since it was possible to have a last name up until approximately August 7th, 2003. ~HULDAHS-PAL

I think he just lives in an alternate reality where time flows very differently :)

Even if you stopped playing 5 years ago - you could still get a last name from the character manager up until roughly 2.5 years ago. You really can't count the time you were on break while last names were still available as 'not being able to have a last name'.


~Azimee

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