Suggestion: Nicknames

by **InkL0sed** on Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:03 pm

Concise description:

Allow users (maybe only premiums?) to have a certain number of "nicknames"

Specifics:

In your profile, you could have a list of nicknames, and a certain one selected. The username you sign up with would always be the default, or "official" name. When you select a different nickname, it would be like changing your username on the site. However, other users would still be able to know who you really are, either by having an option to always display default usernames, or having default usernames otherwise displayed in posts.

This will improve the following aspects of the site:

Just adds another dimension of fun to the forums

by **blakebowling** on Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:46 pm

I like it, you'd have to get a phpbb MOD for it
(I might've found one, checking it out now, I'll update later)

by **hecter** on Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:56 pm

I don't like it... Just having custom post ranks would be better.

by **InkL0sed** on Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:30 pm

Nobody else wants this?

by **The Neon Peon** on Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:48 am

InkL0sed wrote:Nobody else wants this?

I wanted it at some point in time, but not anymore. After a while in the forums you "get to know" some of the people around. And if they changed their names, then I would have to look up in their profile to see who they are. That would just be annoying.

I would personally not change my name, although I just chose it randomly when I joined, I have grown used to it. You will also find that many of the people that post often do not continuously change their avatars because it is part of their "identity" or just the easiest way people recognize them. Myself included. I have only had 3 avatars during the whole time at cc.

I remember I suggested something to the sort of this a while back, and most of the people, especially the high ranked told me that they did not want to have all of the confusion around.

by **lozzini** on Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:46 am

how about having the name then the nickname

i.e. lozzini 'the lame'

this would work especially well for people with more than one word in there name as it could go in the middle

this would mean yu could only have one nickname tho

by **InkL0sed** on Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:07 pm

lozzini wrote:how about having the name then the nickname

i.e. lozzini 'the lame'

this would work especially well for people with more than one word in there name as it could go in the middle

this would mean yu could only have one nickname tho

Yeah, that was kinda like what I meant. And it wouldn't mean you could only have one nickname.

But you wouldn't have to go to someone's profile to know who they are. It could be displayed like medals are:

Nickname (Real Name - Hide/Show Toggle) wrote:I wrote something

That could be one way it would work. But there are several ways you could have the person's real name displayed. It could be on the side instead, for example.

by **Dancing Mustard** on Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:56 pm

hecter wrote:I don't like it... Just having custom post ranks would be better.

I really really want that feature here.

Having a line of text above or below your avatar, that you could change at will and which wasn't toggled to Pcount, would be awesome.

In fact. Somebody ought to make a suggestion to get it implemented.

by **Ryall55** on Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:13 pm

I like it having like lozzini 'the lame'

I would like to see it implemented, but there would have to be a way of checking apropriateness so people cant have lets say........ lozzini '????? is a p***k' etc u can fill in the ?????

by **lozzini** on Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:40 pm

Ryall55 wrote:I like it having like lozzini 'the lame'

I would like to see it implemented, but there would have to be a way of checking apropriateness so people cant have lets say........ lozzini '????? is a p***k' etc u can fill in the ?????

yer we wouldnt want that would we

and surely it would hav to be modded in the same way as walls and forums