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stolensheep
United Kingdom306 Posts
1 free name change! | ||
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Barundar
Denmark1582 Posts
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Chaoz
United States507 Posts
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BilltownRunner
United States229 Posts
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Chronopolis
Canada1484 Posts
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HydroXy
United States513 Posts
On November 03 2010 09:33 Chaoz wrote: Only one? They're going to charge for subsequent changes for sure. Activision passing up an opportunity to make money? Absurd  | ||
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GGTeMpLaR
United States7226 Posts
been waitin for this | ||
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nekuodah
England2409 Posts
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Piski
Finland3461 Posts
On November 03 2010 09:33 Chaoz wrote: Only one? They're going to charge for subsequent changes for sure. They already said that first change if free, after that it's going to cost. | ||
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koslain
United States70 Posts
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Licmyobelisk
Philippines3682 Posts
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NyuNyu
Canada146 Posts
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Rain...
United States201 Posts
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Dwar3xwar
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MrMotionPicture
United States4327 Posts
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Keitzer
United States2509 Posts
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youngminii
Australia7514 Posts
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stolensheep
United Kingdom306 Posts
On November 03 2010 09:43 Rain... wrote: All i'm waiting for is the character reset LOL Me and you both! | ||
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master beef
United States21 Posts
On November 03 2010 09:42 Licmyobelisk wrote: you guys going to assume that it's going to have that 10 dollar fee for name change after the 1st one? $10 for another name change is realistic I'd say, considering that's how much it costs to do the same in wow | ||
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Huko
United States324 Posts
On November 03 2010 09:35 Chronopolis wrote: 1 Free name change a year would be cool, but that's way too nice for blizzard. The ONLY reason they are allowing one is because they did not tell anyone they couldn't change their name, so lots of angry people. I am sure it'll be 15$ afterwards. | ||
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Sanguinarius
United States3427 Posts
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tubs
764 Posts
PattyLoves69 or KingDongStudios... here I come! | ||
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DminusTerran
Canada1337 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:08 tubs wrote: Hot diggity, time to change my name to one of the forum names that made Artosis crack up in his GomTV interviews. PattyLoves69 or KingDongStudios... here I come! Enjoy your ban from the battle net morality brigade. | ||
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Antisocialmunky
United States5912 Posts
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stolensheep
United Kingdom306 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:09 DminusTerran wrote: Should be Fauxer not Foxer, wtf is Foxer. Fake Boxer | ||
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seRapH
United States9776 Posts
anyone remember when you could make an infinite number of accounts for free? | ||
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SolHeiM
Sweden1264 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:09 DminusTerran wrote: Should be Fauxer not Foxer, wtf is Foxer. I don't understand why people think that Faux is pronounced "fox." Foe-er doesn't sound good at all. | ||
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DminusTerran
Canada1337 Posts
Which is why Fauxer makes a lot more sense and in general is a much better id. On November 03 2010 10:13 SolHeiM wrote: I don't understand why people think that Faux is pronounced "fox." Foe-er doesn't sound good at all. It's great it sounds stupid as all hell what else could you ask for. | ||
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Serendipityx
United States595 Posts
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EIRELEGEND
Ireland26 Posts
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LegendaryZ
United States1583 Posts
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KevinIX
United States2472 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:14 DminusTerran wrote: Which is why Fauxer makes a lot more sense and in general is a much better id. It's great it sounds stupid as all hell what else could you ask for. Fauxer is a terrible pun. Foxer still keeps his tribute to Boxer. | ||
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Chezmaster
United States22 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:08 tubs wrote: Hot diggity, time to change my name to one of the forum names that made Artosis crack up in his GomTV interviews. PattyLoves69 or KingDongStudios... here I come! Grack420 Poopfeast420 Slayers_Boner420 BigDongStudios I call dibs on BigDongStudios | ||
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Keitzer
United States2509 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:13 SolHeiM wrote: I don't understand why people think that Faux is pronounced "fox." Foe-er doesn't sound good at all. well if you even listened to the GSL... Tastosis claimed it may be spelled Fauxer, but pronounced Foxer... aka, we make our OWN words.... :D | ||
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DeltruS
Canada2214 Posts
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seRapH
United States9776 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:22 Kraz.Del wrote: Now if only teamliquid would off a single free name change... http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=3398 oh hey! | ||
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Skullflower
United States3779 Posts
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DeltruS
Canada2214 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:23 seRapH wrote: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=3398 oh hey! Sweet thanks! Too bad it says they check the thread every month -_-. Changing my name to DeltruS. | ||
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EZjijy
United States1039 Posts
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arterian
Canada1157 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:21 Chezmaster wrote: Grack420 Poopfeast420 Slayers_Boner420 BigDongStudios I call dibs on BigDongStudios StonerS_BoxerR420 would be better | ||
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IPA
United States3206 Posts
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Artisan
United States336 Posts
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Pointman
United States7 Posts
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SoL[9]
Portugal1370 Posts
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MusiK
United States302 Posts
Slash On November 03 2010 10:43 SoL[9] wrote: Thats why we dont have clan support ^_^ I don't know if this is what you mean, but having a tag changer that you can have to change ur clan name would be awesome like [...]Name and be able to change the info in the brackets. | ||
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dcemuser
United States3248 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:09 DminusTerran wrote: Should be Fauxer not Foxer, wtf is Foxer. Considering Fauxer is pronounced "Foe-er" in every country besides America, including Korea, that would be literally the dumbest thing ever. | ||
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takkuri
Australia11 Posts
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SteelMonkey
United States64 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:45 MusiK wrote: Name Idea: ManBearPig Slash I don't know if this is what you mean, but having a tag changer that you can have to change ur clan name would be awesome like [...]Name and be able to change the info in the brackets. I played a ManBearPig on Halo Reach the other day and kept laughing at the name while I was killing him, lol. | ||
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Fruscainte
4596 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:46 dcemuser wrote: Considering Fauxer is pronounced "Foe-er" in every country besides America, including Korea, that would be literally the dumbest thing ever. I don't know anyone who doesn't pronounce it like that in America. Do people really pronounce Faux as "Fox"? | ||
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Nub4ever
Canada1981 Posts
On November 03 2010 09:40 koslain wrote: Does it expire? just says all accounts get one, meaning even accounts created tomorrow? I sure hope not... :O | ||
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Zyzxx
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IcyPringle
Canada210 Posts
Thanks for the heads up. | ||
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Skyze
Canada2324 Posts
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KawaiiRice
United States2914 Posts
thx blizzard | ||
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DreamSailor
Canada433 Posts
I wanted to change my name to AttackInPlaid, but its too long! Wasted free name change ftw. | ||
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mierin
United States4943 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:53 Fruscainte wrote: I don't know anyone who doesn't pronounce it like that in America. Do people really pronounce Faux as "Fox"? Yep not sure where in the US you live, but nobody talks like that around me. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45006 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:09 DminusTerran wrote: Should be Fauxer not Foxer, wtf is Foxer. lmao. Yes, go around pronouncing his name like "Foe-er". Fail. Foxer = Fake Boxer, and rhymes with Boxer (unlike Fauxer, see above and understand French kthx). I live in America and haven't heard anyone pronounce "Faux" like "Fawx"... people generally know how to say it. Or just don't use the term at all. Anyways, I'm interested in finding out how often a name change will be available (once this becomes a routine thing). I think it'd be cool if we could get a name change every ladder reset! | ||
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xAPOCALYPSEx
1418 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:24 Skullflower wrote: Sweet, it only took them 3.5 months but it's the thought that counts. Just be happy that Valve isn't doing this... http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time but on topic, I think I wanna change my name, but idk what to.  | ||
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cup of joe
28 Posts
just like faux news no one thinks its pronounced like fox christ | ||
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attackfighter
Canada308 Posts
On November 03 2010 11:02 mierin wrote: Yep not sure where in the US you live, but nobody talks like that around me. it seems to be the case of people arbitrarily pronouncing a word differently than how it's spelled... like colonel everyone I know would probably pronounce faux as fox. also quick question, is 'debris' really pronounced 'deb-bris' like how tasteless says it? I always thought it was like 'dee-bree' | ||
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Knee_of_Justice
United States388 Posts
On November 03 2010 11:01 DreamSailor wrote: RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE I wanted to change my name to AttackInPlaid, but its too long! Wasted free name change ftw. Yea, i hate this too. I wanted "KneeofJustice" but it can only allow "KneeofJustic," which is stupid, so I just went with "KneeJustice." Character limit is 12, FYI. | ||
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ScarletKnight
United States691 Posts
I'm one of the silly geese that put in their actual name as their character >.< | ||
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darklordjac
Canada2231 Posts
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NoiSeN
United States20 Posts
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Skaff
United States240 Posts
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FunnelC4kes
Ireland462 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:46 dcemuser wrote: Considering Fauxer is pronounced "Foe-er" in every country besides America, including Korea, that would be literally the dumbest thing ever. Wouldn't they pronounce it Hwoxer? As in: Hwoxer Hwaiting! Btw, interview said he didn't like the name Foxer.... Looks more like a Scrapper... but then they'd call him "Scrappy" as in... "scrappy-doo" lol At any rate, name change = awesome. "Poohunter" will be so happy now! | ||
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Wi)nD
Canada719 Posts
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zZygote
Canada898 Posts
WOOT, blizzard <3 | ||
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cl0ck
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Skullflower
United States3779 Posts
On November 03 2010 11:08 Knee_of_Justice wrote: Yea, i hate this too. I wanted "KneeofJustice" but it can only allow "KneeofJustic," which is stupid, so I just went with "KneeJustice." Character limit is 12, FYI. wtf. I thought character limit was 13?! It was in beta iirc. | ||
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Rising_Phoenix
United States370 Posts
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Dox
Australia1199 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:24 Skullflower wrote: Sweet, it only took them 3.5 months but it's the thought that counts. Because the game was SOOO unplayable without this feature right? Fuck it's stupid how some people will find ANYTHING to complain about, even if it's FREE. | ||
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FunnelC4kes
Ireland462 Posts
On November 03 2010 11:35 cl0ck wrote: anyone have any idea why they don't let you use numbers in your name? No idea. But I'm right there with you. "FunnelCakes" just dont' look right, if ya ask me... | ||
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s4m222
United States272 Posts
At 10+ dollars most people will not name change at a whim... | ||
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OPSavioR
Sweden1465 Posts
On November 03 2010 11:08 Knee_of_Justice wrote: Yea, i hate this too. I wanted "KneeofJustice" but it can only allow "KneeofJustic," which is stupid, so I just went with "KneeJustice." Character limit is 12, FYI. Or you could be very cool and go with Koj or KoJ or koJ or something korean like that lol | ||
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floor exercise
Canada5847 Posts
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[-]Ocelot[-]
United States256 Posts
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EZjijy
United States1039 Posts
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justiceknight
Singapore5741 Posts
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[-]Ocelot[-]
United States256 Posts
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Deleted User 108965
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Rokk
United States425 Posts
On November 03 2010 11:50 s4m222 wrote: they should make the namechange cost fairly cheap less than 5 dollars. People would probably name change more often = more money for them. At 10+ dollars most people will not name change at a whim... It really shouldn't cost anything. People expecting to be charged $5-10 to simply change their user ID is absurd... Since when did we accept having to pay for basic functionality? These things used to be free. | ||
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Proto_Protoss
United States495 Posts
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dhcustom
Canada26 Posts
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Alphaes
United States651 Posts
On November 03 2010 12:06 Rokk wrote: It really shouldn't cost anything. People expecting to be charged $5-10 to simply change their user ID is absurd... Since when did we accept having to pay for basic functionality? These things used to be free. Well, with the ways that names are set up in Bnet 2.0, there's lots of potential for abuse if name changes are easily allowed. | ||
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Serendipityx
United States595 Posts
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megagoten
318 Posts
On November 03 2010 12:11 dhcustom wrote: How would I go about verifying that the name that I want to change to isn't taken already by someone else? I noticed that you "have to" change your name if you choose the option. notice how you have a character code? different people can take the same name | ||
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dhcustom
Canada26 Posts
On November 03 2010 12:16 megagoten wrote: notice how you have a character code? different people can take the same name Oh.. =/ thanks | ||
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EZjijy
United States1039 Posts
On November 03 2010 12:04 justiceknight wrote: u can only change ur name ONCE???? or once in a while?? You can change your name for FREE once. You will be able to change it again later. | ||
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megagoten
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On November 03 2010 12:12 Alphaes wrote: Well, with the ways that names are set up in Bnet 2.0, there's lots of potential for abuse if name changes are easily allowed. i actually don't know what he's talking about, would someone please explain? | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
On November 03 2010 12:22 megagoten wrote: i actually don't know what he's talking about, would someone please explain? You can have duplicates. Say player A doesn't like Player B and has a chip on his shoulder, Player A could change his name to Player B and defame player B with his account then change back. | ||
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Slago
Canada726 Posts
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Legat0
United States318 Posts
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Popcorn1
United States92 Posts
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
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Deathfate
Spain555 Posts
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NineteeN
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Borked
221 Posts
On November 03 2010 12:31 NineteeN wrote: So now, will FoxeR change his name? What will it become? Only time will tell... it will be FruitStealer | ||
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Wubbles
United States120 Posts
On November 03 2010 12:28 vica wrote: If you've noticed, people can have the same character code, but will have different names. What will occur if I have the same character code as someone else, but change my name to the same as them? Does my code change? i don't want to waste my change finding out. >< I think your best bet then would be to search for the name(s) of interest that you want to change to here http://www.sc2ranks.com/ (change type to "Is Exactly") and from there you can see if anyone has the same name as well as their character code accompanied by it | ||
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Moa
United States790 Posts
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megagoten
318 Posts
On November 03 2010 12:23 iCanada wrote: You can have duplicates. Say player A doesn't like Player B and has a chip on his shoulder, Player A could change his name to Player B and defame player B with his account then change back. character code stop that | ||
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Noev
United States1105 Posts
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Xursian
Canada94 Posts
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Karliath
United States2214 Posts
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Flaunt
New Zealand784 Posts
On November 03 2010 12:28 vica wrote: If you've noticed, people can have the same character code, but will have different names. What will occur if I have the same character code as someone else, but change my name to the same as them? Does my code change? i don't want to waste my change finding out. >< ur code changes with ur name. | ||
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Impervious
Canada4210 Posts
I almost want to change just because of that..... | ||
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DreamSailor
Canada433 Posts
On November 03 2010 13:08 Impervious wrote: This pisses me off. Really? I almost want to change just because of that..... This made me happy, as apparently I am the only one with such a ridiculous name, and as many of my opponents have told me "The gayest name I have ever heard" | ||
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Tonykunn
United States47 Posts
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Karliath
United States2214 Posts
The fact that he has, so far, only played 6 2v2 games, losing 4 of them, makes me want to say, "GTFO and change your name!" | ||
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fAnTaCy
United States893 Posts
Lol, funny thing, I mentioned to my buddy I should change to FruitBuyer, he then suggests FruitStealer and it's tempting haha | ||
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shizi
United States210 Posts
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madnessman
United States1581 Posts
On November 03 2010 13:17 Karliath wrote: There is one person with my name Karliath; it's driving me crazy. The fact that he has, so far, only played 6 2v2 games, losing 4 of them, makes me want to say, "GTFO and change your name!" Hehe I'm good so far. There's no other madnessmans besides my SEA and US account. | ||
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kvp
United States11 Posts
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Impervious
Canada4210 Posts
On November 03 2010 13:12 DreamSailor wrote: This made me happy, as apparently I am the only one with such a ridiculous name, and as many of my opponents have told me "The gayest name I have ever heard" They've got a point..... Even my smurf names from BW are all taken already..... Some by multiple people..... | ||
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SoJu.WeRRa
Korea (South)820 Posts
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Cade
Canada1420 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:20 KevinIX wrote: Fauxer is a terrible pun. Foxer still keeps his tribute to Boxer. Fauxer also just sounds like a stupid way of saying "*f*cker" | ||
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aNDRoM
United States637 Posts
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_KiM_
Canada498 Posts
I am now FoxeR, fake foxer of fake boxer if that makes sense lo | ||
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aNDRoM
United States637 Posts
FoxeR should call himself ShadoWBoxeR, since he's living in BoxeR's shadow, reputation-wise. | ||
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alodude
United States14 Posts
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aNDRoM
United States637 Posts
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Foreplay
United States1154 Posts
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Uranium
United States1077 Posts
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Noxie
United States2227 Posts
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lichter
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
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reprise
Canada316 Posts
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Zerglinguist
United States55 Posts
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/933154149 | ||
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Wolf
Korea (South)3290 Posts
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SoJu.WeRRa
Korea (South)820 Posts
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megagoten
318 Posts
On November 03 2010 14:50 SoJu.WeRRa wrote: I dont know what do you think guys but "EllenPage" sounds nice no? is she big in korea though? | ||
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aNDRoM
United States637 Posts
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kojinshugi
Estonia2559 Posts
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aNDRoM
United States637 Posts
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kojinshugi
Estonia2559 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:46 dcemuser wrote: Considering Fauxer is pronounced "Foe-er" in every country besides America, including Korea, that would be literally the dumbest thing ever. It's pronounced "Foe-er" in America too, unless the person you're speaking to happens to be illiterate. | ||
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CheeseGrater
United States290 Posts
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csko
United States43 Posts
Also, for how long will this first free name change be available? Or should I just go to the battle.net forums? | ||
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ensis
Germany340 Posts
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Thezzy
Netherlands2117 Posts
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iGrok
United States5142 Posts
Best name ever? | ||
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Camlito
Australia4040 Posts
On November 03 2010 14:45 ZOMGCYN wrote: It's having issues in NA for sure with people who are changing from lowercase to caps or the other way around. for example I am changing from "zomg" to "ZOMG" but it wont let me and says bnet is down. to make it worse you can't go back and undo the request so if i want to log on i have to completely change my name which i love or wait for blizz :/ I'm on their tech support forums refreshing over and over D: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/933154149 I'm going through the exact same process, just on SEA lol. So frustrating. | ||
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GeminiOne
Germany87 Posts
but perhaps it's too long...don't know. | ||
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Cyber_Cheese
Australia3615 Posts
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S3nsenmann
Germany12 Posts
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necroticah
South Africa233 Posts
I cant believe there are quite a few Rayder I'm glad I'm the ONLY Necroticah | ||
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kemsley
United Arab Emirates137 Posts
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Koshi
Belgium38799 Posts
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Chaosvuistje
Netherlands2581 Posts
Just kidding. I'm changing it to DogGerman  | ||
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Silentness
United States2821 Posts
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xxxxxxb
155 Posts
Now I want to change it asap, this is pretty creepy. | ||
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papaz
Sweden4149 Posts
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Ryhn
United States509 Posts
On November 03 2010 09:53 master beef wrote: $10 for another name change is realistic I'd say, considering that's how much it costs to do the same in wow People like this hurt me on the inside. Paying to change your name in a video game is ludicrous! And even then you're limited to 12 characters, regionally based, no unicode. This isn't even okay in an MMO, changing a name is a simple update command to a database, it is not something we should be happily paying for! Watching this most-ridiculous form of micro-transactions ooze from game to game sickens me. Don't encourage this unless you want to see it become the standard some years down the road. Changing names, servers, etc. should be free. -- It is free -- Provided that irresponsible system developers are not in control. | ||
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RoyalCheese
Czech Republic745 Posts
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GGDaverave
Scotland38 Posts
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Ko1tz
France493 Posts
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HwangjaeTerran
Finland5967 Posts
On November 03 2010 18:45 Silentness wrote: I'm keeping my username. It's the same name for my Brood War account and Teamliquid account name too. I´m in a similar situation as FoxeR, but I dunno if I´ll change as I kinda like to have the same name as in TL & I can´t request a name change here Dunno what name I would use either, maybe Negatron or OptimistPrime...Uniden? | ||
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Megaliskuu
United States5123 Posts
On November 03 2010 17:57 GeminiOne wrote: Hey guys what do you think about "BallerMacZergstein"? I'm really thinking about this. DJ Wheat once said this in his show and it's kinda funny. xD but perhaps it's too long...don't know. Good name but its too long :O. | ||
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Megaliskuu
United States5123 Posts
EDIT: I apologize for the double post its 5 AM im not exactly thinking correctly. | ||
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LittLeD
Sweden7973 Posts
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kojinshugi
Estonia2559 Posts
What the fuck? He said it's "realistic", as in it's likely to be priced at that point, not that he thinks it's an awesome idea. Maybe you hurt on the inside because your internal organs are in shock from jumping to conclusions? Fact: Blizzard said they will charge for name changes Fact: Blizzard charges $10 for name changes in WoW Realistic assumption: SC2 name changes will also cost $10 Ranting about whether they should charge money at all is off topic. | ||
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green.at
Austria1459 Posts
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shannn
Netherlands2891 Posts
On November 03 2010 19:59 green.at wrote: I guess i'm gonna name myself "lorenzo van matterhorn" from now on Awesome How I met your Mother reference Maybe I should also name myself from a How I met your Mother reference :D | ||
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xaeiu
432 Posts
On November 03 2010 09:42 NyuNyu wrote: Yes! free name change, Anyone know if you create a new account does it also get 1 free name change as well? yeah man...a friend just bought sc2 yesterday and activcated it a few minutes ago and he already got the option to change his name once oh btw...here's the full text about the change-your-name thing which can be found on the QA of their terms and services... + Show Spoiler + Yes! We have implemented a Name Change feature for Starcraft II. Each account will be eligible for one free name change per Starcraft II License. In addition, beyond this initial free name change, we'll be launching a service similar to the one we offer for World of Warcraft which will allow additional character name changes for a fee. We'll announce more details on how the free name change and additional paid character name changes will be implemented in the near future. To process a Name Change, you must log into your Battle.net Account via Battle.net Account Management ( http://us.battle.net/en/ ). Continue to "Manage Games" and select your Starcraft II game copy with the character you wish to rename. From here, you should see the Name Change option. If your account has a Free Name Change available, it will state that it is free. | ||
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sleepingdog
Austria6145 Posts
On November 03 2010 19:59 green.at wrote: I guess i'm gonna name myself "lorenzo van matterhorn" from now on lol I JUST SAW this episode yesterday.... I will be "the scuba diver" then, haha | ||
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Assirra
Belgium4169 Posts
On November 03 2010 19:13 Ryhn wrote: People like this hurt me on the inside. Paying to change your name in a video game is ludicrous! And even then you're limited to 12 characters, regionally based, no unicode. This isn't even okay in an MMO, changing a name is a simple update command to a database, it is not something we should be happily paying for! Watching this most-ridiculous form of micro-transactions ooze from game to game sickens me. Don't encourage this unless you want to see it become the standard some years down the road. Changing names, servers, etc. should be free. -- It is free -- Provided that irresponsible system developers are not in control. I think you got no idea how much abuse free name changing would give. Lets say you are a maphacker (yes it exists in sc2) and the moment ppl start to post your names on sites you change your name. Rise and repeat. Name changing is an easy way out to start anew, why would you change your name so much anyway? | ||
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Cyber_Cheese
Australia3615 Posts
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BillyHardcore
Denmark104 Posts
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FlamingTurd
United States1059 Posts
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drooL
United Kingdom2108 Posts
made a thread about it. | ||
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251
United States1401 Posts
On November 03 2010 22:09 FlamingTurd wrote: Nice, glad they finally implemented this. There were a lot of ppl who made dumb names by accident. this is one of my favorite posts on tl | ||
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Ryhn
United States509 Posts
On November 03 2010 20:59 Assirra wrote: I think you got no idea how much abuse free name changing would give. Lets say you are a maphacker (yes it exists in sc2) and the moment ppl start to post your names on sites you change your name. Rise and repeat. Name changing is an easy way out to start anew, why would you change your name so much anyway? If the system was designed with a universal account ID, rather than using names/identifiers for players this would not be a problem. Their system is naively designed, which through it's flaws conveniently allows them justification for charging money to change names. Steam doesn't have a problem with recognizing and tracking cheaters who change names because it uses such an ID system. It's not rocket science, just good design. Don't be wrapped up by such a thin smoke screen, look a little bit deeper before nodding your head in acceptance of a $10 fee. | ||
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ALARM
Germany63 Posts
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fcman
United States35 Posts
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iByte
Canada33 Posts
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
On a brighter side, maybe it's time to be Dtslol | ||
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crazeman
664 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:21 Chezmaster wrote: Grack420 Poopfeast420 Slayers_Boner420 BigDongStudios I call dibs on BigDongStudios For the questions asked during the interviews, I'm pretty sure John picks out the posts with the weirdest usernames to crack artosis up. | ||
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brokenftw
United States5 Posts
anyone got suggestions on what to do? | ||
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anilusion
Sweden247 Posts
On November 03 2010 19:13 Ryhn wrote: People like this hurt me on the inside. Paying to change your name in a video game is ludicrous! And even then you're limited to 12 characters, regionally based, no unicode. This isn't even okay in an MMO, changing a name is a simple update command to a database, it is not something we should be happily paying for! Watching this most-ridiculous form of micro-transactions ooze from game to game sickens me. Don't encourage this unless you want to see it become the standard some years down the road. Changing names, servers, etc. should be free. -- It is free -- Provided that irresponsible system developers are not in control. The reason such things are not free is that they would be abused to eternity. Imagine in WoW for example, what would prevent you from scamming others if you simply could move to another server with no bad reputation for free? Sure, technically it might not cost Blizzard anything, but if it would be free it could ruin the game. | ||
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Agh
United States1006 Posts
Damn I have some awesome names but can't share :o | ||
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Welmu
Finland3295 Posts
On November 03 2010 22:09 FlamingTurd wrote: Nice, glad they finally implemented this. There were a lot of ppl who made dumb names by accident. That was hilarious xDDD | ||
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crw
Canada70 Posts
roflmao | ||
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vinn
Australia112 Posts
On November 04 2010 02:41 crazeman wrote: For the questions asked during the interviews, I'm pretty sure John picks out the posts with the weirdest usernames to crack artosis up. lol he totally does | ||
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