I am not talking about just mistakes, what about when you just want to change your name? And as I said, the name history would cover that fine. I just don't see a logical argument against being able to change your name, as long as the previous names are documented.

I guess I just don't understand why it's hard to just look and see what someone's old name is via the name history tab.

I guess I just don't understand why it's hard to just look and see what someone's old name is via the name history tab.

You haven't bothered to read the old threads with countless discussion on the subject so I'm not surprised.

In a game letting you sell characters legally, and with alts all over the place, a name change (with some sort of history), hardly seems so bad.

People just argue against it because they want to be contrary.

Other than the fact ccp shot it down.

We concluded that having your name change automatically demotes you to 3rd class citizen with aka system.
No corp would like to hire you, period.

I want to turn the stupid lower case b to an upper-case B on this character, never noticed how annoying it was until recently

GMs did that for me

You keep coming back to various forms of "I don't understand why...".

That is a true statement. However, your inability to understand does not make your idea any more original or valid.

That you don't understand is a function of your inability to recognize that the idea has been brought up many, many times before and shot down, not by the players alone, but by CCP. It's bad gameplay and mechanics.

Reputation is everything in EVE, more important then ISK or SP or killboard stats.
Being able to effectively change your identity on a whim is a terrible idea for that reason.

Luckily I thought EVE might be an RP game so I decided I should have a fitting name.

You know the amount of people sitting behind their computer screen who like to jump into random threads and insult people never ceases to amaze me. Please go insult someone who deserves it, because I really don't think I have done anything to deserve it. I am sorry for asking a question and trying to have a discussion, as I said I am new. But yes I keep coming back to not understanding why because, yes, I don't understand the erroneous logic behind this whole situation. I will leave it at that though, since it seems nobody really cares about it anyways. Thanks to all the non-d-bags who posted in this thread.

I want to turn the stupid lower case b to an upper-case B on this character, never noticed how annoying it was until recently

I know, the topic in and of itself is a broken record. Though I am relatively new to the game, I am well aware that this has been an ongoing topic, and it is seemingly something that will never happen. I am not sure if my suggestion is in the right place, but I think there is a simple way to allow one to change your character name without allowing people to hide. Everyone has an employment history of their corps and alliances, so why not have a name history as well? Adding one tab to the pilot info area that will show what all past names of a player are. It just seems so obvious, I would like to know if this particular idea has been brought up before, and if so what are the arguments against it.

If I am playing in one area and I know I have to watch out for a pirate called "Evil Badguy", the last thing I want to have to do is check the name history of every single pilot wo is in the system, and every one who enters the system just in case that player named "Nope Nothingtoseehere" has the names "Evil Badguy" in his name history tab.

You have just made the game infinatly more tedious because you cant stick with your chosen name.