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Jag Kara
Gh0st Hunters Sspectre
3
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Posted - 2011.09.19 17:18:00 -
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Paulize Dn'Injer wrote:Essential Features of Name Changing: These are "must have's"
- AKA (or Alias, Name History, etc.) Tab GÇô Similar to the Employment History tab itGÇÖs a record of name change permanently tied to that character
- Searchability GÇô If "Bob" changes his name to "Steve" searching GÇ£BobGÇ¥ will link to GÇ£SteveGÇ¥
- Transfer of Standings GÇô "Bob" is red to me; now that "Bob" has changed his name to "Steve" he will still be red to me. Red is red (odds are he wonGÇÖt want to cuddle)
- Fee GÇô I could care less what the amount is or whether it is ISK, PLEX, Aurum, Dollars/Euros, etc. Whatever level it is set to must be an effective deterrent to keep name changing from being a more efficient method of nefarious activity than the plentiful existing methods. Additionally, it must in part pay for itself (customer service, R&D, execution, etc.)
- Frequency GÇô A name may be changed only after x amount of time (commonly a year between renaming). If a person wants to change their name every week, odds are it isnGÇÖt for a legitimate reason
Personally, i think this could be slimmed down by simply giving all players a number (which already exists as far as i know). This number would be used in linking profiles, setting standings, etc. As an example "Bob" AKA "Registered Capsuleer 208456" changes his name to "Steve", like wise known as "Registered Capsuleer 208456", will auto be associated with "Bob" based on their ID number.
This would make it much easier to distinguish between people too, as to search someone it could go from looking up "Bob" and recieving results on every one with the combination of letters bob and having to search for them, to just looking up 208456 and having no confusion.
This method could similarily be applied to alliances and corps, as they would be easily trackable with it. As well as it would open the possibility of allowing possible repeats of names, as confusion can be prevented by the numerical difference between characters. (not that im looking to see 500 john smiths in the john smith corp, show up in a battle and having to call primaries.) |
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Jag Kara
Gh0st Hunters Sspectre
3
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Posted - 2011.09.19 17:24:00 -
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Vertisce Soritenshi wrote:That isn't a bad idea at all. Would said ID number be something the pilot knows? This might allow for duplicate names which I think would be freaking cool. Ruining somebody els's rep...lol Fun times. If you know what your number is you can have someone add you to contacts or email or whatever using said number instead of the name to clear up any confusion with duplicate names. That was more or less the idea, if you can track them based on a unique number that will never change, why would you need to worry abut naming confusion.
And yes, you would know it. it could be as simple as next to your name it says your id number. |