Name Change
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Name Change
I've been thinking about making this change for a while. I'm mostly a nice guy, but sometimes I think my handle here and my Emperor Palpatine avatar shade some of the responses I get. It certainly doesn't help. When I joined GoneGold, it was after lurking for a long time. The thread that finally caught my attention enough to sign up dealt with the (at the time) forthcoming Star Wars prequel - either Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones, I can't recall. Since the subject was already on my mind, I chose a handle that reflected the topic, and I've used it ever since.
Now I think it's time for a change. I don't see an Odin on the member list, and it's a handle I've used in the way, way distant past (as far back as the early 80s on CompuServe, now that I think of it). If one of the mods or admins (I can't recall who has the necessary access) would be so kind as to make this name-change for me, I'd be much obliged.
Let the confusion begin! I suppose if Metalhed/Amish Warlord/TK-421 (I especially liked that persona, by the way) /Brian can manage it, I ought to do all right.
Now I think it's time for a change. I don't see an Odin on the member list, and it's a handle I've used in the way, way distant past (as far back as the early 80s on CompuServe, now that I think of it). If one of the mods or admins (I can't recall who has the necessary access) would be so kind as to make this name-change for me, I'd be much obliged.
Let the confusion begin! I suppose if Metalhed/Amish Warlord/TK-421 (I especially liked that persona, by the way) /Brian can manage it, I ought to do all right.
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Re: Name Change
Send a PM to godhugh or ImLawBoy (or both!).
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Re: Name Change
Wilco. Thx!The Meal wrote:Send a PM to godhugh or ImLawBoy (or both!).
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Re: Name Change
If you change your userID, does your post count and history come with you?
I'm often tempted myself.
I'm often tempted myself.
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Re: Name Change
I assume so - it's the same account, they're just changing the label for it in the database.Ironrod wrote:If you change your userID, does your post count and history come with you?
I'm often tempted myself.
I dunno, though - it wouldn't be the same without our dear FeRod around.
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Re: Name Change
They can make that sort of a change with you keeping those items along for the ride. When folks replied to you in the past or used the quote function, those posts won't include your updated name.
Staff, back in the day, encouraged (demanded?) that folks drag along some sort of notice so that the forum as a whole could associate your new ID with the old ID (see GreenGoo's signature) as this wasn't something they'd do for people who were trying to hide from a persona they had cultivated (those people have to nuke their old accounts and start anew in which case none of the posting history gets maintained).
I assume Ironrod's hypothetical change would be for marketing purposes.
Staff, back in the day, encouraged (demanded?) that folks drag along some sort of notice so that the forum as a whole could associate your new ID with the old ID (see GreenGoo's signature) as this wasn't something they'd do for people who were trying to hide from a persona they had cultivated (those people have to nuke their old accounts and start anew in which case none of the posting history gets maintained).
I assume Ironrod's hypothetical change would be for marketing purposes.
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Re: Name Change
No real reason except that I stopped using this nick more than 10 years ago. I am Kraken virtually everywhere else, and that handle is especially fitting for OO. In fact it's so obvious that I'm afraid somebody else will come along and use it. I'd have problems with that -- I feel proprietary toward it since naming my company Kraken Enterprises.The Meal wrote: I assume Ironrod's hypothetical change would be for marketing purposes.
The only thing keeping "Ironrod" in play is inertia and continuity from GG.
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- Defiant
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Re: Name Change
Hmm, I might be interested in changing my username too... I guess I should give it some thought first, though.
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Re: Name Change
*hurries to make Odin alt before name is taken*
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Re: Name Change
All done.
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Re: Name Change
Probably be appreciated if you put your old name in you sig for awhile.
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2009 Finals: Biking: 93 miles Running: 158 miles (I know it sucked, but I had a hernia most of the year)
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Re: Name Change
Yeah, I saw all these posts in a few other threads from an Odin and had no idea who the hell that was.
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Re: Name Change
You know, if you read a bit about Norse myth, Odin was quite the bastard as well...
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Yeah, without question, but people aren't quite as sensitive to a character from 1000 years ago as they are to a character from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.$iljanus wrote:You know, if you read a bit about Norse myth, Odin was quite the bastard as well...
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Re: Name Change
Just make sure you figure out which side is the bad one if you want to sneak up on him.
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Bah, one eye's more than enough. Besides, you've got to get past the wolves and the ravens first.Isgrimnur wrote:Just make sure you figure out which side is the bad one if you want to sneak up on him.
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Re: Name Change
don't forget an 8 legged horse!Odin wrote:Bah, one eye's more than enough. Besides, you've got to get past the wolves and the ravens first.Isgrimnur wrote:Just make sure you figure out which side is the bad one if you want to sneak up on him.
does that make CaptainCaveman Loki?
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I dunno who he is, but if I catch him messing with Sleipnir he's getting a runestone where the sun don't shine.Arcanis wrote:don't forget an 8 legged horse!Odin wrote:Bah, one eye's more than enough. Besides, you've got to get past the wolves and the ravens first.Isgrimnur wrote:Just make sure you figure out which side is the bad one if you want to sneak up on him.
does that make CaptainCaveman Loki?
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Re: Name Change
Actually, Loki was Sleipnir's mother, so I don't think you have much to worry about.Odin wrote:
I dunno who he is, but if I catch him messing with Sleipnir he's getting a runestone where the sun don't shine.
(˙pǝsɹǝʌǝɹ uǝǝq sɐɥ ʎʇıʌɐɹƃ ʃɐuosɹǝd ʎW)
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I PM'd godhugh a few days ago about taking the name change leap myself. Should I contact ImLawBoy too, or just be more patient?
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The both have The Power™. You can choose either option.Ironrod wrote:I PM'd godhugh a few days ago about taking the name change leap myself. Should I contact ImLawBoy too, or just be more patient?
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I hate the Norse.Odin wrote:I've been thinking about making this change for a while. I'm mostly a nice guy, but sometimes I think my handle here and my Emperor Palpatine avatar shade some of the responses I get. It certainly doesn't help . . . Now I think it's time for a change. I don't see an Odin on the member list . . .
Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions. – G.K. Chesterton
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Pfft, when's that ever stopped him?Blackhawk wrote:Actually, Loki was Sleipnir's mother, so I don't think you have much to worry about.Odin wrote:
I dunno who he is, but if I catch him messing with Sleipnir he's getting a runestone where the sun don't shine.
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Re: Name Change
I'll make the changes for Nade and Ironrod. Been a bit busy lately, and am slow to responding at the moment. I'll get to it in a couple of minutes, though.
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Who the hell are you?Kraken wrote:I PM'd godhugh a few days ago about taking the name change leap myself. Should I contact ImLawBoy too, or just be more patient?
- dbt1949
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Re: Name Change
Oh good! Now I have three names to choose from!
Ye Olde Farte
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Double Ought Forty
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Re: Name Change
If we're handing out name changes, then I thinking maybe I should be puddin.
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Re: Name Change
Coming from what could be one of Odin's ravens... calling itself a hawk.Blackhawk wrote:Actually, Loki was Sleipnir's mother, so I don't think you have much to worry about.Odin wrote:
I dunno who he is, but if I catch him messing with Sleipnir he's getting a runestone where the sun don't shine.
Black Lives definitely Matter Lorini!
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Also: There are three ways to not tell the truth: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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What did Nade change his name to?ImLawBoy wrote:I'll make the changes for Nade and Ironrod. Been a bit busy lately, and am slow to responding at the moment. I'll get to it in a couple of minutes, though.
Black Lives definitely Matter Lorini!
Also: There are three ways to not tell the truth: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Also: There are three ways to not tell the truth: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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DefiantPyperkub wrote:What did Nade change his name to?ImLawBoy wrote:I'll make the changes for Nade and Ironrod. Been a bit busy lately, and am slow to responding at the moment. I'll get to it in a couple of minutes, though.
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Wasn't me, it was ILB. Sorry about the delay, I've been fairly busy and was procrastinating.Kraken wrote:Whee! I'm somebody else now. Thanks godhugh!
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"Life's only life with you in this song" -Whistles the Wind, Flogging Molly
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Re: Name Change
I don't like this name change thing. You build a reputation on your name and while you can't erase that reputation to most of us with a name change, you should have to stick with it.
Its like ATB on Gaming Trend, you can change your name, but you will always be ATB.
Its like ATB on Gaming Trend, you can change your name, but you will always be ATB.
For motivation and so Jeff V can make me look bad:
2010 Totals: Biking: 65 miles Running: 393 miles
2009 Finals: Biking: 93 miles Running: 158 miles (I know it sucked, but I had a hernia most of the year)
2010 Totals: Biking: 65 miles Running: 393 miles
2009 Finals: Biking: 93 miles Running: 158 miles (I know it sucked, but I had a hernia most of the year)