Username

[00100001]

MNHQ won't change my default username back to 00100001 for me :(

[HoneyDragon]

?

[ShammyDavis]

wot she said ^

[moresnow]

You ok there binary?

[00100001]

just that, I still own this username, but they won't change it back to being the default name in the 'username' box.

[ShammyDavis]

So what? Do you really need to namechange that much that this is such a hardship?

[Racundra]

There's a default? I've never seen this. Where is the box please?

[DonkeyOaty]

When you say "won't" do you mean via email from on high or do you mean not saving the change/s in your account settings (forget the accurate name as too scared to go there in case I get de- classicked)

[00100001]

The one that is there by default in the username box Racundra.


shammy ... it is hardship, albeit it a teeny one, I've grown quite attached to it, and feel like I might 'slip up' one time, I NCed for a specific reason and now would just like my old name back, not too much to ask, is it? :)

[00100001]

I mean, I have reqeusted by email (twice) and they refuse to do it because of Jeffery

[00100001]

no, I didn't de-reg, just NCed, and just want my old name back as default :)

[DonkeyOaty]

Oh right. I dunno really. Suck it up buttercup I guess. What a pest though huh.

[PermetsTu]

You are doing it in customise right? Not just changing it in the box? I can type any of my 200 odd usernames in the box and post but to change the default, have to customise.

[ShammyDavis]

But you've got your old name

How did this rejection go from MNHQ by the way, have they specifically said not we WON'T/CAN'T or are you assuming they won't because they haven't.

And are you sure it's not your own device doing it? - Chrome does weird stuff like this.

[ShowOfHands]

Shammy, she isn't saying she doesn't have the name, just that her default posting name isn't the one she wants it to be.

My default posting name is PermetsTu and if I click post now, I will post as PermetsTu, however if I overwrite it.... ... I become somebody else.

Binary wants a binary default.

It might just be a hangover from yesterday's brouhaha.

[ShowOfHands]

I don't mean customise either. I mean in your account.

I've just been and changed my default name to see if it's a universal problem and it's changed across easily although it did flash up a warning about having to have a mix of numbers and stuff in usernames. Presumably, it doesn't apply to existing usernames (didn't prevent me from using this one for example) but might it have something to do with that?

[Racundra]

Oh, I didn't know you could customise that, it just always shows whatever name I'm logged in as.

[DiamondoInTheSky]

If you change it back in your Account section then it will become the default one again... It's not hard!!

[00100001]

I know how to change it back... but since I acquired this username, their criteria has changed (for some reason, can't be all numbers), so it says it's invalid when I choose it.

Any time I name change MNHQ have had to change it back for me through their magic.

They've done this for me before, but now are refusing on Jeffery Grounds

[00100001]

this is what I get :)

[ShammyDavis]

Okay a bit clearer, - so they've managed to allow you you're all number username even though it now should be a mix of numbers and letters (and upper and lower case? - dunno)

I can see why it would be tricky to allow your now disallowed nn as default because they need that warning message in there. It might be a case that they can't just switch it off (technical) for you.

You can't really blame them not wanting to tinker with it since the kerfuffle over Jeffrey I suppose.

Do you have to keep typing in 00100001 every time you post even whe you remain logged in as 00100001? Is this just on the mobile site?

[ShowOfHands]

As I suspected.

Bloody Jeffery. If they've changed the parameters to increase security for users, I'm not sure there's anything they can do about it. I know bog all about computers though.

[ShammyDavis]

correction on that, - I was thinking of the password mix of letters and numbers etc.

Are you the only current member who is all numbers then I guess?

I wonder if you namechanged to OO1OOOO1 that would fix it, and it would still look like you.

[00100001]

I know they can put my name back, they've done it before - this is what makes it frustrating! :)

I might ask again.

[00100001]

and the criteria thing changed waaaaaay before Jeffery, so they're just refusing to do it, rather than being Prevented form doing it.