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Originally Posted by Duo
Because it's a fairly useless rule. The only reasons I can think of that support the existance of this rule are A: To stop the mods from constantly having to change usernames; and B: To stop people from avoiding punishment (repeated or otherwise) through name changes (although this point is fairly unlikely).
Really, why shouldn't people be allowed to change their username more? If somebody wants to change their username for a short amount of time to celebrate something, etc, they're not going to want to have to keep that name for three months.
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Eh? are you speaking sERiously?
A person's name online and on the forum is practically the only handle we have of recognising them - moreso if the person in question regularly changes their avatar and signature.
It is extREMELY annoying and frustrating when members such as Alucard change their names from month to month - NONE of us, I would bet, have such fantastically organised computers of memories and minds so as to INSTANTLY know that such-and-such person has just had their 18th name change complete with av and sig change. Unfortunately there is no instant feed to our minds to update us automatically.There are MANY active members in the community and it won't do to allow this confusion to continue.
Especially when they don't even leave a "used to be ------- " thing in their sig.
I say mods need to reinforce this rule harshly, only leaving leeway for things like - someone changing their name and finding that they simply are not fitting with it and changing back. Otherwise, stop having no respect for everyone around and consistently and constantly masking your identity.
Choose one and stick with it already :/