Username rules updates

[Firv]

@ftxcommando said in Username rules updates:

I do this by utilizing the renowned friends list feature

Your name changes in the friendslist too, so that still doesnt help much

[Exselsior]

@firv said in Username rules updates:

@ftxcommando said in Username rules updates:

I do this by utilizing the renowned friends list feature

Your name changes in the friendslist too, so that still doesnt help much

Pretty easy to glance at friends list, see a name you don't recognize, then right click and figure out who it is. Takes a whole 10s tops and you rarely have to do that unless you have half of faf in your friends list.

[FtXCommando]

Is any actual revision going to happen about the rename interval or are we in the FAF stage where if things get ignored they’re no longer considered a problem

[Jip]

Why so passive aggressive? Just ask for an update

[FtXCommando]

Because we had a mod say a few weeks ago here that it was a communication mistake to just issue this change on the same day they announced it and now we’re back to having to ask mods about anything actually going on instead of that introspection resulting in a proactive change in keeping people aware of what is happening.

[IndexLibrorum]

@jip said in Username rules updates:

Why so passive aggressive? Just ask for an update

We're still discussing the matter internally and will get back with an update when that's concluded. It's a difficult issue and we're taking our time with it to give it the attention it deserves.

Sorry, more soon!

[NOC-]

In the nicest way.

A difficult issue is the issue of banking and sanctions discussed with the tournament team and that long area of discussion.

This is the ability to update your username....

[Sam-site]

As an infrequent player who can only get a few games in a month, rarely checks the forums or discord, I think I'm with the majority of players (by count if not by playtime).
My opinion: I do not care about this rule one way or another.

However most of you should be banned for rudeness. Fucking hell. It's just changing your name.

Edit:
To add few other thoughts:
More people watch FAF than play - it is confusing when people change their names from what they are generally known as.
A lot of youtube comments on casts are people explaining the name changes of high rated players who are regularly casted; "TheWeakie is farms" etc. Perhaps that actually helps channel engagement but still.
I agree how much this should be allowed to constrict the people who actually play is debatable.
Perhaps some tooling to help casters manage the names of people in replays would help this issue. Something to view name history or a mod that will allow you to override display names based on the user id. I don't know how technically feasible that is @Jip

I like the "Nickname @Username" idea, it would be a good compromise.

[FtXCommando]

If high rated players cared about that name recognition (in Gyle casts because that’s the implicit example being cited here) they just wouldn’t change their name.

If viewers cared that much about knowing the scene or the players involved, they wouldn’t be watching a guy that still thinks players that quit 6 years ago are around. It’s just evidently not a big concern judging by how little people care to move to casters vastly more actively involved with FAF. The theoretical argument about production quality doesn’t even stand because casters have moved on from FAF for the lack of that audience movement and instantly started getting 50k+ views on videos in other environments.

Not that I have a problem with the solution there, but the reasoning centered on viewers doesn’t make any sense to me given the signaling they’ve done through the years.

[Nuggets]

So guys... how's it looking?

[Giebmasse]

Thank you for the constructive feedback and discussion.

We are proceeding with a three month rename interval for now.
We will monitor the situation for its impact and adjust if necessary.

If a technical solution is implemented widely in FAF communication mediums (e.g. similar like discord unique handle), that allows better identification of players, we see no issue with going back to shorter rename periods.

Regarding the rule on similar names, the wording of the rule is as following:

• Usernames that impersonate others or are visually identical to other usernames, for example by exploiting visually similar characters, are not allowed.