I don't think that is possible. The server has no idea who is who until they log in. So if I prevent people from renaming on the server, they just disconnect, rename and reconnect. The server cannot tell people apart.
The only way to do that is to have like a list of all the player names and reserve those so you can only play with those nicknames when you are logged in. In that case you would have to log out in order to not set a time by accident.
Not a good solution to a minor problem and frankly, a lot of work.
Well there are many ways...Just ONE NAME with or without an account....ONE NAME with or without being logged in. How easy is this? That one-name-policy is working in QL as well. ;) Another way is 'pay2rename'. :)
Why would you limit logged in user? Don't get it.
Don't see the point of the stupid renaming over and over again. I don't want to see anybody using my 'nickname' and then trashtalk in the server...! But i see, that's the problem of things being free of charge?!
Are we talking about the forum or the gameservers here?
The problem is solveable on the forum since everybody has to log in to post.
On the servers however this is not so easy.
I could limit talking to people who are logged in. You don't want that.
I could prevent people from renaming into other nicknames unless they are logged in. You don't want that either because you'd have to be logged in all the time.
Any suggestions?
You're calling them Spam yourself, but starting your post with 'tracking my forum pretty good'. Awesome! Just bind names to your account and make them changeable only once a year or whatever...Don't see the point of the stupid renaming over and over again. I don't want to see anybody using my 'nickname' and then trashtalk in the server...! But i see, that's the problem of things being free of charge?!
hk, just add something to view name history, like there is on the servers (I think). Or, have a set name, as with /df_name, and then a visname, as with /name.
I am tracking my forum pretty good actually. I just don't think there is anything bad happening at the moment. People seem to respond good to these spam threads so I leave them up. You can always choose to not read them you know.
There is one thread where a player is insulted which I usually do not tollerate. However, in this case I'll make an exception so crysis is on the receiving end for once.
No idea what you mean by "name faking" though. You can rename the visname of your account and people use it often.
That bothers me too sometimes. Maybe We'll add a cooldown for the rename feature.