GM Changed my Character name because someone else wanted it!

[jasonwilson25]

I am a orignal beta tester , and first day player with founder helm, I also been a paying memeber since the free stages of DDO. But there is dead times where I havent log in for periods of times.

When I logged into my Account I notice my character name was changed for privacy reasons I wont show its name but the name does not voilate any rules in DDO aggreeement its a item that is use in most MMO-RPG fantasies, but when I saw the name it was _ _ _ _ -Ghallandra My last name, I was thinking okay maybe i did voilate the rules or something but for sh!t and giggles I did a friend search and added the name I orignally had, and boom there was a player with that name.


I got ****ed off with this and deleted that character , I will not be running around with a character with some server name as my sur-middle name, who the hell would want to be using a character like that? I submitted a ticket and I'm sure someone will read it and not take it in a serious matter. I started to think someone had to pull some strings to get this done, and there was some major inside action.

If this happen to me, this could happen to you .

Discuss please with your opinions, apparently turbine dosent think this is a serious matter

[herzkos]

wow, that is one reallllllllly!!!!111!!!1!!1!!1!1 long dry spell.
name probably got changed during the server merger 2 years ago.
least i think it was 2.
anyway, wow.

[jasonwilson25]

I logged in with prior the server merger and after so it wasnt that.

[Bacab]

that is strange...I do wonder what happened.

Is the new guy with your name high level (like pre-existing) or low level (just rolled today?)

[Vua]

wow, that is one reallllllllly!!!!111!!!1!!1!!1!1 long dry spell.
name probably got changed during the server merger 2 years ago.
least i think it was 2.
anyway, wow.

I think we'll be hitting 3 years next month. And the only way to get the server after your name was to have it changed during the merger.(just in case, to the best of my knowledge)

Feel free to nerdrage though Jason. I sure wouldn't want to try and bring any sanity to your thread.


Turbine is selling our names out from under us. They shut down character transfers to start name selling!

[Elsbet]

Not to take the wind out of your rage sails, but didn't anyone who got their name changed in the server merge get a free name change token or something? I could have sworn people with server name appendages could change their name once for free.

You were probably a bit premature deleting your character.

[Sinni]

I am a orignal beta tester , and first day player with founder helm, I also been a paying memeber since the free stages of DDO. But there is dead times where I havent log in for periods of times.

How comes you have a join date of 6 days ago tops?

[ReaperAlexEU]

sounds a lot like a server merge naming conflict

if you have bob on server A and bob on server B then come the merge one server will be given preference so you get bob and bob_B is A was given preference.

the only other time you'll get a rename if if your name is offensive, and they won't keep that offensive name and slap a server on the end. so your character has definitely been through a server merge rename.

as to who would keep a merged name, well i know a few europeans who are proud to sport their old server name as a kinda "been there, got the tshirt" statement. oh and also so they can brag about "i remember when all this were fields!". shame you deleted that toon, you could have true reincarnated it as a silver haired grumpy dwarf who goes about lecturing the young un's on how easy they have it today :)

personally i'd put this down to bad memory, when you logged in after the merge i bet that character had the server name applied to it and you've just forgotten. or maybe you have a lot of toons and didnt dust that one off last time you played.

[AZgreentea]

wait, so your character now had the old server name after it? I thought that means you were part of an old server that merged with a new one. The name of the server was added after to prevent issues with duplicate names.

The names with the server after it are supposed to be highly prized because the ONLY way to get them is to have been on the old server when it merged. The name is technically too long, so if you reincarnate that char, you cant keep it.

How long was your last dry spell? I am pretty sure that happened a little over a year ago. (emphasis on pretty sure, and not certain)

[Hokiewa]

Lol, let's sit right back and hear a tale.......

[Lithic]

How comes you have a join date of 6 days ago tops?

Because the OP is a troll throwing a hissy fit about something that never happened in a spitefull attempt to destroy some of turbine's credibility before he/she/it quits (or more likely: gets over w/e they are really mad about and keeps playing their real account, which is protected by posting under a F2P throwaway account).

[Hokiewa]

Because the OP is a troll throwing a hissy fit about something that never happened in a spitefull attempt to destroy some of turbine's credibility before he/she/it quits (or more likely: gets over w/e they are really mad about and keeps playing their real account, which is protected by posting under a F2P throwaway account).

But but but, I wanna hear about the "major inside action"......hrmmm, maybe I don't:D

[Eladiun]

Cool Story Bro

[jasonwilson25]

OKay with the server merger, My orignal Server is Ghallanda, and my forums id has nothing to do with this okay ,the point is that my account toon name was changed,

[Hokiewa]

okay

[jasonwilson25]

Lol, let's sit right back and hear a tale.......

Whats your point if your not gonna be saying anything postive here? Do you see me talking **** about anyone else? or do you have some grudge with you and your a-ss groove in your chair for sittingin your computer too long and forum trolling nonsense into threads.

[jasonwilson25]

When I logged in my character I didnt see anything with option to change my characters name, but I dont know why this effected me in the first place, since Ghall was my orignal sever, and even though I have not log into certain periods of time, why would it matter if I 'am still a paying member?




sounds a lot like a server merge naming conflict

if you have bob on server A and bob on server B then come the merge one server will be given preference so you get bob and bob_B is A was given preference.

the only other time you'll get a rename if if your name is offensive, and they won't keep that offensive name and slap a server on the end. so your character has definitely been through a server merge rename.

as to who would keep a merged name, well i know a few europeans who are proud to sport their old server name as a kinda "been there, got the tshirt" statement. oh and also so they can brag about "i remember when all this were fields!". shame you deleted that toon, you could have true reincarnated it as a silver haired grumpy dwarf who goes about lecturing the young un's on how easy they have it today :)

personally i'd put this down to bad memory, when you logged in after the merge i bet that character had the server name applied to it and you've just forgotten. or maybe you have a lot of toons and didnt dust that one off last time you played.

[Fenrisulven6]

in a spitefull attempt to destroy some of turbine's credibility

Heh. They dont need any help with that.

[Missing_Minds]

When I logged in my character I didnt see anything with option to change my characters name, but I dont know why this effected me in the first place, since Ghall was my orignal sever, and even though I have not log into certain periods of time, why would it matter if I 'am still a paying member?

Because whoever was on... ... I forget who Ghallanda merged with, but whoever it was on that server made their character first. By days, hours, or even minutes. They beat you at being first. Sucks don't it, but those are also the breaks with server merges.

There was nothing designed in game to inform players about the name tokens. Everything was explained for some time on the forums and a last post in the launcher when the merge happened.

Don't know if you'll ever be able to find out how old the character with the original name is now. Esp with the time period involved, possible re rolls, and re incarnations.

[tihocan]

When I logged in my character I didnt see anything with option to change my characters name, but I dont know why this effected me in the first place, since Ghall was my orignal sever, and even though I have not log into certain periods of time, why would it matter if I 'am still a paying member?
When they merged servers, in case of name conflict, the oldest character "won" the name, while other characters had their name appended with their original server name, and were given a rename token (which wouldn't show up, you'd have to type the rename command to notice it). The original server didn't matter to decide on who would "win" the name. If you had been inactive for more than some amount of time (can't remember how much it was, but on the order of months), then you would automatically "lose", regardless of how old your character was.

Enjoy the reroll :)

[Rav'n]

Discuss please with your opinions, unless of course they differ from mine, or are filled with rational thoughts on what REALLY Happened. Apparently turbine dosent think this is a serious matter

Fixed that for ya.

[Arkat]

How comes you have a join date of 6 days ago tops?

Forum Join Date ≠ Game Join Date

[Harncw]

so does this mean we should rename the thread from:

"GM Changed my Character name because someone else wanted it!"

To:

"My character name got changed, I really don't know when, how, or why! Oh and by the way but it really doesn't matter now anyway because I deleted the character. Also I'm prepared to rage quit unless I can be appeased which is really impossible as did I mention that I deleted the character, so instead I decided to post on the forums"


Second thought, nah leave it as is, the former is much more sensationalist.

[Uska]

How comes you have a join date of 6 days ago tops?

That just reflects fourm date not game date and maybe he is talking about another account.

[aax]

if you want to see some inside action come to my house friday after a few drinks!

[Eladiun]

Because whoever was on... ... I forget who Ghallanda merged with, but whoever it was on that server made their character first. By days, hours, or even minutes. They beat you at being first. Sucks don't it, but those are also the breaks with server merges.

There was nothing designed in game to inform players about the name tokens. Everything was explained for some time on the forums and a last post in the launcher when the merge happened.

Don't know if you'll ever be able to find out how old the character with the original name is now. Esp with the time period involved, possible re rolls, and re incarnations.

Not that it matters but...

Fernia
Lhazaar

[ReaperAlexEU]

ohh, thanks for the correction guys with the character age thing. codemasters did it a different way, they picked the bigger server as the master, all toons there kept their name, then they merged the smaller servers in renaming as needed.

so OP, the rename has nothing to do with you being inactive. i'm sure all the active players were just as much up in arms about this when it happened as you are now. i know in europe there was a lot of complaints about the renames when the merges happened.

if you were playing at the time of the merge you'd have seen your character get hit with the rename when it happened. so please don't think you were only renamed because you were inactive. a lot of players wanted activity to be taken into account, especially from trial accounts that never went live. however as i've describe codemasters method and as missing and tihocan have described turbines method your inactive account will not have been part of the reason you were chosen to be renamed over the conflict.

[Hokiewa]

Whats your point if your not gonna be saying anything postive here? Do you see me talking **** about anyone else? or do you have some grudge with you and your a-ss groove in your chair for sittingin your computer too long and forum trolling nonsense into threads.

I just wanted to hear the story of the massive conspiracy you intially accused Turbine of perpretrating on you. I don't recall anything positive from your OP and onward.

Cast stones...

[wicked30]

if you dont play for 6 or more months...people can request your name wiht GM help.

[Nott]

if you dont play for 6 or more months...people can request your name wiht GM help.Where did you see that posted?

[rimble]

Where did you see that posted?

...speaking of join dates and post counts...(not you, the person you're replying to)...

Some excellent posts this morning. What was in those fireworks?

[Seamonkeysix]

When Aerenal merged into Sarlona, I had a character that ended up with a -Aerenal tag. I did have a free name change token and changed it, so I am certain that if you had this happen, you could have changed your name for free. Now I wish I wouldn't have, as having an Aerenal tag would be nostalgic. :(

[Eladiun]

When Aerenal merged into Sarlona, I had a character that ended up with a -Aerenal tag. I did have a free name change token and changed it, so I am certain that if you had this happen, you could have changed your name for free. Now I wish I wouldn't have, as having an Aerenal tag would be nostalgic. :(

It's funny looking back at how ****ed people were about the - servername at the time. Now, people are proud and wear it like a badge of honor.

[jasonwilson25]

Actually the Forums dates does not , since I had my e-mail changed and the game was registered to a older e-mail account that I didnt use, Turbine changed it to my active one, thefore changing my join date in the forums.


Forum Join Date ≠ Game Join Date

[ReaperAlexEU]

if you dont play for 6 or more months...people can request your name wiht GM help.

more info please! it hurts to see a much loved character name forever sitting at lvl3, neglected and ignored when you could give it so much attention!

[tihocan]

more info please! it hurts to see a much loved character name forever sitting at lvl3, neglected and ignored when you could give it so much attention!
Here's how you do it:
1. Be VIP.
2. Open a help ticket.
3. Ask to take over the name.
4. Wait until you get an answer. In the meantime, try to find another name you could use instead.
5. When the GM tells you it can't be done, don't be sad, and just use that other name you found!

[GreenGurgler]

if you dont play for 6 or more months...people can request your name wiht GM help.

Lies.. .**** lies.

Ignore this comment as it is designed to inflame.

Patently false and ludicrous.

:rolleyes:


Also, to the OP, now that you have read plenty of insight as to what really happened to your account name, do you feel better about coming here and raging ludicrous accusations?
Feel silly?
Still think Turbine worked in tandem with a player to steal your name?
Sounds like you simply did not pay enough attention years ago when the server merge occurred. Sounds like user error.
You would have done better to contact a GM IN GAME before you deleted your character but now it is too late.
Lastly, what did coming to the forums spinning this tinfoil hat conspiracy make you think you would accomplish?
Your thoughts and subsequent actions defy logic.

[Vua]

Because the OP is a troll throwing a hissy fit about something that never happened in a spitefull attempt to destroy some of turbine's credibility before he/she/it quits (or more likely: gets over w/e they are really mad about and keeps playing their real account, which is protected by posting under a F2P throwaway account).

It's not necessarily protected. They can track (most) people from real account to f2p account. In most cases they won't bother, but they can when it's warranted.

[bigtheuf]

I didnt read the whole discussion, but that -Ghallanda after your name is from when the servers merged, it means that you and somebody else on Tharask(whatever the name of the server was, lol) or Fernia( where im proudly coming from), had the same exact name as you do. Therefor Ddo offered a free name change token for you if you had a -Ghallanda/fernia.. after your name. Hope it was resolved, Ddo never let a veteran player down.

happy gaming :)

[ReaperAlexEU]

Here's how you do it:
1. Be VIP.
2. Open a help ticket.
3. Ask to take over the name.
4. Wait until you get an answer. In the meantime, try to find another name you could use instead.
5. When the GM tells you it can't be done, don't be sad, and just use that other name you found!

waaaait a minute, i see what you did there.. took my hopes and smashed them! i got all excited as your a good source of information, then you stabbed me in the back :p

hehe, i'm not expecting it to be true either, but its always nice to see other peoples source of information, even if it turns out to be a bit too much reading between the lines. besides, sometimes it does turn out to be correct, like when i used the compendium to check the pre-req's for kensai and thought you needed too much useless crit enhancement. was glad to be corrected on that one with a better source of info :)

[Eladiun]

Lies.. .**** lies.

Ignore this comment as it is designed to inflame.

Patently false and ludicrous.

:rolleyes:




A GM once touched me a naughty place.

[Noctus]

Not to take the wind out of your rage sails, but didn't anyone who got their name changed in the server merge get a free name change token or something? I could have sworn people with server name appendages could change their name once for free.

They did.



To clarify: You got the server name added to your name, if somebody on the new merged server already had the same character name.

This happened, and you **** yourself in the knee by rage-deleting the character without getting infos what happened.


Acting without thinking --> feel the consequences.

[Noctus]

if you dont play for 6 or more months...people can request your name wiht GM help.


No, they cant. Troll.

[Hokiewa]

A GM once touched me a naughty place.

This...and your new quote....I fear for you....or maybe all of us....:D

<shudder>

[Tarrant]

During the server merge, some characters were forcibly renamed due to overlapping names on the servers. You are entitled to a free name change. Please page a GM for more help if you need it. Sorry for the inconvenience!