03-21-2024, 02:32 PM
As far as duplicate names, how often does it really happen? Does once or twice per year justify a rule clarification or change?
If it's really a problem, then neither solution presented so far is fair to the player that has to change their name. If someone is joining with a specific name like "misstie6731" then it's clear they're trolling or impersonating, and will be asked to change by staff. With an example like 'dong', a short, common word, it's not fair to OG dong OR guest dong to be forced to change their name if they've both had that name forever.
As far as an actual solution that has minimal impact on gameplay (and minimal impact on egos of the nameholders), it should be possible for our TTT devs to detect duplicate usernames on the server and then prefix their names with a random NATO phonetic letter. For example, if 3 dongs joined, their names could be [tango] dong, [whiskey] dong, [papa] dong, etc.
but that's probably too much work to dedicate to an issue that rarely affects the server
If it's really a problem, then neither solution presented so far is fair to the player that has to change their name. If someone is joining with a specific name like "misstie6731" then it's clear they're trolling or impersonating, and will be asked to change by staff. With an example like 'dong', a short, common word, it's not fair to OG dong OR guest dong to be forced to change their name if they've both had that name forever.
As far as an actual solution that has minimal impact on gameplay (and minimal impact on egos of the nameholders), it should be possible for our TTT devs to detect duplicate usernames on the server and then prefix their names with a random NATO phonetic letter. For example, if 3 dongs joined, their names could be [tango] dong, [whiskey] dong, [papa] dong, etc.
but that's probably too much work to dedicate to an issue that rarely affects the server
