Randomly Assign Names for Newbie, Noname, etc.

[sk89q]

-> Setup / Play -> Multiplayer Setup !

That's very easy.
If new people are to stupid to change names, why aren't they also to stupid to play the game?

Don't forget that not everyone bothers to go check "Options" either. And lastly, I only knew that you could change your name in "Multiplayer Options" because I have played Quake many times before.

[webhead]

here's a fun idea - pull random player names from a "dictionary" of sorts on the server - a customizable list of names to assign to newbies and nonames.

[jitspoe]

But then they might conflict with names that are already registered, and thus cause the player to get booted (and wonder where their name came from).  newbie* and noname* are reserved.

[sk89q]

Doesn't y00tz have newbie(99) or so? :/

[Zorchenhimer]

Special request?

[Garrett]

Can't we just scrap the whole 'newbie' name all together and just make everyone have a custom name?

[webhead]

i don't see why not. doesn't the game already have something that shows up on first run only? if so, would it be possible to make it prompt the user for a name?

[xav93]

you could also have it so that the player's name is decided randomly when the game is first installed (so on the multiplayer setup it will say "newbie489") and then they will always have the same name.

[jitspoe]

you could also have it so that the player's name is decided randomly when the game is first installed (so on the multiplayer setup it will say "newbie489") and then they will always have the same name.

I'll probably do that, too.

[jitspoe]

I'm putting in a vote for this.  It's annoying having so many "newbie" and "noname" players in the cheat detection log.  Curious why some people are voting against it.

[T3RR0R15T]

Curious why some people are voting against it.

They are the cheating nonames and newbies...

[jitspoe]

They are the cheating nonames and newbies...

* jitspoe eyes KnacK suspiciously

[KnacK]

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