Author Topic: Randomly Assign Names for Newbie, Noname, etc.  (Read 11858 times)

sk89q

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Re: Randomly Assign Names for Newbie, Noname, etc.
« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2008, 03:29:56 PM »
-> 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.

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Re: Randomly Assign Names for Newbie, Noname, etc.
« Reply #21 on: January 29, 2008, 01:33:35 AM »
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.

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Re: Randomly Assign Names for Newbie, Noname, etc.
« Reply #22 on: January 29, 2008, 02:26:20 PM »
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.

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Re: Randomly Assign Names for Newbie, Noname, etc.
« Reply #23 on: January 29, 2008, 04:18:37 PM »
Doesn't y00tz have newbie(99) or so? :/

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Re: Randomly Assign Names for Newbie, Noname, etc.
« Reply #24 on: January 29, 2008, 06:17:27 PM »
Special request?

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Re: Randomly Assign Names for Newbie, Noname, etc.
« Reply #25 on: January 29, 2008, 08:35:25 PM »
Can't we just scrap the whole 'newbie' name all together and just make everyone have a custom name?

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Re: Randomly Assign Names for Newbie, Noname, etc.
« Reply #26 on: January 29, 2008, 09:17:13 PM »
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?

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Re: Randomly Assign Names for Newbie, Noname, etc.
« Reply #27 on: February 28, 2008, 04:51:44 PM »
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.

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Re: Randomly Assign Names for Newbie, Noname, etc.
« Reply #28 on: February 28, 2008, 10:33:27 PM »
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.

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Re: Randomly Assign Names for Newbie, Noname, etc.
« Reply #29 on: March 27, 2008, 09:00:10 PM »
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.

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Re: Randomly Assign Names for Newbie, Noname, etc.
« Reply #30 on: March 28, 2008, 06:33:00 AM »
Curious why some people are voting against it.

They are the cheating nonames and newbies...

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Re: Randomly Assign Names for Newbie, Noname, etc.
« Reply #31 on: March 28, 2008, 10:13:28 AM »
They are the cheating nonames and newbies...
* jitspoe eyes KnacK suspiciously

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Re: Randomly Assign Names for Newbie, Noname, etc.
« Reply #32 on: March 28, 2008, 10:25:19 AM »
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