Don't you just love it when..

Dave****

Dave****

Dave****

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...you create an account on line with just your first name and you don't have to add any numbers or anything to it. I just registered for one and I was able to use Dave as my user name.

Pointless thread but I wanted to share my joy :p
 
It annoys me when people take a username I want.

eBay is the worst example. I want a username that's taken by a user in the US. She hasn't used it since 2002 but they won't delete the account :(
 
I always find if I can get my name either Fox or Sam, then the forum is preety much dead anyway lol
 
Davola said:
...you create an account on line with just your first name and you don't have to add any numbers or anything to it. I just registered for one and I was able to use Dave as my user name.

Pointless thread but I wanted to share my joy :p
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Yes, I do quite like the feeling :p
 
I wanted the BC2 soldier name "Khan" but someone had it.....and Khaan and Khaaan so I had to have Khaaaan.


Bah.
 
You won't be happy when your account is brute forced by some enterprising Russian fella.
 
I was chuffed when i got tefal in bc2 for years in every game some ******* has gotten it first :p


muhahahaha
 
Freshage is my normal, never had a issue with getting it as a user name, and when I do get a issue, it's normally from when I signed up yonks ago and forgotten, so always request a password rest email and works 9 times out of 10 lol.

This forum was the only problem due to having swear filter in the user names, freshage has fre(shag)e in it :(

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User names are largely redundant in my opinion. An email address is required for 95% of online registrations and acts perfectly well as a unique identifier, so why require a unique, immutable user name as well?

An email address for account identification/logging in and a separate non-unique, mutable display name would make much more sense. This way you're guaranteed to have a unique log-in ID and don't have to worry about it being taken already. It's a nightmare having to remember all the alternative user names I've had to think up for sites where my usual one is taken.
 
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Inquisitor said:
User names are largely redundant in my opinion. An email address is required for 95% of online registrations and acts perfectly well as a unique identifier, so why require a unique, immutable user name as well?

An email address for account identification/logging in and a separate non-unique, mutable display name would make much more sense. This way you're guaranteed to have a unique log-in ID and don't have to worry about it being taken already. It's a nightmare having to remember all the alternative user names I've had to think up for sites where my usual one is taken.
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Except for web forums, otherwise everyone would be called bob or dave.
 
Inquisitor said:
User names are largely redundant in my opinion. An email address is required for 95% of online registrations and acts perfectly well as a unique identifier, so why require a unique, immutable user name as well?

An email address for account identification/logging in and a separate non-unique, mutable display name would make much more sense. This way you're guaranteed to have a unique log-in ID and don't have to worry about it being taken already. It's a nightmare having to remember all the alternative user names I've had to think up for sites where my usual one is taken.
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You need a program called RoboForm.
 
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