Re: Push for real names on the forum

**Admin** Wed 22 Oct 2014, 11:35

Kes wrote:
Aneurin wrote:
Lizzy wrote:I always assumed I couldn't change it!

Pictures pictures pictures...

Your picture is of Zombicide George Lucas.

Is bored Indiana Jones better?

PaulC Wed 22 Oct 2014, 11:40

Aneurin wrote:
Kes wrote:
Aneurin wrote:
Lizzy wrote:I always assumed I couldn't change it!

Pictures pictures pictures...

Your picture is of Zombicide George Lucas.

Is bored Indiana Jones better?

Absolutely. Open and honest is the way to go.

**Admin** Wed 22 Oct 2014, 11:44

Paul wrote:
Aneurin wrote:
Kes wrote:
Aneurin wrote:
Lizzy wrote:I always assumed I couldn't change it!

Pictures pictures pictures...

Your picture is of Zombicide George Lucas.

Is bored Indiana Jones better?

Absolutely. Open and honest is the way to go.

Is this your way of coming out of the closet?

PaulC Wed 22 Oct 2014, 11:48

Yep. I'm a closet scarf-wearer.

**DaveB** Wed 22 Oct 2014, 12:42

Possibly the scarves should stay in the closet Smile

PaulC Wed 22 Oct 2014, 12:47

DaveB wrote:Possibly the scarves should stay in the closet

DaveB? I thought your real name was Hodor!

**karl_b** Wed 22 Oct 2014, 13:59

'karl_b' is a cleverly crafted pseudonym to hide my real identity.

However, I'm no longer just a black circle. Not since the surgery.

Ellis Wed 22 Oct 2014, 19:28

Aneurin wrote:
Lizzy wrote:I always assumed I couldn't change it!

Pictures pictures pictures...

I also feel the need to apologise to Ellis - He has been coming for months and I still can't remember his name...

Yup you should do Anakin.

**Kes** Wed 22 Oct 2014, 23:42

Gotta say, I really like this. So much simpler

**Lizzy** Thu 23 Oct 2014, 16:28

What do people think of Kes's "improved" profile pic for me?

Apart from the fact boy has too much time on his hands...

**Admin** Thu 23 Oct 2014, 16:38

Why do you get the special treatment? I'm jealous.

PaulC Thu 23 Oct 2014, 17:08

Lizzy wrote:What do people think of Kes's "improved" profile pic for me?

Apart from the fact boy has too much time on his hands...

It is simply stunning. I wept tears of solid joy when I saw it.

**Kes** Thu 23 Oct 2014, 17:09

Aneurin wrote:Why do you get the special treatment? I'm jealous.

I'll get to it

Ellis Thu 23 Oct 2014, 17:10

Haha I too have been Kes'ed!! Very Happy

theatrekat Fri 24 Oct 2014, 20:45

oh. Do i need to change my name? Or is it close enough?

**karl_b** Fri 24 Oct 2014, 23:35

I R Kes'd.

paulyg Sat 25 Oct 2014, 11:59

Kesing FTW!

**Lizzy** Sat 25 Oct 2014, 13:33

PaulG wrote:Kesing FTW!

HA! That's brilliant!

Now *I'm* jealous ;-)

**karl_b** Sun 12 Jun 2016, 15:22

Just bumping this. Given that we actually meet up and see each other it can be really helpful for people if we use our real (or close to real) names on the forum. No obligation, of course but it might make it easier to identify each other.

*Having your profile picture 'Kes'd' not necessary*

**Admin** Sun 12 Jun 2016, 15:38

And just so people know - yes Aneurin is in fact my real name.

JohnH Sun 12 Jun 2016, 15:59

Speaking of profile pictures - I'm loving PaulyG's new one.

Is that a reward from a kickstarter you've backed or something? It's very nice!

paulyg Sun 12 Jun 2016, 16:02

JohnH wrote:Speaking of profile pictures - I'm loving PaulyG's new one.

Is that a reward from a kickstarter you've backed or something? It's very nice!

Yeah, I backed Ghostel so will be one of the hotel guests that you have to scare. I thought it would be fun to submit a photo where I'm wearing tuxedo (for some reason) and I like how it's come out Smile

The artist also appears to have kindly imagined that I'm about 20kg lighter!

**Admin** Tue 09 Aug 2016, 08:50

Another bump for this thread... but also a cautionary tale...

In short it would appear that forumotion (the parent site behind this one) have an automatic spam detector and unfortunately it works off usernames across the whole site (and sister domains). So if someone somewhere with a username spams just a single forum site all users across forumotion with the same username are blocked. A simple change of username (i.e. "Fred" to "Fred_S") can fix access issues.

So if you have an unusual name - no need to panic... if you are called "dave" might be worth calling yourself "dave_surname" to avoid any future problems.

Scott_Fryer Tue 09 Aug 2016, 09:28

it appears I fell victim to this, prompting a name change... strangely I could log in via the mobile site, but not desktop... the desktop site took me to a recaptcha which could never be completed successfully... very odd...

Anyhoo, a swift name change resolved the problem...

Andy S Sun 06 Nov 2016, 06:51

For clarity, I've changed my forum name from Colonial Andy to Andy S. Sorry if this confuses anything. Eventually I'll get around to changing my profile pic as well.

Santa Claus Wed 09 Nov 2016, 12:37

Perhaps this necessitates I change my name to Chris?

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