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We think it's hilarious what you guys have come up with (https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=36971-Halloween-2010-disguise-yourself-as-another-forum-member) to celebrate Halloween on LBPCentral, and we fully support this kind of creative fun. We honestly think it's awesome. However, we still want to make sure that there isn't too much confusion caused by all of this, so we're putting a small restriction in place. Here are the basics:

Changing your username to directly copy or imitate another user is fine, but you may not copy or imitate the username of a member of Site Staff, Sony, Media Molecule, or Sony Cambridge. Avatars and other profile fields are still fair game.

Why are we doing this?
Well, we noticed that all these username changes could be potentially confusing for new members, especially if they're looking to get in touch with Site Staff or similar and accidentally contact the wrong individual. When deciding how to deal with this, we had a few potential options: one, we could allow things to continue unabated, which might've worked out but which might've also caused lots of confusion for newer members; two, we could have only chosen the users that were picking usernames that we felt were "too" similar to ours, but that's too ambiguous and could cause lots of uproar about us being unfair to certain members; or three, we could come up with a blanket rule that prohibited imitating the username of any member of those four groups, which, while more harsh, is a much more fair solution than the second and much more effective than the first.

I fall into the category of "imitating Site Staff, Sony, Media Molecule, or Sony Cambridge." What do I do?
Well, it's not like this is a rule we've always had in place, so as long as you guys help us get this solved, nobody's going to get in trouble over this. Just get in touch with me (http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/private.php?do=newpm&u=118) about it and we'll change your username (for free, one time only) to another of your choice.

Thanks for understanding, and enjoy the rest of your extended Halloween! 		2010-10-04 00:45:00

Author:
ConfusedCartman
Posts: 3729

Is that the real CC, I can't tell...

Anyway good call.		2010-10-04 00:47:00

Author:
Enlong3
Posts: 357

good move...didn't think about the new guys and how confusing these things could be...i don't participate in it but its always fun seeing others do it...hopefully everything is cool at the end of the day2010-10-04 03:14:00

Author:
Shadowcrazy
Posts: 3365

Hmm good call hopefully it stops any trouble..2010-10-04 03:17:00

Author:
rseah
Posts: 2701

d'Oh! Busted for impersonating a mod.

Guilty as charged. Sorry.		2010-10-04 03:23:00

Author:
v0rtex
Posts: 1878

Why don't you guys just have a Staff List linked up at the top? I always thought that would've been much easier.
Anyways good rule. 		2010-10-04 03:30:00

Author:
GreatWhite000
Posts: 673

Probably a good thing-- Last year I couldn't tell who was posting what (and I wasn't new)... I assume it'll be the same this year... Atleast when I see the Ol' Ban-hammer coming-- I'll know it's for real!:hrmf:2010-10-04 03:34:00

Author:
Gravel
Posts: 1308

d'Oh! Busted for impersonating a mod.

Guilty as charged. Sorry.

Lol.. you can keep the avatar, it's just the name issue. I love that boxing BabyDoll however, I don't think people would be confused as my arms are not that hairy No, really!		2010-10-04 03:56:00

Author:
BabyDoll1970
Posts: 1567

however, I don't think people would be confused as my arms are not that hairy No, really!

Psssh! There's a difference between hair and fur, y'know. 		2010-10-04 05:01:00

Author:
Fishrock123
Posts: 1578

Lol.. you can keep the avatar, it's just the name issue. I love that boxing BabyDoll however, I don't think people would be confused as my arms are not that hairy No, really!
I was pretty happy with my modified sig pic too, but I've changed it back for similar reasons (just waiting on CC to change my name back to v0rtex):
http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=24807		2010-10-04 05:20:00

Author:
v0rtex
Posts: 1878

I impersonate nobody. <_<____>_>2010-10-04 06:49:00

Author:
trip090
Posts: 1562

Sooo does Chuck Norris live on orrr :/2010-10-04 07:34:00

Author:
Jovuto
Posts: 2345

Just lock the ID name change during this period, CC.
Can be funny with the pics, but with the ID is just too much.
This period is always a mess.
A good joke is a joke that has a reasonable length and a month is waaaaay too much to be reasonable.
A week, 10 days would have been more fair.
People will get tired in a month of their new identity, change to another user twice or thrice in 30 days and bring the mayhem to the Nth level.		2010-10-04 07:48:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

Dang, I was enjoying being MediaMolecule, but OK, I guess it was a little confusing.

Now I can't think of anyone to impersonate though

Meh, I'll probably leave it this year, but I'm definatly having a Santa Hat on my avatar at Christmas

EDIT: I also thought I should metion, the two username changes I got haven't decreased my XP at all, I could buy as many as I like I think. Is this happening with everyone, or is it just mine broken?		2010-10-04 07:59:00

Author:
kirbyman62
Posts: 1893

Good call imo.
I love all this confusion
BUT.... Name changing to a mod is a bit risky as it could lead to loads of problems if people didn't realise they were sending important info to the wrong person. Say for example they were reporting someone for something that was a friend of the 'disguised mod' and then they told the person who was reporting them for something. That would cause a lot of arguments and problems.......		2010-10-04 08:27:00

Author:
dorien
Posts: 2767

Personally, I don't like the user name swapping unless it is still somewhat recognizable as who it originally is. At times I have had no idea who is who and with those that have changed their names several times, I think they sorta lose out in making a name for themselves. Regardless.. it has been pretty funny! 2010-10-04 08:41:00

Author:
jwwphotos
Posts: 11383

Sooo does Chuck Norris live on orrr :/

Hey i didn't know Chuck norris had a LBPC account, the only movie i have seen you on is DodgeBalls

Nice a cat with a mask!

I sent a pm to you about the name thing CC btw.		2010-10-04 08:42:00

Author:
SketchNZ
Posts: 1668

Yay I love the confusion! Just updated my avatar 2010-10-04 12:02:00

Author:
anoken
Posts: 1654

Ok fair enough CC and nice move on this to I can't tell which is which lol thats why I only pick the avatar only

Also I want to change my username to Arnald23 so I can match my PSN but a year ago I created an account name Arnald23 on LBPC but it was banned because of multiple accounts.

Is there anyway I can change it to Arnald23?		2010-10-04 12:30:00

Author:
Arnald23
Posts: 1843

Ok fair enough CC and nice move on this to I can't tell which is which lol thats why I only pick the avatar only

Also I want to change my username to Arnald23 so I can match my PSN but a year ago I created an account name Arnald23 on LBPC but it was banned because of multiple accounts.

Is there anyway I can change it to Arnald23?

That's kinda off topic but,

http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/market.php?do=cat&id=12.

And I'm glad this is happening. Every time I saw ConfuzzledCartman post I thought it was ConfusedCartman. 		2010-10-04 16:49:00

Author:
Doopz
Posts: 5592

I was sensible and just trademarked my name.

So stay away.		2010-10-04 17:20:00

Author:
Unknown User

I was getting confused too... I did not know who anyone is, i was hitting my head on the wall! (i was just jokeing, i would not hurt myself)
Also, i did not see if anyone posted, (even if you know):

All staff of LBPC has a banner under there name, CC has the Admin banner, and any mod has one saying it,
Also, all staff has there name in a difrent color (not black).
(even if this has been posted, i think that it needs to be posted again, i did not see it posted anywhere. Or i might be blind)

Thanks!		2010-10-04 21:02:00

Author:
Unknown User

Hehe, and I thought it was confusing on the PSP side.

Sensible new rules CC.		2010-10-06 19:23:00

Author:
PygmyOwl
Posts: 1316

Those rules about the LBPC Halloween event sounds good to me. Though I'm not really participating in the event, I like seeing others impersonating another for the event. But I will change my avatar for Christmas!
2010-10-12 23:09:00

Author:
Black265
Posts: 208

That would be funny (although bad D if we all changed our name to something close to ConfusedCartman. In two ways, the community would be confused cartmen!2010-11-07 01:31:00

Author:
TheOfficialVen
Posts: 155

That would be funny (although bad D if we all changed our name to something close to ConfusedCartman. In two ways, the community would be confused cartmen!

Halloween's over.		2010-11-07 17:35:00

Author:
ARD
Posts: 4291


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