Is it possible to get a name change done?

[Caius Sivaris]

Here, I posted this over on SomethingAwful, but didnt get much in the way of replies, was wondering if you lot might help? Their wee thread is somewhat wrapped up in this Jita thing at the minute, so it was kinda lost in the noise.

So, imagine you're a complete sperg right...and 6 years ago you made a character with the name of "Twilight Moon", not expecting some uppity American author to ruin that name for you 3 years later (not that it was a great name anyway, shit I suck at names). And now, out of sheer curiosity you want to try EVE again, and use your original character.

That sperg is me chaps. How do I go about begging/bullying CCP customer support to giving me a name change? They're being remarkably stubborn about the whole affair. Has anyone here got a name changed successfully in the past?

I don't much fancy doing that first year of skill training again. It was rather crap, although possibly there's some shiny new things to speed it up these days, I don't know, last played in 2008 sometime, apart from one month in 2010 where I was mercilessly ridiculed in every system. :/

TL;DR: Original character from 2006 with shit name. Anyway of getting it changed?

Cheers! Also, yes, I know, I'm shit at names. God help me if I ever have kids.

Some guy in Genos (kimomura or something) managed to change name. He biomassed himselfn created a noob with same name then petitioned for unbiomass. Not for the faint hearted.

I wonder if Garmon did the same with el'tar or if he really threw away that many SPs.

[Aurora148]

They used to do it if you could find a GM who didn't know the policy, I asked for it to be done (name starting with an A sucks) and linked them someone who they had done it for previously, they replied saying they had performed an internal investigation and as a result strengthened the policy.

Derp.

[Lana Torrin]

You aren't going to get it changed, but I for one don't see a problem with the name. You obviously have no idea how easy its going to make it to scam all the bronies when they find out you have had the name for 6 years, so you were pre-fad.. Also selling the character after you are done scamming will be easy.

[zergl]

Here, I posted this over on SomethingAwful, but didnt get much in the way of replies, was wondering if you lot might help? Their wee thread is somewhat wrapped up in this Jita thing at the minute, so it was kinda lost in the noise.

So, imagine you're a complete sperg right...and 6 years ago you made a character with the name of "Twilight Moon", not expecting some uppity American author to ruin that name for you 3 years later (not that it was a great name anyway, shit I suck at names). And now, out of sheer curiosity you want to try EVE again, and use your original character.

That sperg is me chaps. How do I go about begging/bullying CCP customer support to giving me a name change? They're being remarkably stubborn about the whole affair. Has anyone here got a name changed successfully in the past?

I don't much fancy doing that first year of skill training again. It was rather crap, although possibly there's some shiny new things to speed it up these days, I don't know, last played in 2008 sometime, apart from one month in 2010 where I was mercilessly ridiculed in every system. :/

TL;DR: Original character from 2006 with shit name. Anyway of getting it changed?

Cheers! Also, yes, I know, I'm shit at names. God help me if I ever have kids.

Some guy in Genos (kimomura or something) managed to change name. He biomassed himselfn created a noob with same name then petitioned for unbiomass. Not for the faint hearted.

I wonder if Garmon did the same with el'tar or if he really threw away that many SPs.

If you get a cool/nice/stupid GM this might actually work.
Mate apparently ragequitted and biomassed his main a while ago and then successfully petitioned to undo it claiming that he was completely drunk when he did that. :V
Risky, though.

[Mike deVoid]

But you need 10 hours to go through with a biomass. How on earth is being pissed an excuse?

[zergl]

But you need 10 hours to go through with a biomass. How on earth is being pissed an excuse?

That's a good question (never having biomassed a char I was not aware of that). :shrug:

But yeah, I only know that he did it and that his excuse was enough to get the biomassing undone, so it might have been just a nice and/or oblivious GM?

e: Or none of the above and the story was a load of rubbish, but I had no reason to question it at the time.

[shoki]

heh
good luck with that m8

[Amantus]

Here, I posted this over on SomethingAwful, but didnt get much in the way of replies, was wondering if you lot might help? Their wee thread is somewhat wrapped up in this Jita thing at the minute, so it was kinda lost in the noise.

So, imagine you're a complete sperg right...and 6 years ago you made a character with the name of "Twilight Moon", not expecting some uppity American author to ruin that name for you 3 years later (not that it was a great name anyway, shit I suck at names). And now, out of sheer curiosity you want to try EVE again, and use your original character.

That sperg is me chaps. How do I go about begging/bullying CCP customer support to giving me a name change? They're being remarkably stubborn about the whole affair. Has anyone here got a name changed successfully in the past?

I don't much fancy doing that first year of skill training again. It was rather crap, although possibly there's some shiny new things to speed it up these days, I don't know, last played in 2008 sometime, apart from one month in 2010 where I was mercilessly ridiculed in every system. :/

TL;DR: Original character from 2006 with shit name. Anyway of getting it changed?

Cheers! Also, yes, I know, I'm shit at names. God help me if I ever have kids.

Some guy in Genos (kimomura or something) managed to change name. He biomassed himselfn created a noob with same name then petitioned for unbiomass. Not for the faint hearted.

I wonder if Garmon did the same with el'tar or if he really threw away that many SPs.

Kimura mate. Ralara also did it.


Do this.

[Joe Appleby]

But you need 10 hours to go through with a biomass. How on earth is being pissed an excuse?

That's a good question (never having biomassed a char I was not aware of that). :shrug:

But yeah, I only know that he did it and that his excuse was enough to get the biomassing undone, so it might have been just a nice and/or oblivious GM?

e: Or none of the above and the story was a load of rubbish, but I had no reason to question it at the time.

As I am pretty sure I know who Zergl is referring to, he ragequit when monoclegate dropped. He raged on Skype etc., gave his stuff to some dude, biomassed all of his chars, several accounts etc. He was mad at CCP for being so shit. And he was planning it for a bit and also drunk.

[Tyrus Tenebros]

Some shit names become good by virtue of the player being good. Ergo, save your name by becoming good at eve.

My advice: Don't listen to any advice on FHC.

Including that advice.

[Duckslayer]

Some shit names become good by virtue of the player being good. Ergo, save your name by becoming good at eve.

My advice: Don't listen to any advice on FHC.

Including that advice.

Including that advice

[Duckslayer]

Some shit names become good by virtue of the player being good. Ergo, save your name by becoming good at eve.

My advice: Don't listen to any advice on FHC.

Including that advice.

Including that advice

[Sponk]

Some shit names become good by virtue of the player being good. Ergo, save your name by becoming good at eve.

My advice: Don't listen to any advice on FHC.

Including that advice.

Including that advice

Including that advic

[Ben Derindar]

I knew a guy around 2004-2005 who asked CCP for a name change and got it. But that a was long time ago, today's policies are a little more strict.

[Lana Torrin]

I knew a guy around 2004-2005 who asked CCP for a name change and got it. But that a was long time ago, today's policies are a little more strict.

So your advice is invent time machine, get name change?

[Ab Tallen]

(name starting with an A sucks)

Tell me more about that.

Maybe should try to get a letter from C.J. Cherryh that forbids me to use the name...

[fr0ggy]

if that name is indeed a copyrighted one (book/movie/whatever) and if you can do some social/legal bullshit, you can probably make them change your name.
you can start by example by complaining that you uploaded on youtube some videos showing how great eve was, but youtube deleted them because of a copyright notice.
and you really want to show the world how great eve is, but you canot.

this have a slighty chance to work, if you start with it, it will not work after an unsuccesfull petition. even a stupid gm should ask why you dint say that in the first place.

[zangorus]

wanna trade you can have zangorus

[Zeekar]

Eh i never actually herd them rejecting a restoration of a biomassed char. And i saw a few of them restored.

[Tsubutai]

Eh i never actually herd them rejecting a restoration of a biomassed char. And i saw a few of them restored.

Same, everyone I know who's biomassed and then wanted to resub has been able to get their original character back, for obvious reasons; CCP want your money. That's not the issue. The issue is whether GMs will still give you the character back if you biomass, then (get someone else to) create a new character with the same name as the biomassed one, then petition to have the biomassed one restored - since there would then be a character with the old name on the database, they'd have to let you pick a new one if they were to resurrect the character.

Even if it worked once, I suspect they'd kill it off the instant it started becoming at all widespread.