/[TW] clan haxors thread derail
(back on topic)
for me personally, i'm not worried about having to change my name, but for the general user population, instances might come up where people have to or just want to change their username/nick. it's users' choice whether or not they want to use their clan tags in their username. actually, if you think about it, it
does make a lot of sense to use it. why do TW staff wear [TW] tags in front of their names? to show they are members of the [TW] staff and to help other users better identify the organization to which they represent. likewise many clanners like to wear their tags to identify and represent their organization. so actually to say that "it doesn't make any sense" is really what doesn't make any sense
also it's not just clan tags but full names as well. look at say, deadbolt for example. his name here is [1BF/1R]Terror but he has gone under a different "common name" for a long time. aside from clan changes with tags, it's the general name that the user wishes to update. i remember back a long time ago he even asked me how he could change his name cause he simply wanted more accurate information.
let's address this theoretical "nightmare":
what bad could possibly happen by allowing people to update their contact information? it's more of a "nightmare" having people with outdated, inaccurate identification than it would be to allow people to manually change their username. i doubt many people would really abuse this ability to the extent of for example, changing steam names once a week. if it really became an issue, could you not just remove that individual's permission? even so, what real damage does name changes cause? their forum user id isn't changed, no permissions or usergroup settings are changed, and they can't duplicate another username anyway. think of it like Steam ID, you can change your "nick" but your ID number and name you registered under is the important info that can never be changed. it's all just a matter of what a person wants to be referred to and no "vital" information is changed. it would help the site become more user-friendly and admins/mods would no longer have to be botherd to go in and change people's info.
unless there's some huge security reason that somebody would like to point out as to why it would be an issue, what doesn't make sense is being inefficient for allowing users to update their personal information.