Folklorn
I hope they don't try to make you change your name. That's just stupid.
I like it how it is......<(' 3)3
Gods I haven't done any rp-ing in years.
I grew out of RPing and I think I didn't RP for about a year. Or at least 6 months.
Now I'm RPing again. And writing again. Except it's all about Q's character... Which makes it idiotic. xP
Selfless pimp link
As for my name, yeah it's becoming quite a hassle.
WindPowa, when he made the Gaiarch toolbar, made a text macro so if you typed [q] it would automatically make a quote tag, and by default this is on.
neutral (If you have Gaiarch, btw, you can disable this by going to gaia macro editor, [q], uncheck enabled, and hit the two okay buttons. Or just delete the macro entirely.)
Then, earlier this year, Gaia did something in the database that ignored brackets. So I couldn't log in with my username, and my profile redirected to Q's (Yes, a gaia user by the name of Q, just the letter, exists).
The only way to get in was by having my password emailed to me and reactivating my account. Every time.
Then I asked Jakobo about this and he said I could log in with my user number instead of my name, which worked until the problem was fixed. He also said that some mods have brackets in their names too, which assures that bracket problems get fixed (If there were no mods with brackets in their names, I am 98% sure nobody would've cared to fix bracket-based problems, since we're a minority on gaia and these symbols no longer are valid when signing up for gaia).
Then GIM came out.
No brackets are allowed, so I had to make a new username. Of at least for letters. goooo gaia. :/
It was easy for me, but I shudder for other people with names with illegal characters in them. And chatting with people who have names other than their gaia screenname can become confusing. Especially in guild chats.
Yeah, bracket problems... Another reason I should probably quit Gaia.
Speaking of, I should reserve the name I want in case brackets ever do get ******** up beyond all recognition...