Display Names

[Illy]

01-Oct-2009 - Display Names

Members are now able to change their display name to something different from their username. This display name is the name by which other players will see you in all Jagex games and across all website features – from the hiscores to the forums. Your username will always remain the same, regardless of what you change your display name to, as this is what you use to log into the game and website. (NB: Everyone’s initial display name is the same as their username.)

Changing your display name
The ability to change display names is currently only available to members of either RuneScape or FunOrb. To change your display name, visit the Account Management section of RuneScape or FunOrb and select ‘Change your display name’. You can then change your display name to anything that is not currently in use by or ‘held’ for (see next paragraph) another player. (NB: Once you have changed your display name, you will be unable to do so again for 28 days, even to revert back to your previous display name, so make sure you are happy with your new name before confirming the change.)

After these 28 days, you will have a period of time in which you can revert back to your previous display name, should you wish. You will have at least 7 days after the 28 days to revert to your previous display name, as it will be ‘held’ for you and unavailable to anyone else in this time. Depending on how long that name was in your possession before you changed it, you may have more than 7 days to revert to your reserved name.

When you change your display name, an icon will appear next to it on your friends’ Friends Lists. This will inform your friends that you have just changed your name and, by hovering their mouse cursor over that icon, they will see what your previous display name was. It will take a while (up to 15 minutes) for your display name to be updated across the website, so your previous display name may still show on the hiscores or forums for this short time.

Offensive display names
Display names allow us to remove names we deem offensive. Previously, we were only able to ban accounts with offensive names; now, we will simply remove the offensive name from the account. Should this happen, you will receive a temporary display name in the form of a random string of numbers (such as “[#123456789]&#8221, and you will not be able to log into the game until you choose a new name. Players who repeatedly choose offensive names will lose the privilege of being able to change their display name for one year, and will instead be assigned one by a Jagex moderator.

Finally, please be patient with the system at this time, as it will be under a lot of load by many players trying to access it. If you do not get a response, please try again at a later time.

Mod Duncan
Web Systems Developer

I tried it out today, it's pretty cool, but you have to refresh alot to get to the pages, since a TON of people are trying to change their names!

http://img39.imageshack.us/i/omfgr.jpg/
http://img36.imageshack.us/i/change1g.jpg/
http://img59.imageshack.us/i/change2v.jpg/
[Sorry, I tried tags, yet they wouldn't show up/work].

Thought I would just post this all, with the images.

 

[ssylass]

its gay.

 

[Demented Radio]

I tried it out today, it's pretty cool, but you have to refresh alot to get to the pages, since a TON of people are trying to change their names!

Thought I would just post this all, with the images.

It's allready been posted, but how many times did you refresh the page... mine isnt working

 

[Rhett3]

Refresh it like 50 times, that's what I did to check it out and it finally worked.

 

[Illy]

It's allready been posted, but how many times did you refresh the page... mine isnt working

Sorry about that. And, I was first one to actually post all 3 pictures

For the log in, I refreshed about 50.
For first page, about 200-300, SLOWLY, make sure you wait until it finishs refreshing, until you refresh again!
For second page, about.. 800-900 (Yes, be patient).
For third page, about 400-500.

This is worth it, don't listen to others saying "Wait until tommorrow!", as tommorrow, your name will be gone, probably!

 

[Illy]

its gay.

How so?

 

[SuF]

How so?

Those of us who have good names don't need it... >_>.

 

[Illy]

Those of us who have good names don't need it... >_>.

Mhmm, who says your name is good? ;]

 

[inpherus]

I say SuF's name is probably good, because his not a dumbass .

and i also have a 2 letter which im intending to keep 2 letter'd

 

[Dalpra]

Thank God, I made my account when I was in grade 5, it has a horrid name.

 

[Clover87]

careful posting your name here... jagex can be crazy.

 

[stefan12]

i wont change my original name even if its awefull

 

[luring2live]

Man, I almost had complete. =(

 

[stefan12]

btw u must be member to do this

 

[TeamEvox]

I got it on my first refresh haha.

 

[-kolodian-]

Its not as slow now. It shows up after a few refreshes...anways I got the name

"DisplayName" but i decided to check some otehr nams first and during that time.. someone took it

But then i got the name "iMasturbate" rofl, i think its better than my previous name

 

[Vlad]

So wait, can you have lower case letters at the start of your name?

 

[Superbob25]

Yeah you can and -' and others

 

[Jobby]

I had no idea you could use symbols and that it was case sensitive. So now I'm stuck with the unimportant 'australianis'

 

[-kolodian-]

Its Limited to 12 characters. It's case sensitive, meaning you can make lower or capital letters. It can have spaces and punctuation marks as long as they are not consecutive. So yeah it does open alot more options for names than the actual username creator lets you do.