As of January 10, 2016, minor & major name changes are honored as described below.
Note: All users who request a name change will be given a User Title to reflect back to their previous name for six months unless only a capitalization or de-capitalization occurs. Requesting UT changes before the expired time will result in an infraction for wasting Admin time required to process these UT requests.
Those eligible for a minor name change request are those who:
- Have donated a minimum of $5.
- Have a join date which dates to at least a year prior to their name change request.
- Have 2FA enabled at the time of their request and pass an IP check (To enable 2FA visit https://www.sythe.org/account/two-step and for a guide see: here).
- Have not previously changed their name via the minor name change system.
Note:
- Users with DNTs and TWCs are still eligible for minor changes, but the changes are heavily scrutinized and may be denied.
- We do not release inactive names for minor name changes.
Those eligible for a major name change request are those who:
- Have donated a minimum of $200.
- Have a join date which dates to at least a year prior to their name change request (OR are a $300 donor, which are eligible for a name change after 6 months).
- Have 2FA enabled at the time of their request and pass an IP check (To enable 2FA visit https://www.sythe.org/account/two-step and for a guide see: here).
- Have not previously changed their name via the major name change system.
- Must have not been banned or had a DNT for more than 2 weeks nor received a pardon within the last 3 months. Cannot have a TWC at time of request either.
- A second major name change can be approved if you have had your name for at least a year and you are a $500 donor.
NOTE: One character name requests are not honored and in rare cases we can deny a request without reasoning.
Username change requests we currently honor:
Please bear in mind your desired name must be available/not taken, or it belongs to a user who has been inactive for at least 3 years - inactivity is different for long-standing accounts or those who have a tendency to return every few years.
- Removal of numbers in a name (Example: Name1224 to Name)
- Replacement of a number in a name (Example: N4m3 to Name)
- Removal of characters such as underscores or hyphens (Example: User_Name to User Name or UserName)
- Capitalization or de-capitalization of a name (Example: name to Name or Name to name)
- Removal of special characters in rare cases where the user profile glitches
- Removal of random letters that do not add to a username (Example: UserNameAsdf to UserName, NOT UserNameGaming to UserName)
- Minor corrections of spelling
- Major name change
Process of requesting a name change:
- Fill out a Name Change Request Form.
- An Administrator will review your request:
- If you fall under honorable name change request number 1, 2, 3 or 4, your request will usually be honored.
- If you fall under honorable name change request number 5, 6, 7, or 8, your request will be reviewed more in-depth.
- If your name is changed, your User Title will be edited to reflect your previous name for 6 months unless only a capitalization or de-capitalization occurs.
- All name changes will be listed in the List of Username Changes thread unless only a capitalization or de-capitalization occurs.
- If your name is not changed, you will be notified as to why and given another opportunity to apply depending on the reasoning.
