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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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New Username
Hey admins and everybody on the 'Downs. I've been absent as of late, but I hope to be more consistent! I have tried a couple of times to get in touch with the admins about this question but have had no luck. I couldn't find anything about double usernames on the 'Downs, but I can assume that they are not allowed? It only makes sense. But since nobody got back to my e-mails I made a second account that I want to use more - so I will not be using this username anymore, because I don't want to be breaking the rules. There was no way to change my username from this account, unfortuntely. So I'm going to be using my new username from now on - I won't go on this one - if that is ok. Thank you and I hope this is ok.
-Matthew
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Flame of the Ainulindalė
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I signed in a few years ago just skimming through the pages by Lommy's advice and just thought one should have a Tolkienish screen-name (from what I gathered). I thought to change it a time or two after I got more used to this forum... but why in the end?
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Shade with a Blade
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What's the new user-name?
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 8,093
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I would like to echo Nogrod here. I could have picked a better username than one of these countless and very unoriginal Elvish ones (especially as it begins with "thin", a word I've never identified with
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Princess of Skwerlz
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles)
Posts: 7,500
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The reason for having a username is to be able to identify the author of a post. That is why change is counterproductive - it would only confuse readers! I can imagine only one reason for abandoning a name, and that is to distance onesself from the contributions that have appeared under it. However, should a member choose to take on a new identity, s/he must realize that other members will no longer know who s/he is, and it will take time to establish a reputation* for worthwhile posts.
*I don't mean rep points, but the positive impression that builds up over time when one's posts have a high standard.
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Curmudgeonly Wordwraith
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits
Posts: 2,506
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How about a subtly clever literary change? Rather than MatthewM, become matthewm in the manner of e e cummings, who often eschewed capitalization. You will still be you, but more orthographically intriguing.
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Back on the Helcaraxe
Posts: 733
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