how to change your name

maximus decimus

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2007

[RenO]

W/E

ive been seeing some people changing there names recently, and i want to change my name to.
ive heard that some people asked their friends to report them for their name so guild wars requires you to change your name, but thats what I heard.

ramma77

ramma77

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

South Shields, England

The Psycho Titans

R/

i assume if people reported you for your name anet would go "lolwut" and then not do anything about it.

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by maximus decimus View Post
ive been seeing some people changing there names recently, and i want to change my name to.
ive heard that some people asked their friends to report them for their name so guild wars requires you to change your name, but thats what I heard.
Have friend report you claiming your character name means "i do your mom daily" in swahili or something.

Elder III

Elder III

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2007

Ohio

I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY)

R/

^^^first stop and consider if the potential and likely ban (temporary) is really worth it...

maximus decimus

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2007

[RenO]

W/E

in my opinion its probably worth it for me cause i dont even do much in guild wars anymores anyways and i got other things to do ^^

Rebelor

Rebelor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

sounds like u bought or hi jacked an account, or it wouldnt be a problem

maraxusofk

maraxusofk

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

San Francisco, UC Berkeley

International District [id多], In Soviet Russia Altar Caps You [CCCP], LOL at [eF]

W/

well it is understandable for some ppl to want to change their names and will risk a ban to do so. that feeling u get when u feel ur chars and just the way u like them is pretty awesome, and u can quit in peace after.

Darcy

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

ArenaNet only requests a name change if they consider your character's name to be offensive -not because someone reports you.

russiansteven

russiansteven

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2008

In a chair

R/Mo

Its impossible to change your character name unless it is offensive.
Maybe you can expect to see that in gw2. But if your saying that its worth a ban to you because you dont play gw a lot than why would you care what your character name is

Nanood

Nanood

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Supermans Crystal Palace

Legion Of The Dark Sun

Delete the character...
Re Invent the charcter...
Re name the character...

All done.. All by yourself.

Issac

Issac

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Earthrealm

W/A

The getting reported by your friend seems risky lol, best thing you could do is remake.

Hyper.nl

Hyper.nl

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Defending Fort Aspenwood

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nanood View Post
Delete the character...
Re Invent the charcter...
Re name the character...

All done.. All by yourself.
Off-topic: Time sink anyone?
On-topic: No, you can't change your name. And tricking ANet into allowing you to change with a report is not something that I would advise. (If only because ANet also reads this forum )

DarkFlame

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2005

Ascalon

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hyper.nl View Post
On-topic: No, you can't change your name. And tricking ANet into allowing you to change with a report is not something that I would advise. (If only because ANet also reads this forum )
And because asking your friends to abuse the report system may or may not lead to actions against them as well.