[Notice] Character Name Change Event Starts This Week!

[Notify]

http://maplestory.nexon.net/news//4446/

In this week’s scheduled maintenance on Thursday, October 15, we will be freeing up millions of character names from inactive accounts, making the names once again available for use! To read more about this, please click here to read our earlier post.

During the maintenance, all characters under Lv. 200 on accounts that have not been logged in since January 1, 2013 will have their names changed to a combination of numerals.

Once the maintenance is complete, we will begin a free name change event! For one week only, from October 15 to October 21, all players will be able to request a free name change for one character per world on their account through the event notifier on the left side of the game window. All of the free name changes will be processed in the scheduled maintenance on October 22.

Here’s how it works:

Log in to the game and click the event notifier on the left side of the game window. Select the quest 'A Chance to Change Your Name!'



Click "Accept" to receive one Character Name Change Coupon. You can only receive this on one character per world per account. The item will appear in your USE inventory tab. You have until October 21, 2015 11:59 PM Pacific (October 22, 2015 at 2:59 AM Eastern) to use this item. If it is not used by that time, it will expire.



Double-click the Character Name Change Coupon in your inventory. A notification will appear, asking if you are sure you want to use the coupon. Click "OK". The Character Name Change Coupon will disappear from your inventory. But you’re not done yet! Now you need to select the character whose name you want to change.



Exit out to the character select screen. A green button called "Change Name" will now appear under all of your characters on the character select screen. The green buttons will appear until October 21, 2015 11:59 PM Pacific (October 22, 2015 at 2:59 AM Eastern). If you have not made a selection by then, the buttons will disappear and no names will be changed.

Click the green button that appears below the character whose name you want to change.



A pop-up will appear. Enter the desired new name and click "OK". If you do not want to change this character’s name, click "Cancel".



A confirmation window will appear, listing the character’s current name, and desired new name. If this looks good, click "OK". If you want to make changes, click "Cancel", and then enter a different new name. If the desired name is already in use, or has already been requested for a name change, you will not be able to select it. An error message will appear, and you will need to select a different new name.

Your work is done, and your name change is now pending! The names will actually be changed during the scheduled maintenance on October 22.

When you log in after the October 22 maintenance is complete, you will see the new name on your character.

[SaptaZapta]

That character change coupon seems like a totally superfluous step.
They could have made the green name-change buttons appear automatically, like the BURN buttons did.

Other than that, this looks good. It seems you don't have to commit to one character to change the name on, until you are actually able to secure the name you want for it. I like that.

[Straatlamp]

That character change coupon seems like a totally superfluous step.
They could have made the green name-change buttons appear automatically, like the BURN buttons did.

Other than that, this looks good. It seems you don't have to commit to one character to change the name on, until you are actually able to secure the name you want for it. I like that.

It probably only will appear upon using the free/ cash shop name change coupon.
If you have non active, the green button will dissapear. (my speculations)

[SaptaZapta]

It probably only will appear upon using the free/ cash shop name change coupon.
If you have non active, the green button will dissapear. (my speculations)

Yeah, but why?
Every account gets the free name change coupon. And no matter which character you accept it on, once you use it, all characters show the green button.
So what's the point?

[RayGun]

oh no, possible doomsday

though i logged into all my accounts at the recent hot days, I am still a little bit worried that they would reset some of the names due to their general accident prone nature.

also have to decide on new names

[SaptaZapta]

oh no, possible doomsday

though i logged into all my accounts at the recent hot days, I am still a little bit worried that they would reset some of the names due to their general accident prone nature.

I know, right?
I fully expect any number of characters to have their names reset who were not inactive.
Also, since there already are some fully-numeric IGNs in use, I fear duplicates. I think the reason they decided to go with numbers rather than the same system they used for renaming guilds at the server alliances, is that with numbers they can just rename characters sequentially and not bother to check whether each name is already used (which takes considerable processing time, if you multiply it by the millions of characters that need renaming).

Apropos millions of characters being renamed, I think it would be quite interesting if someone with a rankings-scanner counted how many "active" characters remain in the game. After they bring the rankings page back, that is. It's currently down for some reason.

also have to decide on new names

I'm mostly content with my character names.
I have a few that I had to use alternate spelling on (L for i, 0 for o, etc), and I will try to change them to the proper spelling. But if someone beats me to it, no biggie.

[Zelkova]

That character change coupon seems like a totally superfluous step.
They could have made the green name-change buttons appear automatically, like the BURN buttons did.

Other than that, this looks good. It seems you don't have to commit to one character to change the name on, until you are actually able to secure the name you want for it. I like that.

It probably has something to do with either the cash shop or a method of preventing packet editors from taking advantage of the system.

[ShinkuDragon]

i don't mind it myself, since i don't plan to use it on my main account since i don't want any "accidental" misnamings.

but i'm blocked from maple again for some reason so i might not even -shrug-

[Zelkova]

This doesn't look good.

[Marksman Bryan]

This doesn't look good.

-ign bot-

Called it weeks ago.

Don't know why anyone thought it'd end up any differently.

[yingrox]

This doesn't look good.

Thats just a troll from some basilmarket user whose known to troll

[Typhoon]

Thats just a troll from some basilmarket user whose known to troll

:EmoteUMad :EmoteUMad:EmoteUMad:EmoteUMad

Spoiler

don't gotta pretend to get people off yo trail m8

[Justin]

This doesn't look good.

Ahahaha, remember that throttling I proposed? It's a damn shame we Southperrians are such vile people, our suggestions aren't even worth looking at!

[SaptaZapta]

Also, since there already are some fully-numeric IGNs in use, I fear duplicates. I think the reason they decided to go with numbers rather than the same system they used for renaming guilds at the server alliances, is that with numbers they can just rename characters sequentially and not bother to check whether each name is already used (which takes considerable processing time, if you multiply it by the millions of characters that need renaming).

They got around that by giving the inactive characters names of the form #1234567890. Including the '#' sign. Since that's not legal for anyone to type in at the character creation screen, all those names were guaranteed unused. Nice.
However, because it's an illegal character for an IGN, it can pose problems. For example, if you try to Whisper someone with such a name, you get the error "Incorrect ID".

[ShinkuDragon]

They got around that by giving the inactive characters names of the form #1234567890. Including the '#' sign. Since that's not legal for anyone to type in at the character creation screen, all those names were guaranteed unused. Nice.
However, because it's an illegal character for an IGN, it can pose problems. For example, if you try to Whisper someone with such a name, you get the error "Incorrect ID".

that sounds like a cool name to have for some reason...

[Zelkova]

I got some cool igns.