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Hey, I was wondering if it is possible to have a username changed. I've messaged Theymos twice regarding the matter. Has anyone else been able to change theirs?

thanks  :)

I think it is only possible for staff and if you have donator status.

Theymos will do name changed occasionally to established members. Just post here the new name you want and wait that theymos would see it and has spare time.

That is never going to happen.  :D

you actually need to have vip status not donator.

Theymos will chance usernames in only certain circumstances idr what exactly the criteria is though.

Oh wow, even vip. I think nobody is going to donate 50 btc only to get his name changed.
Btw, do these status come with more benefits?

both donator and VIP get access to the donator forum, get s donator/VIP tag, have 5 coins under your name.

VIP also can create a custom title

That usually doesn't happen. Donators, VIP, and staff can change their display names. The only time I've heard that theymos changed a username was for vod, as he is a scambuster and has a lot of haters, and his original username was too close to his real name, and theymos was worried about his safety. (Not sure about this, could have been another issue)

When name is changed, you can still track because history won't change.^[1] I think CIYAM's name was also changed because IIRC, I saw him posting something like "You may have noticed my name has changed". CIYAM is his project's name. theymos do it but like Quickseller told, I don't know the exact criteria.

[1] I can't explain it. If I do, haters can easily find it.

P.S. Someone already found Vod's name and he/she posted in this forum. It matches with his username but don't know whether first name is correct though first letter was in his username.

   -MZ

I don't think it's possible.

Good luck with messaging theymos though, he might do it for you.

It seems like I can still change my displayed name (which is currently different from my username).

How???

He's a donator if you look under his name on the left panel.

I thought only VIPs can do that.

i think you can't unless you pay a high fees
best option is to create a new account using your desired username

He can if theymos decides and obviously, he will need a valid reason.

If you are active in reporting posts and is trustworthy, you may become staff and staff can change their display name.

   -MZ

Nope, it's donators and VIP's. VIP's have the additional option to give themselves a custom title under their display name, but both donators and VIP's can change their display name.

True. That's a problem. Better create a new account and rebuild than sorry.

Oh, I get it.

I hope that one day I can actually afford that lol

i also wanted to get it changed
i sent 4 pms to theymos
but he replied none

you have a very new account. It would probably be better to just make a new account with the username you want.

No, this is not gonna happen, but you can still create a new account with the username you like.
Also, some moderator can change their showing name as what they want. So you can try hard to become a moderator.

Long story short. You can only change your username if you are a donator or staff. In other cases there is 0% chance for you to be able do it.
That is why picking right name is so important at the beginning. If you have account with low activity you can try to create another one to obtain desirable name. In other cases... well learn how to accept your nickname.

So basically I have to pay like 10 bitcoins to change my name??

In summary, there are 4 ways you can get a new username.
1. Register a new account (easiest)
2. Be chosen to be a staff
3. Earn 10 btc and donate it to the forum
4. Send theymos a PM and pray that he has a lot of spare time (hardest)