Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Miraku said: I changed my username but my snow angels still have the same wing colour. Gold. No changes unfortunately. How I wanted the tri-colour! I also have gold. While they're pretty, it is my least favorite of the three. I'd hoped for the elegance of the gold-tipped white. Edit: Okay, I just looked at my snow angels, and they ARE the gold-tipped white. Now, I've been away from DC for over 4 years, until I decided I wanted to hunt Easter eggs this year, but I could have sworn I had the solid gold wings. Did the snow angels change while I was gone? Or did my (admittedly horrible) memory play a trick on me, convincing me that what I have is what I really, really wanted? Edited May 17, 2021 by Fyrebird Share this post Link to post
Posted May 17, 2021 7 minutes ago, Fyrebird said: I also have gold. While they're pretty, it is my least favorite of the three. I'd hoped for the elegance of the gold-tipped white. Edit: Okay, I just looked at my snow angels, and they ARE the gold-tipped white. Now, I've been away from DC for over 4 years, until I decided I wanted to hunt Easter eggs this year, but I could have sworn I had the solid gold wings. Did the snow angels change while I was gone? Or did my (admittedly horrible) memory play a trick on me, convincing me that what I have is what I really, really wanted? As far as I know -There was no change to Snow Angel's, nor should changing scroll name have any effect on the wing color [as scrolls also have an ID number which I suspect is what it goes by] Share this post Link to post
Posted May 17, 2021 Happy to have scroll and forum match now! My scroll name was never meant to be a display name, and I hate when my username isn’t capitalized. Much better now. Share this post Link to post
Posted May 17, 2021 that's great!! although I just realized the username I wanted is taken, but the account was created in 2006-2010 and has no dragons on it. Is there any plan to allow for usernames of unused accounts to be freed up? Share this post Link to post
Posted May 17, 2021 Changed my name to something that feels more like me. Also the log in is correct. 😄 Share this post Link to post
Posted May 17, 2021 35 minutes ago, virtualpet said: that's great!! although I just realized the username I wanted is taken, but the account was created in 2006-2010 and has no dragons on it. Is there any plan to allow for usernames of unused accounts to be freed up? I can't speak for TJ of course, but I very much doubt it. Dead dragons keep their names, dragons on long-inactive scrolls keep their names, so I can't imagine actual taken usernames being freed up. That would basically mean just outright erasing old accounts and I can't see that happening. Share this post Link to post
Posted May 17, 2021 Finally changed my scroll name. Now to wait so I can change my forum name once again. ^^ Share this post Link to post
Posted May 17, 2021 tfw when the account name you want is used on a dead scroll (registered in 2011, not a single dragon on there). big F But hooray thanks for the changes TJ 😃 Share this post Link to post
Posted May 17, 2021 I found my old phone and old laptop on the logins page Time to log them out. Share this post Link to post
Posted May 17, 2021 yesssss, ive been wanting to change my user for years now, thank you ^^ Share this post Link to post
Posted May 17, 2021 2 hours ago, GrimmyYA said: Finally changed my scroll name. Now to wait so I can change my forum name once again. ^^ I'm being nosy and looking at people's new scroll names, and I'm really surprised yours wasn't taken! For people saying the name they want is taken by a scroll with no dragons: Remember we have the option to 'hide adults' on our scroll. If an older now-inactive user had that option checked, you'd see a scroll with 'no dragons' even though they might have hundreds of adults. I'm sure there are plenty of old accounts out there that don't have any dragons at all, but I just wanted to note that might not always be the case. Share this post Link to post
Posted May 17, 2021 3 hours ago, HeatherMarie said: I can't speak for TJ of course, but I very much doubt it. Dead dragons keep their names, dragons on long-inactive scrolls keep their names, so I can't imagine actual taken usernames being freed up. That would basically mean just outright erasing old accounts and I can't see that happening. Deleting inactive accounts is a good way to free up server space and data. Personally, if DC was my site...I would, after say a year of inactivity and if the scroll has no dragons [as seen by admin, not someone hiding them] - then it could be subject to a wipe. However, if there's even one dragon - the scroll is safe (so as to not mess up lineages, etc) But that's just my thoughts Share this post Link to post
Posted May 17, 2021 8 hours ago, Fyrebird said: Wait, I just had a thought. According to my notes, the type of snow angel wings algorithm is based on scroll name. (I seem to recall there was a scandal with some people trying to game the system to get the angel wings they wanted.) Are these people who change their scroll names possibly changing their snow angel wings? Nope, they're based on user ID number! Share this post Link to post
Posted May 17, 2021 1 hour ago, HeatherMarie said: I'm being nosy and looking at people's new scroll names, and I'm really surprised yours wasn't taken! I'm surprised it wasn't taken either, I feel pretty lucky lol Share this post Link to post
Posted May 17, 2021 I just changed my scroll name to something completely different but when I went to change my forum name to the same thing with no space in-between it wouldn't let me Share this post Link to post
Posted May 18, 2021 11 hours ago, Fyrebird said: Wait, I just had a thought. According to my notes, the type of snow angel wings algorithm is based on scroll name. (I seem to recall there was a scandal with some people trying to game the system to get the angel wings they wanted.) Are these people who change their scroll names possibly changing their snow angel wings? I believe it was by scroll number, not name. People were able to figure out their scroll number and figure out what color wings. Scroll number doesn't change. Share this post Link to post
Posted May 18, 2021 sympathizing with the people who want to change their scroll names but all the options are taken. wish i was more creative with screen names, but i cant be bothered really to come up with a screen name to go by. to me it feels like im not being true to myself, usually i just go by my name because its simpler but i hate what i have now. i cant change it though because all the variations of it that id like are taken already. sigh. Share this post Link to post
Posted May 18, 2021 (edited) The username I wanted was taken when I signed up in 2009, and I've regretted my second choice ever since. I'm so happy I finally got to change it! 10/10 best update ever. Thank you TJ! ETA: The shortcut links on the Dragons page are amazing. Edited May 18, 2021 by Maiden Share this post Link to post
Posted May 18, 2021 I just want to take this opportunity to say goodbye to players who are changing their scroll names and forum names. I will not recognize you anymore. If you change your scroll name and your forum name, I will have no idea who you are. But good luck with that! I will be leaving mine the same. I would remove the underscore in my username but there is some ... inactive user ... who registered with the forum years ago and never even posted. Share this post Link to post
Posted May 18, 2021 I love the new features. I finally changed my scroll name to match my forum and discord name, but unfortunately, I had to call myself DalekEevee as Dalek is already a burned scroll. Sad day, but oh well Share this post Link to post
Posted May 18, 2021 I kinda want to change my scroll and forum usernames, but I can't really think of anything that I doubt wouldn't be taken already. I suppose I could still try, though. Despite me disliking them, I've also kinda gotten attached to them. Would feel weird to log into these and NOT see these dumb as hell names.. Share this post Link to post
Posted May 18, 2021 oh awesome! this is a great quality of life update!! very excited at the prospect of username changes, even though i personally will never change mine. @TJ09 , any chance to edit the "Place Eggs and Unfrozen Hatchlings on top" checkmark to remain checked after saving a custom sort? it's very irritating to have to save, return back to sort settings, check it, save it, and then rinse and repeat every time saving a custom sort. it would definitely cut down on clicking and simplify sorting. the same way that Reverse Sort remains checked. (also as of right now Save Sort Options redirects to Account, as opposed to main dragon page. presuming this will soon be fixed.) Share this post Link to post
Posted May 18, 2021 9 hours ago, Chaos Rider said: I just changed my scroll name to something completely different but when I went to change my forum name to the same thing with no space in-between it wouldn't let me Could be a previous forum username of someone else - I think those cannot be reused either. Too bad that these aren't searchable at all. (There should be a way on both site and forum to check if a name is taken/blocked already *before* actually changing it) Share this post Link to post
Posted May 18, 2021 9 hours ago, Chaos Rider said: I just changed my scroll name to something completely different but when I went to change my forum name to the same thing with no space in-between it wouldn't let me Agh I meant to say with a space in-between so that: My Scroll Name = AvianAvatar My Forum Name = Avian Avatar I was able to change my scroll name but not my forum name. Perhaps Ruby Eyes is right and it's the previous forum name of someone else Share this post Link to post
Posted May 18, 2021 whoa. good work, this was a long time coming! thank you! Share this post Link to post
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