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Geek Culture / Why min 4 letters forum name?

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A_M
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Posted: 28th Aug 2002 00:14
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Couldn't you change it so that the forum name (not necissarily also the login name) can be shorter than 4 characters? I've always called myself AM on the Internet but here not even my backup name "A_M" works (many web services require at least 3 letters).

I know it might not be a big deal but it's quite annoying (I'm not the type of guy that likes to change username every other month) and quite frankly I don't see the point of that restriction...

Oh, and apart from that this forum seems great.

/ Andreas Mattsson
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DrakeX
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Posted: 28th Aug 2002 03:06
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AndreasMattson is fine. personally i thought AM was too short couldn't see it!

how about no, ya frickin' dutch bastard!
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Dazzag
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Posted: 28th Aug 2002 03:12
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Dunno, was nice and easy to reply to. Much easier than AndreadMattson said.... see, I even typed it wrong thanks to hopeless typing method (see sig). AM much easier, see?

Cheers

I am 99% probably lying in bed right now... so don't blame me for crappy typing
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AlecM
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Posted: 28th Aug 2002 10:41
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why not A__M or A_-M or A-=M or /AM\

Goto http://www.shellshockede.com
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AlecM
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Posted: 28th Aug 2002 10:42
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hmm the last one didnt work so well. lemme try it again


Goto http://www.shellshockede.com
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AlecM
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Posted: 28th Aug 2002 10:43
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no it didnt work there either
kinda odd

Goto http://www.shellshockede.com
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DrakeX
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Posted: 28th Aug 2002 18:09
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what 2 slashes?

that's an escape code i think

////AM

how about no, ya frickin' dutch bastard!
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DrakeX
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ooops

how about no, ya frickin' dutch bastard!
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A_M
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Posted: 28th Aug 2002 18:48
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Oh, I just found out you can have spaces. Guess I'll use my full name (which nobody seems able to spell :S)...

/ Andreas Mattsson
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Posted: 29th Aug 2002 00:42
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first post here so im just testing. i didn't like the 4 letter thing but realize you could have spaces.. going to check that out!

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arrrrr!! how can one space be too many spaces?? dumb profile changer thing!

whats this space for??
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Dazzag
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Posted: 29th Aug 2002 03:00
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Why not then have AM__ (ie. 2 spaces at end), or __AM if it right trims it?

Cheers

I am 99% probably lying in bed right now... so don't blame me for crappy typing
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Richard Davey
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Posted: 29th Aug 2002 05:39
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Okay I have reduced the limit to 3 letters. The deal with spaces in the forum name is that you have to have at least 3 letters, not just characters. So you can't have "A B" (several spaces inbetween) because there are only 2 letters there really.

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IAK
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thanks for changing the limit rich, by the time i registered, "IAK" worked just fine

- IAK

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thats service for you.
but wasn't it more than 3 letters and space. it wouldn't let me have H A L or what Dazzag said, and it said that H AL had too many spaces?? anyway doesn't matter now, things are looking good for us threeletterers.
Thanks rich.
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InSiDeR
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This is the saddest thing i have ever seen

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Shadow Robert
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i've seen sadder, but for all intensive purposes this is the saddest thing i've seen here.

i'm not actually sure what they're on about thou, they mean User Name or Login Name?
ya know you coulda just put your name A.M.
i mean no biggie right? (says him with the ridicioulously long name )

Holy jumping mother of god NOOOO!!!...
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