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So, Planning to do the name change, I'm feeling nostalgic and want to be part of the old crowd. Does youre forum post history stay attached to your account or because of the change it just wipes your old name out and leaves them blank?

So, I've heard on that live streaming that the name change would come with a small fee to prevent too many changes and all that. Maybe to cover upkeep cost on all those changes needed for it. But to change a line of text for the price of a full Triple A game... This makes me sad. SL has always been about community, and although I know I'm far from being a huge spender here, I had my fare share of moneys going to support designers and artists and even got premium to support Linden Labs itself (really, the only good perk is cutting the line to get into Uber, Acess, Cosmo, etc). It's not a token price. It's not something to mitigate costs. It's a cash grab, in my humble opinion, over a community that would probably have too much invested by this point. I may be wrong, but at least for me this is a turning point regarding my SL spendings. Maybe it's about respect. Maybe I'm just butthurt because right now eveyone inworld is making freebies to keep people at home and this comes at a bad timing. I dunno. What I do know is that this puts a hard stop on all my SL spendings. I'll still be a part of this community, and I even think I have another year or so of premium already paid upfront, so this is not a "oh, why I left SL post" nor any sort of babling like that. I'm just concerned that how I feel right now may be how many of us feel. A bit disrespected, that's all.

Hello @Grumpity Linden Sorry to page you directly, but am hopeful you wouldn't mind giving us a few bullet points on the above based on the meeting yesterday. Question: Full Perm Creators track the names of people licensed to sell the items they purchased from them. To date most do not track the Avatar Key, just the user name. With the name change functionality, is there a method to identify the old "name" for the above user case, or any suggestions you can make to the merchant community on how best to manage? Thanks in advance.

So the name change competition has been announced ... see here In the terms & conditions of the competition the Lab have let the price slip. Under section 5 (Prize) item "A" Description of Prizes. One free Last Names change (estimated value at US$39.99 plus $11.99 to represent the value of a month of Premium Membership) on an account of Winner’s choice. $40 on top of premium membership fees to change your name ? I personally think that's a little steep ... i'll be staying a mimulus thank you

My main complaint about the name change is, if this feature is not free why can’t we pick our own last names. Not choose from a list of last names LL is choosing for us. I can understand if the feature is free. But it isn’t. If I am spending money on this feature I should have the option to have a name I choose.

hey all i need a help, linden lab hold my process credit they send a email and want verified information like my national id card or like that i have my id card but a problem here when my account created i was use my neck name that name don,t have my national id card , i was also changed my nick name by real name from second life viewer but still show thsi website nick name now my question they will accepted my national id card with my rl name ? spite showed my nick name

When I say authenticate in this, I mean to take some information to confirm that A equals B(EG: Is Chaser.Zaks equal to Chaser.Zaks). It is important to note that this isn't fully finalized and Linden Lab may change specific stuff, this is written based off what I know. This isn't a Linden Lab notice, it is a resident to resident notice. Some things MAY BE INCORRECT. This is intended for primarily scripters to raise awareness they need to update their scripts to properly authenticate people via UUID. Please do not spread F.U.D.(Fear, Uncertaincy, Doubt) by skimming through this and spreading incorrect/inaccurate words in group chats. If you already authenticate users by the UUID, then you don't have anything to worry about. The change: If you haven't seen it already, take a quick skim through During a User Group meeting, it has been slightly confirmed(As in, it is the current plan, this may not be 100% the choice yet) to allow users to change their last name, and even first name. For scripters(Both LSL and external), this is a very big and concerning change. We can normally authenticate residents by their username(EG: Chaser.Zaks, Saltyalt.Resident, Ebbe.Linden, etc), but because of this change, this is no longer a viable solution. I have always been authenticating residents via their UUID. The UUID will never change. It is important to authenticate residents using their UUID. What this means for existing content: If you are a scripter, if you haven't already been doing so, authenticate users by their UUID. If you are not a scripter, check that you can authenticate residents via their UUID. If you cannot do this, you will need to contact the creator. If you are a web developer, APIs are planned to allow us web developers to authenticate and update information as needed. Why this change is may be of impact: If you authorize people to be in your parcel by their username, and they change their name, they may no longer be authorized to enter your parcel and get ejected. Why this isn't a security risk / Why you shouldn't worry someone will take over your sim: Once a username has been used(EG: Chaser.Zaks), it can no longer be used again, for example: Say I have a security system which lets me use stuff like /1 eject <name>, or /1 ban <name>, and said security system only checks to see if the user who used it has the name "Chaser.Zaks" I change my name from Chaser.Zaks to Chaser.Soupcanister Someone sees this and thinks "I can use this to my advantage", So they try to change their name to "Chaser.Zaks" They are told they cannot use this name as it has been previously used. Estimated time frame of this change: Not any time soon, but within this year likely. Think somewhere like October or December 2018. This is a big change and a lot of stuff needs to be changed internally to make sure it doesn't break stuff. I assume some things internally may be using name based identification. Updating scripts: Sometimes people may use llDetectedName or the Name parameter from listen. You should instead use llDetectedKey or the UUID parameters when possible. You do not need to change this for stuff that just says "Hello, <insert name here>". For reference, this: string thePowerUser = "Chaser Zaks"; default{ state_entry(){ llListen(1, "", "", ""); } listen(integer channel, string name, key uuid, string message){ if(name == thePowerUser){ /*Do important things here*/ } } touch_start(integer detected){ if(llDetectedName(0) == thePowerUser){ /*Do important things here*/ } } } Should become: key thePowerUser = "796b1537-70d8-497d-934e-0abcc2a60050"; default{ state_entry(){ llListen(1, "", "", ""); } listen(integer channel, string name, key uuid, string message){ if(uuid == thePowerUser){ /*Do important things here*/ } } touch_start(integer detected){ if(llDetectedKey(0) == thePowerUser){ /*Do important things here*/ } } } If you need assistance with this: Please send me a message In-world with the affected script/object with full permissions. I will upgrade the script for you free of charge. I am unable to fix products that are no modify. Please do not kill the messenger.

There are only 500 people in the world with the last name of Plasker...which happens to be my maiden name. I found out about a week ago that LL used that name in game. While amused they would put such a rare name in...I want to have that name in game. I have proof of it being my maiden name. My query is this: Under these circumstance will LL help me with this? I looked all over support and found absolutely nothing about name changes, and the only phone number I've found is for billing support. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Selling one full private region for $175. This includes transfer fee. Tier of $295 is due on the 21st of April. The sim's name must be changed, as I own copyright on the name, and the name is used for other purposes. I'd prefer to change the name myself, to whatever the buyer desires prior to sale, just to be sure. I am willing to pay half of the name change fee if the buyer allows me to do so. In this case, I will ask for $200 from the buyer, and take a $25 loss on the name change.