If you could change your Runescape account name, would you?

It's good that you found a name that works for you and you've continued to like.

I also understand the desire to not reveal your username. I wouldn't have done so if I didn't keep my private chat set to friends exclusively.

I think a lot of players who started playing at a young age would change their names now. It most definitely is a shame that Jagex doesn't give the option to do so. I suppose it would be hectic if everyone wanted to change their name. It could also be potentially confusing to those on the player's friends list. Considering all the other things Jagex has come up with, I'm sure they could figure out a way to do so. They would just have to put some limitations on it, such as how often it could be done. Maybe they could allow everyone a one time opportunity to change their name after several years of playing.

I can definitely see where it would get annoying to have your name misspelled and taken out of context continually, especially as the name has signifigance to you. I consider that in the same vein as people assuming the "Snoop" in my name is referring to Snoop Dogg instead of considering it in the vein of being a snoop.

After playing for a bit today, I've decided it doesn't matter what my character name is, as noone used my name today. Today I was simply level 123. I think that may be worse than people thinking I'm a Snoop Dogg fan.

That's good, LordSims, that you still like your name after 4 years. I like the Snoop part of my name. That will never change. It's other people's reactions to it that I don't like so much.

I suppose it could be worse. You could have a name relating to Pokemon.

It's not always evident when signing up for a game that you're going to like it well enough to continue playing for a long period of time. I found the game on my own, not through friends or anything, so I didn't really know anything about it. Of course, it's tough when you realize months or years down the road that you would like a different name. You then have to weigh which is more important, the name, or the time you have already put into the account.

LOL @ name related to pokemon

now i see how this could have gone wrong but thankfully i always choose non-embarrassing nicks even for the sites that i don't think i'd be frequently using.

I, too, wish I would have found the game when it was first released, and was able to get a completely original name without the game telling me the name is taken and giving me an option of adding random numbers to the name.

My biggest problem is that I have numbers in my name, not only that, but at the time, they signified my age. It irritates me now, 4 and a half years later to have that in my name.

It is still possible to come up with an original name. For me, the biggest problem is the limit on length of the name, causing you to have to shorten it somehow with numbers as well. I created a skiller for no other reason than I thought of a name for a skiller and found out it wasn't taken. I work on it from time to time, and find it comes in handy to play with when playing with a friend who just started. It makes them feel less of a total newb than if I play alongside them with a much higher account. The name of that character is combatsovr8d.