Possibility that a name is already taken?

Lord Auriel · Post by **Lord Auriel** » Sat Mar 01, 2003 5:02 am

Hello.

I am just wondering what is done when the name you request is already taken. You see, I sent in a request for the name "Auriel" and then, out of curiosity, checked to see if I had been accepted (this was before I knew that it takes at least a week). However, instead of getting the message that says I have not yet been accepted, I got a message saying the password was incorrect. Now, I know I have not messed up with the password, so now I am wondering if this means that a player with the name of "Auriel" already exists and if I should send out a new request (typically not recommended), wait it out, or both?

Perhaps you might just inform me of a way of finding out if my character name is taken (an accepted player list of some sort which I may not know about).

I don't believe that this topic would require me posting my computer's statistics.

Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.

Serpardum · Post by **Serpardum** » Sat Mar 01, 2003 5:44 am

Create your character BEFORE you request autorization. Then you'll know that you have a good name.

Then give the name/password of the character you created.

You can create characters before autorization, you just can't play them.

Draakon · Post by **Draakon** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 11:57 am

I suggest that you state this directly on the site Separdum, I did the same misstake when I signed up but my name wasn't taken fortunatley, I think a short line saying you should FIRST create your character before mailing the info would be a good thing. As it stands now I think it can be easily missunderstood and so it takes more time for the ones trying to play and the GMs correcting these things.