In-game name changes

We shouldn't make in-game name changes for real cash  in light of the fact that the greater part of us playing this amusement are youthful and can't afford the cost of cash to pay for name changes so either make it for nothing or for in-game cash. Perhaps you can make something new like in the event that you might want your name changed, you will require a solid reason and an administrator needs to affirm it. Solid reasons like if your character was CK'ed and so on.

IMO.

-Namechanges should be private.

-If namechanges were to cost money, it shouldn't cost more than $2.

-The proccess should be quick and easy.

My thoughts on the subject of namechanges.

That's my point, most of us are youthful and can't afford real money to pay for a namechange so we need to find another method to have that done.

Name changes should be free, if you need to charge then make it no more then a dollar.

I feel like you shouldn't be able to name-change if you did not die scriptwisely, as an example, Rosie had been through alot and has flashbacks, she gets mentally unstable and eventually decides to end her life by jumping, this should however all be roleplayed, another example; Jamal has been involved into gang stuff and he eventually gets into trouble, the O.G. shoots him and he dies, an administrator should in this case give a name-change to the person if he gets Character Killed. IMO paying Out Of Character money to change your name is just bullshit and digging for cash, and if people don't like their character anymore and just want to name-change and keep their stats, they must have a good reason like the examples above. If not, make a new character.

Not everybody roleplays unstable or illegally, therefor not everybody dies from suicide, crazy illnesses, or murder.

Being a legal citizen roleplayer myself who often roleplays someone who's sane, I disagree with having to CK in order to change your name. Changing your name is a personal thing and something that effects nobody else, If I had to CK my char just to NC him or her, it'd destroy the purpose of a lot of my roleplay. What if I chose to shelve that character, they just went to another state for a while then they come back later? CK isn't always an option. I do agree with some bits but certainly not having to CK a char JUST for a namechange. A NC is too minor for that.

5 minutes ago, Indigo said:

Not everybody roleplays unstable or illegally, therefor not everybody dies from suicide, crazy illnesses, or murder.

 

Being a legal citizen roleplayer myself who often roleplays someone who's sane, I disagree with having to CK in order to change your name. Changing your name is a personal thing and something that effects nobody else, If I had to CK my char just to NC him or her, it'd destroy the purpose of a lot of my roleplay. What if I chose to shelve that character, they just went to another state for a while then they come back later? CK isn't always an option. I do agree with some bits but certainly not having to CK a char JUST for a namechange. A NC is too minor for that.

All I'm saying is, you need a reason to namechange. Those were examples.

Make namechange price $1 and that's it.

Most of us are used to $2 per namechange. Which isn't much to argue about. There's a lot of hidden expenses when running a server of any kind. And it has to go around in someway.

Second, as mentioned. NC'ing should be quick-and-easy aswell as accessible at anytime. By having to request for a namechange would just put unnecessary stress on the staff-team.

We, in the staff team, are already planning a way for players to change their character name(s), and I can assure you that charging for real life cash is not one of them so far. I would disagree to that certain kind of system eitherway.

I've never agreed with paying real life cash for a name change. It should cost IG cash and left at that.

Yea in game cash for a name change would be nice but woudn't it be like 100k?

It is my opinion that namechanges should be free. It limits roleplay for people who cannot afford two dollars every time and many people find themselves having to namechange quite often despite filling up all existing character slots. Namechanges should especially be free when CKing a character.

My recommendation is to receive a free namechange every month - if you don't use it, you only have 1 namechange to use and don't gain any more - but if you do more than 1 namechange in a month, you need to pay 2 dollars for the second one. The namechange should also be conditional - if it's a free namechange, you don't get out of jail free.

1 hour ago, Bospy said:

My recommendation is to receive a free namechange every month - if you don't use it, you only have 1 namechange to use and don't gain any more - but if you do more than 1 namechange in a month, you need to pay 2 dollars for the second one. The namechange should also be conditional - if it's a free namechange, you don't get out of jail free.

Why wouldn't you get out of jail due to a N/C? That doesn't make sense because the criminal activity wasn't done on that character. It was done on the one they booked, which from a IC stand-point, DOC wouldn't be able to identify that person as someone they arrested. I don't know. I don't really agree with that. And that's not to say I agree with the abuse of N/C'ing so you won't have to serve your prison sentence. I just think N/C'ing and jail time shouldn't go hand-in-hand because you're starting a new character which essentially wouldn't have a record at all. So sitting in jail for your previous character's actions doesn't make sense.

1 hour ago, Dae Dae said:

 

Why wouldn't you get out of jail due to a N/C? That doesn't make sense because the criminal activity wasn't done on that character. It was done on the one they booked, which from a IC stand-point, DOC wouldn't be able to identify that person as someone they arrested. I don't know. I don't really agree with that. And that's not to say I agree with the abuse of N/C'ing so you won't have to serve your prison sentence. I just think N/C'ing and jail time shouldn't go hand-in-hand because you're starting a new character which essentially wouldn't have a record at all. So sitting in jail for your previous character's actions doesn't make sense.

It's more of a disincentive for people to NC every time they get placed in jail - but thinking about it, the system would actually discourage that because you'd have to pay for any namechanges beyond the first.

6 hours ago, Dae Dae said:

 

Why wouldn't you get out of jail due to a N/C? That doesn't make sense because the criminal activity wasn't done on that character. It was done on the one they booked, which from a IC stand-point, DOC wouldn't be able to identify that person as someone they arrested. I don't know. I don't really agree with that. And that's not to say I agree with the abuse of N/C'ing so you won't have to serve your prison sentence. I just think N/C'ing and jail time shouldn't go hand-in-hand because you're starting a new character which essentially wouldn't have a record at all. So sitting in jail for your previous character's actions doesn't make sense.

I personally say it can either go for IG money but I am a little skeptical on that, considering IG money can limit a player depending on circumstances as well, honestly I'd just say something like namechanges are free but under certain circumstances and you can't change your name while you're in jail/prison perhaps. That's something I really didn't consider though, considering I only do legal roleplay most if not all of the time.

8 hours ago, Bospy said:

My recommendation is to receive a free namechange every month - if you don't use it, you only have 1 namechange to use and don't gain any more - but if you do more than 1 namechange in a month, you need to pay 2 dollars for the second one. The namechange should also be conditional - if it's a free namechange, you don't get out of jail free.

I like.

You shouldn't have to pay for namechange with real cash. What if a man likes a woman, she likes him aswell and they want to marry each other? How will she take his lastname? Ughh, just saying ;)

You guys make some valid points. I like @Bospy's idea as well. We've got a few ideas being spoken of where you guys will be able to "earn" name-changes without having to pay money (IG/IRL) for them. Nothing is final yet though! It's good you're voicing your opinions. I'd just like to reiterate we're trying to cater to the player-base to provide the best experience possible so these suggestions are wonderful!