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Its my understanding they were made to simplify the accounts process. As a new account was made, the automated style of it just added a digit. One could then play on Graal for awhile until they decided on a community name. Community names themselves could be changed although it does have to be done manually by Stefan. In the past account names couldn't be changed without a much more extensive process.

I personally hate the Graal names with a passion. They are not anywhere near as easily identifiable as the old account names and I personally find it far more difficult to keep track of people through reputation of abuse with it. I have the tools to research the accounts but its a long process with continual pc id changes. Its also easy to make errors with the numbers. If you made a typo before you usually spotted it right away. Then there's the whole, "oh! I remember Graal 739089" If any of you can remember someone by that after they disappear for 6 months I'll give you a cookie.

I didn't bother going into the annoyances of rc and client playerlists or scripting issues because its all been said but I completely agree. Outside of the simplicity of a new trial account being made they are completely the worst idea ever thought up for Graal.