[salesman]

Community names are a pain. As a scripter, the biggest problem I've run into is having to keep track of BOTH a player's account name AND their community name. For example, a guild system that displays a list of members will need to display community names because "Graal3453534, Graal345345, Graal345345" looks retarded.

What does this mean for me? My SQL table now has two columns, member_account, and member_cname. And my guild system is checking everytime a player logs on if their communityname has changed.

I've noticed that most servers have not bothered with this trouble and still use the account name for everything -- even simple chat commands (":kick account"). This is why player's hate community names. They're difficult for developers to work with, and in return, even more difficult for the players. A guild leader is not going to remember who "Graal542342" is and whether or not he needs to kick him. Logical solution in the guild leader's eyes? Don't recruit Graal# account noobs.

K.I.S.S. -- You're making it way too complicated for everyone with this stupid system.