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Originally Posted by Tyro
I’m not quite sure I follow you. When (if) our previous accounts are merged with out original ones, we automatically switch back to our old names before the move to version 4.0? But it can all be fixed practically as soon as the move is finished by Superior fixing our names back to what we have them as now? I just wanted to make sure everything with the names and post count will work out because…I’m not actually too proud of my old username.
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There are two different issues here.
First, if you currently have more than one account (login), each of which has posts associated with it, and therefore also post count, then once the migration to vB is done, it will be possible to merge those accounts together into a single account. The resulting post count will be the sum of the counts in all of the merged accounts. The surviving user name can be whichever one of the current / old names you prefer. This change will also be seen by people browsing the forum -- your old posts will appear under the new / merged name.
Second is name changes. vB doesn't support display names. The name that other people see will start out being the same name that you currently use to login to CS. Superior (and other admins, as needed) will work to process name change requests after the move is done. However, since it requires an admin's time, and since some people find name changes confusing, you will only be allowed to change your name about once per year after the initial one.