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Wandering Swordsman
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Greetings, I have three questions:

(1.)
When I try and change my Forum User name to my preferred name it says:
Warning: Your Forum Name needs to have some spaces in it if you want to have it that long!

But its only 10 characters long! (If the max is 30 then what’s going on?)

(2.)
The 'Acceptable Usage Policy' states:
By attaching files to your forum messages you are giving The Game Creators automatic rights to distribute those files for free in any of their other sites / publications.

Does this mean if I post anything to do with the programs I write that I intend to distribute/sell/etc they can give it away for free with my consent?

(3.)
Also, If I post up a Forum avatar will it become property of 'The Game Creators Ltd' or remain my own?

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 15th Jun 2006 01:33
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Quote: "But its only 10 characters long! (If the max is 30 then what’s going on?)"


The max is 30 characters INCLUDING some spaces. You cannot have a long column breaking forum name, so use something with less characters in it.

Quote: "Does this mean if I post anything to do with the programs I write that I intend to distribute/sell/etc they can give it away for free with my consent?"


If you've posted the file here, you've already given it away for free, haven't you? It simply means we are allowed to reproduce whatever you upload here, elsewhere, without your consent. In reality all this means is we'd mirror the file on our file server should we mention it in the newsletter.

Quote: "Also, If I post up a Forum avatar will it become property of 'The Game Creators Ltd' or remain my own?"


Nothing you post up becomes our property.

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Wandering Swordsman
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Posted: 15th Jun 2006 02:24
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Thanks for clearing 2 & 3 up for me.

Still confused about the forum user name though.
How many characters can I enter before I have to use a space?
I don't want to part with my Fav user name if I can avoid it.
*Sigh*

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 15th Jun 2006 04:56
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Usernames with a continuous 10 or more characters (and no spaces) break the layout of the forum (and look kind of daft anyway), hence the insistence to space it out a little.

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Wandering Swordsman
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Posted: 15th Jun 2006 06:04
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I've seen other user names with more then ten characters 'after' a space. So, as long as I have a string of characters then a space... I can have my preferred user name?

(Except it would have to have something before it. 'Wandering Swordsman' is kind of growing on me. I'm going to have to think carefully about this...)

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