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Question:

Why is there a number after my nickname?



Question originally asked by NintendoWFC (3) on Feb 9, 2007 at 10:44pm (Eastern Time)


Answer:

We decided to put user id numbers after nicknames for several reasons.

  • Non-Uniqueness
    For starters, nicknames are not unique. The purpose of nicknames is to be able to find someone you played against over Nintendo WiFi by searching for their WiFi Nickname.

    Since Nintendo WiFi allows anyone to make any name (for exmaple, 2000 people could all go by "Jason"), we had to allow this as well. That way if you are looking for "Jason", you can browse all the results and try to find him.

    Since nicknames are not unique, you can now distinquish between "Jasons" by their user id number.

  • Identity Protection
    Since anyone can make their nickname "Jason", they can pretend to be a different person who also goes by "Jason". One day you might think Jason is nice, and then the next day he seemed like a meanie! Come to find out later they were two different people.

    Now that user id numbers are displayed, no one can pretend to be another person. Everyone has a different user id number.

  • Website Errors
    Some of our pages (for example, the chat room) were not responding correctly during testing when two people tried to access it with the same nickname. Having user id numbers appended resolves this issue.

  • Etc...
    There are many other reasons that we decided to append user id numbers to nicknames, but these are the main reasons and should pretty much clear up most questions about this topic. Feel free to discuss this topic by clicking the appropriate link below.



    Question answered by NintendoWFC (3) on Feb 9, 2007 at 10:56pm (Eastern Time)


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