Every account has a UUID (unique user identification) but most unique usernames are already taken. That becomes stressful because most nice, unique, and simple usernames are simply inaccessible for new players and it places unnecessary value on older accounts and incentivizes buying old accounts.
To solve this, I propose allowing duplicate usernames. No more preventing others from having the same name.
A successful example of this in practice is with Steam. Steam allows people to pick any username regardless if another player has it. Valve's games such as Team Fortress 2 accommodate separate players with the same username on the same server by adding a greyed-out (0) or a (1) next to the player's username to indicate they're different people.
Players should be able to choose any username they'd like, regardless if another player already has the same name. We still have Unique User ID and can simply make ways for OPs to distinguish between multiple of the same username.
This would then no longer place arbitrary value on accounts that were made long ago with unique names and allow newer players access to nice usernames.
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