I think I had a glitched name.

metaphor • 1 April 2012 at 11:46 PM

I had the name Evil and was just about to tranfer it to another pet, but as I did that, it told me it had been taken. Finding it out how a name I changed literally under a second ago could be snatched up so fast, I looked it up and it's on a Mummar. The person is not even online, which leads me to believe Evil was created as one of those duplicates somehow.

I'm sure there's not much that can be done about it. While I'm bummed, I can easily pick one of my other names for my Skully. I just thought I'd report it in case it would benefit anything in some way.😊

eggtrainer • 1 April 2012 at 11:55 PM

I noticed that too today XD

hedwig68 • 1 April 2012 at 11:55 PM

That is weird

@metaphor

tdn4_1_12 • 1 April 2012 at 11:56 PM

maybe a joke?

eggtrainer • 1 April 2012 at 11:58 PM

@metaphor: Did you create the name or trade/adopt from someone when you got it?

metaphor • 1 April 2012 at 11:58 PM

@tdn4_1_12


I was thinking that, but then I remembered my others went through fine. I've had the name for a while. Of course it seemed kind of too good to be true when I snatched it up, guess it was. xD

@eggtrainer

orly? o_o
I created it.

eggtrainer • 1 April 2012 at 11:59 PM

Yeah, I looked up the name "Evil" because I have a creature named "Good" and was seeing if that name was free. But then I noticed two creatures had the same name...

tdn4_1_12 • 2 April 2012 at 12:01 AM

Hm.. it is a random post but I am new to the site.

If anone can just tell me basics about eggcave it'd be nice

Im Jack btw

metaphor • 2 April 2012 at 12:03 AM

@eggtrainer


Oh well, that is interesting then. o__0

eggtrainer • 2 April 2012 at 12:03 AM

@metaphor: That's strange o_o Do you still have the name Evil? Because I just searched it up and there's only one now.

@tdn4_1_12: Hi Jack, welcome to Egg Cave! You can message me if you want XD Or go to the Welcomes & Introductions board 😊

metaphor • 2 April 2012 at 12:05 AM

@eggtrainer

No, not now because it wouldn't let me transfer the name to another creature. It said it was already taken, probably by the Mummar.

tdn4_1_12 • 2 April 2012 at 12:05 AM

I will message 😊

eggtrainer • 2 April 2012 at 12:06 AM

@metaphor: Oh :/ I'd say you should contact Ian about this. Good luck!

nkiay • 2 April 2012 at 12:06 AM

@metaphor

One time I was able to make a name with a space in front of the actual name. It was an accident and I thought it was a glitch too. Maybe you had something similar? Like a space behind it or in it somewhere, so you never really had the name Evil, hence why it didn't work when you tried to rename.

metaphor • 2 April 2012 at 12:07 AM

@nkiay

Hm, that could be it. Maybe I accidentally put a space in there somewhere and didn't realize it.

tdn4_1_12 • 2 April 2012 at 12:08 AM

Why did my post go through twice..? Atleast we can edit!! 😃

nkiay • 2 April 2012 at 12:11 AM

@metaphor

That's probably it, I had a nice name on mine too but because of the space the pet showed up at the first of the alphabet I thought I was going crazy. Lol Did you notice anything like that? If it was in the middle of the name maybe? Oh and it was impossible to look at the name and see the space, only if I copy and pasted could I tell.

metaphor • 2 April 2012 at 12:13 AM

@nkiay

I actually wasn't paying much attention, but now that you say something...the format may have been a little off. It still showed up in alphabetical order with the others, though.

nkiay • 2 April 2012 at 12:16 AM

That was probably it. That really sucks though ☹️ Its like loosing something to find out it was never yours. Not fun. Good luck with names though! Night 😸

I found the topic I made when this happened if you wanna look. Zac replied. 😉
http://eggcave.com/forums/topic/8798

Deleted • 2 April 2012 at 12:20 AM

@Metaphor
That happened to me with the name CutiePie. I was so angry.
The name Evil you had, had a space in the beginning of its name.