Name Availibility Search

Deleted • 3 February 2015 at 9:23 PM

I was just thinking of this now.

So you know how right now to find out if a name is available you have two options:

One, try it on your creature and see if it says the name is taken,

Two, search up the name under creatures and search through creatures containing that phrase.

What if we had a search option where you could put in a name, (you would have to type it exactly as you want it,) and then it would be like usernames where it would either say, yes this name is available or no, this name is taken.

Open to all feedback.

lykhaos117 • 3 February 2015 at 9:34 PM

@dramatic

No offense, but I don't see how this would be faster than just typing in the name when you steal an egg or renaming one in the Town Hall. Maybe there could be a list of names somewhere though so people could see what's taken.

Deleted • 3 February 2015 at 9:36 PM

@lykhaos117 I do see your point.

After you type in the name, for me at least, the page reloads, and then it will tell you. For people with slower computers it would just be a little bit faster.

Again, this was just a quick idea that came to me.

whereiscupcake • 4 February 2015 at 12:46 PM

@dramatic This wouldn't benefit me but I can see how it would benefit people who collect names/want a certain name- especially when it has a word like 'star' in it which brings 86 pages of creatures (no kidding). In searching for the creature with that name it really would speed things up for many users.

When naming a creature, though, I think that rather than having a seperate search it would be better to have something like when your username availability is checked when you sign up (as you type it, underneath there is either a tick or cross with a message to say whether it's available or not) so you can see immediately rather than refreshing/clicking on and off of stuff.

Deleted • 4 February 2015 at 7:26 PM

@whereiscupcake Yeah. I think that would be better than having a seperate search.

metaphor • 7 February 2015 at 8:16 AM

I would like an exact search. That would be super helpful for me. So yes, I support.

Deleted • 10 February 2015 at 7:43 PM

If it would be a list of words, then yes.
A multiple list of words for name search

You can randomly try names that you like and you can run a full search for them - and the ones which are available will pop up - as available.