Help The game (APB) is telling me that I will not be ranked because my username is already taken

[cncthang]

I am the real and genuine cncthang and I will not tolerate this. Just kidding, though it is kinda weird since I've been using this name since like 2013. Anyone know why this is happening or what I can do?

[Tank_Killer]

When you played previously, did you use capitalization with your username? The stats table behaves weird because of capitalization, and can't write to a new instance for you because CnCThang is, by a database standard, not different than cncthang or cncThang, etc.

@moonsense715 was able to help with my issue, but it did take some time.

Easiest fix, with the least work is to try with differing capitalization in your display name until you don't get that message - Then you've found the username of yours that exists already.

Edit: You should test different capitalization on a new map, as once you're on the server on one map, it keeps your information until a new one. So it can take awhile to sort.

Edited March 21, 2021 by Tank_Killer
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[moonsense715]

Your stats-saved username is Cncthang. You should either use that or tell me if you want to move your stats to a differently cased version.

[Tank_Killer]

19 hours ago, moonsense715 said:

Your stats-saved username is Cncthang. You should either use that or tell me if you want to move your stats to a differently cased version.

I have a feeling this might start coming up more often, do you have a macro written to do it quicker?

[moonsense715]

10 hours ago, Tank_Killer said:

I have a feeling this might start coming up more often, do you have a macro written to do it quicker?

I fixed the code while working on your account so it should be fast now

[cncthang]

I'll change it to capital C then. Thanks!