[b]@Ephemeral[/b] I agree with you that the privilege to change your username one time should be [b]hard to earn[/b]. However, as for the privilege being granted [b]only[/b] through winning a contest, to me, seems a little bit unfair. Only because I'm looking at my position in this which is......I'm not a skilled CSS or Overlay or a Graphics maker and I'm not a coder so I likely will never enter/win any kind of contest here in FTalk. I've learned a few tricks and tweaks here and I'm contented with that as I'm happy with my simple knowledge. (However my simple knowledge is not going to win me any contests). That being said, I don't feel that I can't 'earn' that privilege somehow. I think I'm a respectable member here and I think I do a good job at following the rules and when there is somebody in need of help, although I usually cannot fix their problem, I point them in the right direction. I think being a good, respectful, active member is a contribution to FTalk when you look around and see how many spammers and flamers we have here in FTalk and how many 'cursed members' we have and how many members have been banned. Then you have those of us who have stuck around, remain active, try to be helpful, and show respect to the fellow members. Without active members this forum would be pretty lame. To change a username.....okay, we could make the 'post requirement' 7,500+ (the final FTalk ranking). How many members around have attained that final rank? Not many. And it's a hard rank to obtain. If a member reaches that rank, it's because he/she has stuck around (and obviously has tried to follow rules otherwise he/she would have been banned) and remained active and contributed to FTalk. Just in my opinion, I think Admin would agree that a member who is active and respectful is a valuable FTalk member and hopefully at some point one of these active and respectful members could receive this privilege (if ever granted). I don't really see many disadvantages to this feature if it is a privilege that is made hard to obtain, and can only be done one time. Not many members will go great lengths to obtain this privilege if they don't respect the forum itself. I think those who would be interested in this feature would be few and far between, thus, not too much confusion for the Mods and also, those who would be interested in this feature would have good intentions for changing their username. One last thought. As for winning this 'privilege' through a contest. A spammer/flamer who is skilled in layout making/etc could achieve this privilege then. I don't think a 'skilled spammer' ( ) should be given that prize, while somebody like me is unable to win it just because of simple knowledge. Just my opinion.