valid Case-Sensitive Naming System

[Sharva 89]

Whenever we create an account in Tanki Online, we have to choose a unique username for our account, i.e. any other active account shouldn't be having that username. In a way or two, this is good because it not only helps in preventing confusion between players because of their usernames being the same, but also makes every player feel unique due to having a unique username that no one else does. However, it also has a con, and it is that if a player has any specific username for his account in his mind, prior to creating the account or changing the username of an existing account, he can't set that username if it has already been taken by any other player, thus making him feel dissapointed. Hence, I thought of a solution to this, which I think wouldn't be difficult to implement in the game — making usernames case-sensitive. Just in case someone doesn't know what case-sensitive means, let me explain:–

Suppose a player has an account in Tanki Online, that has this username — ABCDXYZ123.

Now, if another player wants to keep the same username for his account, he wouldn't be able to do it with the current naming system of Tanki, because it isn't case-sensitive. However, if the system does become case-sensitive, the player would be able to keep the exact same username for his account as well, by just changing the case of a letter or multiple letters in the username (the case of a letter is its state of being capital or small). So, let's say he decides to change the cases of the letters 'X', 'Y' and 'Z'. His username would look like this — ABCDxyz123.

In this case too, the characters in the username are the exact same as the other player's username. The difference lies just within the cases of the letters 'X', 'Y' and 'Z'.

If this update is implemented in the game, multiple players would be able to keep the same set of characters as their usernames, by just changing the cases of some letters, without compromising on any of the positives of the current naming system of Tanki. The username of each player would still be unique, as we would be able to differenciate between them by saying that a certain letter is capital/small in the username of a certain player, unlike any other player. Sure, the confusion between the usernames of players would increase slightly with this update in comparison to the current naming system, but it isn't really much of a problem if we see the bigger picture and consider the positive aspects of it.

I wanted to post this idea before the release of Tanki Classic, so that it can be implemented in Tanki Classic as well, before its release.

I hope the Tanki Devs consider this idea and implement it in both normal Tanki and Tanki Classic. I'm eagerly looking forward to it. Thanks a lot in advance 

[NikmanGT 4,417]

Valid

I am quite reluctant to this Idea, while players want their desired nicks, name duplication is being already done with several letters like lowercase of "L" and uppercase of "i".

People like to make similar nicks to the one they desire, either with additional 1 or 2 numbers or letters, and with your new Idea.

Now with the idea, players will make even more identical nicks.

[Sharva 89]

On 6/3/2025 at 5:12 PM, NikmanGT said:

Valid

I am quite reluctant to this Idea, while players want their desired nicks, name duplication is being already done with several letters like lowercase of "L" and uppercase of "i".

People like to make similar nicks to the one they desire, either with additional 1 or 2 numbers or letters, and with your new Idea.

Sure, but such duplications can be done with only a few letters. Also, being a perfectionist, I personally don't like to use lowercase "L" instead of uppercase "i", or vice versa, because even if it does look the same, back of my mind I know that it is not really the letter that I want to use in the username of my account. The same thing applies to adding numbers before the username. If I do that, I feel like I'm doing it because I'm compelled to do it unwillingly. I just want my username to be perfect evey time. That's why I posted this idea. It also helps in getting rid of the limitations of the current naming system of Tanki (although not a 100%), without compromising on any of its positives, and wouldn't even be that difficult to implement in the game (I think).

On 6/3/2025 at 5:12 PM, NikmanGT said:

Now with the idea, players will make even more identical nicks.

Yes, but that's precisely the motive behind this idea... for more people to be able to set their desired nicknames for their Tanki accounts.

Edited June 5 by Sharva