O.k. the whole structure of the name retrieval set-up by mackie-man is completely unfair.. He expects the people who play subspace now, to have the same machine I.D. and I.P, as they did when they created their name? What about the players who created their names 5+ years ago? Five years ago the internet was in its newb stages, AOL ran the show and you were elite if you had a 56k modem and a 466mhz computer. The majority of us were barely getting by with a 133mhz 16mb of ram hot-shot computer. !@#$%^&* I had to honestly snap 2 wires togather to turn on my compaq with my 800x600 res p.o.s. monitor. I was rockin' COMPUSERVE email account while sitting at the kitchen table where the computer was set up. The point being, I can't get my name back cause I have a new computer, a new email address, and a new Ip adress. He quotes on his website "Rationale: By checking the IP and MID information on both usernames and ensuring a match, we can keep confusion and fraudulent claims to a bare minimum." That is completely irrational. He also says that he will not accept explinations saying that everyone in the zone knows thats their name.. Why not?! if you go to the owner of a zone, and the staff, the owner sysops, hmods, mods, and so forth.. the trusted leaders of a respected zone, why wouldn't you trust their word? if you ask MIKETHENOSE, NURPLES, PERNILLE, TELSON, of 17th parallel if Maynard is MEKS, they will all say yes, i think their word is more rational then expecting someone to have the same machine ID as they did in the 90's, get real mackie man, PLATINUM-HALO had it right, he realizes this is a game and doesn't take it so seriously, you are treating it like it's top-secret high security special ops information. it's friggin subspace. lighten up, lower yur guidlines, and let me get my freakin stupid name back MEKS, oh how valuable, we must walk on egg-sASSS and check all the loopholes to make sure that MEKS doesn't fall into the wrong hans, that name is hot on the market, all the people in NN2 chat would KILL for that name, we must uphold the law.. well i know this will get me no where, but i was in school with nothing to do so i decided to post, ill go back to the name request website as soon as i set up a archaeological dig sight and uncover the remains of my compaq presario, and ill call up AOL and tell them to revive the bankrupt compuserve, so i can get my super mega amazing ultra elite name back: MEKS i love you all, love meks