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Subject: I've changed my GamerTag - bungie.net not updating
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I've changed my gamertag but Bungie.Net didnt pick up the new name. Everything works fine, but I'd rather be new me instead of old me. Ideas?

  • 11.19.2007 4:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: OccamsMeat
I've changed my gamertag but Bungie.Net didnt pick up the new name. Everything works fine, but I'd rather be new me instead of old me. Ideas?
I would suggest playing a matchmaking game online in Halo 2 and/or Halo 3 so that the system recognizes the gamertag change and uploads your game data, along with updating your profile at the same time.

  • 11.19.2007 4:27 PM PDT
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No good - though good suggestion. Any other ideas?

  • 11.20.2007 12:52 PM PDT

еat аll уour рies іn ѕecret сamps
the Shadows are watching.

When did you change it? I have heard that it can take a while for the changes to become visible.

  • 11.20.2007 12:55 PM PDT
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yeah i am having the exact same problem i also went up in rank and i have not yet gone up on the forums yet

  • 12.02.2007 1:38 PM PDT

because if seeing is believing,
then believe that we have lost our eyes

If its the same gamertag with a changed name, give it a day or two to work out.

Edit: Why was this bumped?

[Edited on 12.02.2007 1:41 PM PST]

  • 12.02.2007 1:40 PM PDT
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i dont know, i JUST posted b4u so that may be it

  • 12.02.2007 1:45 PM PDT
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Your gamertag is not the same as your bungie.net account, unfortunately.

Bungie offers no way to change the name of your bungie.net account.

There is a complicated solution coming on the 4th with the fall update though. If you REALLY want to change your name on Bungie.net you can do the following.

Once the new update hits your xbox on the 4th you will be able to change your Live ID.
You could go create a new Live ID, switch your gamertag to the new Live ID, then log into bungie.net with your new Live ID.
Bungie.net would recognize that you've never signed in with that ID before and it would ask you to create a NEW Bungie.net account.
At that point you could still access your old Bungie.net account with the old live ID, but your gamertag would no longer be associated with that account, so logging in with that one would make it so you couldn't see your friends list from Bungie.net or download files to halo 3. You'd only be able to that stuff with the new account because you would have switched your gamertag to that account.

Complicated I know, but at least it's an option. There used to be (and currently is until the 4th) no other option.

  • 12.02.2007 8:48 PM PDT