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Subject: Would changing my gamertag now break anything?

Sorry to make yet another thread about the transition, but I'm going to change my gamertag soon, and I'm just wondering if there's anything related to B.net that doing so now would interfere with, like the new player model updating for example.

I understand new updates are frozen, I guess I'm just being overly cautious. Thanks!

  • 04.01.2012 3:23 PM PDT

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It may....I dunno....

  • 04.01.2012 3:24 PM PDT
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  • 04.01.2012 3:25 PM PDT

It might, I seem to recall people having issues with Halo 2 stats when changing their gamertag after the shut down.

[Edited on 04.01.2012 3:25 PM PDT]

  • 04.01.2012 3:25 PM PDT
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Good question. If you simply rename your gamertag (as opposed to linking a different Live ID), Bungie.net shouldn't break for you. But, you'll continue to see your old gamertag on all your service records because without new game data coming in, we won't notice the change.

Separately, a couple people who renamed their gamertags a few years ago have asked why their Halo 2 stats disappeared yesterday. We'll be taking care of that ina couple days, and they'll come back. It's a known symptom of the transition that has to be fixed after everything else is done.

  • 04.01.2012 3:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: sawnose
Bungie.net shouldn't break for you.


Challenge accepted.

  • 04.01.2012 3:28 PM PDT

Posted by: sawnose
Good question. If you simply rename your gamertag (as opposed to linking a different Live ID), Bungie.net shouldn't break for you. But, you'll continue to see your old gamertag on all your service records because without new game data coming in, we won't notice the change.

Separately, a couple people who renamed their gamertags a few years ago have asked why their Halo 2 stats disappeared yesterday. We'll be taking care of that ina couple days, and they'll come back. It's a known symptom of the transition that has to be fixed after everything else is done.

Awesome, that's pretty much what I figured. Thanks for the quick reply, and for making all this awesomeness happen in the first place! :D

  • 04.01.2012 3:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: sawnose
Bungie.net shouldn't break for you.

Boom

  • 04.01.2012 3:41 PM PDT

Xbox LIVE gamertag: Dat3lessNutella
Steam username: TopWargamer
To look up my Halo stats...search for the gamertag TopWargamer.
SAVED THREAD PAGES: 283
One does not simply get rid of TopWargamer so easily.
You know this to be true.
ALL HAIL GABEN


Posted by: sawnose
Good question. If you simply rename your gamertag (as opposed to linking a different Live ID), Bungie.net shouldn't break for you. But, you'll continue to see your old gamertag on all your service records because without new game data coming in, we won't notice the change.

Separately, a couple people who renamed their gamertags a few years ago have asked why their Halo 2 stats disappeared yesterday. We'll be taking care of that ina couple days, and they'll come back. It's a known symptom of the transition that has to be fixed after everything else is done.

>Halo 2 stats returning

<3
:D

  • 04.01.2012 4:05 PM PDT


Posted by: TopWargamer
>Halo 2 stats returning

<3
:D

Halo 2 stats never left!

  • 04.01.2012 4:11 PM PDT