# Halloween names have been changed back **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 1, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853 "2013-11-01T16:25:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853/1 "2013-11-01T16:25:04Z")
If you had the mods change your username to something zombified or ghoulish or otherwise wacky for Halloween, your name should now be back to normal. I’ve emailed all users to notify them of these changes, but I’m posting it here as well just to make sure. Please email me or the webmaster if you have any problems logging back in. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853/2 "2013-11-01T16:47:28Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Please email me or the webmaster if you have any problems logging back in. If your brain has been eaten, however, we don’t want to know about it.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853/3 "2013-11-01T16:55:54Z")
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaames! Naaaaaaaaaaaaames! Oops, sorry, it’s so easy to get into the habit. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853/4 "2013-11-01T16:57:37Z")
Is there a list anywhere matching up Halloween names with the usual usernames? Some were obvious, some less so. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853/5 "2013-11-01T17:01:39Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Is there a list anywhere matching up Halloween names with the usual usernames? Some were obvious, some less so. [Here’s the thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=706663) The list is Post #4. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853/6 "2013-11-01T17:02:23Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Is there a list anywhere matching up Halloween names with the usual usernames? Some were obvious, some less so. [Over here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16810626&postcount=4) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853/7 "2013-11-01T17:08:03Z")
Since the Boo! Forum will probably go dark again before too long, I’ll post the list here: [QUOTE=Bob’s Zombie] **Cecil Adams** - Zombie Cecil Adams **Marley23** - Bob’s Zombie **Jonathan Chance** - Jonathan Chains **Happy Lendervedder** - Lendervedder’s Bloated Corpse **Annie-Xmas** - Undead Annie **Baker** - Moldy Bread **swampbear** - Rougarou **Digital is the new Analog** - Brains are the new Snack **Czarcasm** - Charredcasm **VunderBob** - Darryl’s Next Target **blondebear** - Garth Marenghi **Telemark** - Telemarked for Death **anyrose** - Rancid-Skullcracker **Prof. Pepperwinkle** - The Severed Head of Prof. P **Nava** - Sorgine **Sahirrnee** - Brains on the Half Shell **IvoryTowerDenizen** - DarkDungeonDenizen **FairyChatMom** - Carom Fa Thymi **dogbutler** - I ate Spock’s Brain **2gigch1** - 1096EX **Capt Kirk** - The Reaver **Inner Stickler** - Innards Snacker **EmilyG** - EmilyGhost **Euytchus** - Cthulhutychus **WhyNot** - AliveNot **MausMagill** - Dead Mouse in the Middle of the Road **Bob Ducca** - Bob Spooka **scareyfaerie** - Boo!Fae **Siam Sam** - Satan’s Spawn **Cat Whisperer** - Zombie Whisperer **kayaker** - Heehaw Jones **Sunspace** - Sundead **Poysyn** - The Poysynous Undead **NoClueBoy** - A Scanner Darkly **drewtwo99** - deadtwo99 **Amateur Barbarian** - Avulsed Brainstem **engineer\_comp\_geek** - engineer\_zomb\_freak **Elendil’s Heir** - Elendil’s Scabrous Hair **Zeldar** - Nosfernuthin **TruCelt** - TruCailleach **madrabbitwoman** - madrottingcarcasswoman **Shodan** - Sho-Damned **aruvqan** - zombivqan **CannyDan** - Died With All My Toys **Dread Pirate Jimbo** - Dread Zombie Jimbo **Anaamika** - Seymour Guts **kaylasdad99** - ghoulasdad99 **Knorf** - Knorf of the Damned **xt** - Loup Garou **Snowboarder Bo** - Babyeater Bohemoth **Tom Tildrum** - Bomb Killed Them **sentrix** - botfly **Gyrate** - Guy Rotting **Idle Thoughts** - Idle Malice **Chefguy** - Risen from the Gravy **elucidator** - Rotten Sumbitch **Ellen Cherry** - Ellen Gory **Rico** - Zombo **Jackmannii** - JackTheRippermannii **Heart of Dorkness** - Horde of Deadness **Skammer** - Screamer **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** - Le Monstre de l’au-delà **ZipperJJ** - UnzippedJJ **Fool in the Rain** - Gore in the Brain **Athena** - The Head Chef **runner pat** - shambler pat **Asimovian** - Re-Animated As Imovian **Vinyl Turnip** - Veinal Throatrip **Colibri** - Zopilote **Gary “Wombat” Robson** - Invisible Zombat **Gukumatz** - Boooo-kumatz **Missy2U** - Monster2U **twickster** - Twicking Dead **C K Dexter Haven** - C K Zombie Raven **Hal Briston** - Hal Gristleton **Miller** - Grave Filler **Leaffan** - Deaddfan **raventhief** - graventhief **brujaja** - ruckusuccubus **WordMan** - WordWolfMan **Gagundathar** - Gag A Maggot **Really Not All That Bright** - Really Ate All Those Braiiins **jsgoddess** - jsghoul **Left Hand of Dorkness** - Severed Hand of Dorkness **Frodo** - Undead Hobbit [/quote] ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853/8 "2013-11-01T17:16:17Z")
You realize of course that your zombie names are engraved forever, for all the world to see, everywhere any of you was quoted in another post. ETA: The post directly above this being an example. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853/9 "2013-11-01T17:20:35Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > You realize of course that your zombie names are engraved forever, for all the world to see, everywhere any of you was quoted in another post. Yes. But putting the names all in one place is a lot more convenient. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853/10 "2013-11-01T17:28:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > [Here’s the thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=706663) The list is Post #4. > [@runner pat](#): > > [Over here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16810626&postcount=4) Awesome! Thanks. Some really cleaver, um I mean clever, ones! > [@Senegoid](#): > > You realize of course that your zombie names are engraved forever, for all the world to see, everywhere any of you was quoted in another post. > > ETA: The post directly above this being an example. Without a doubt. But even then it’s not so easy to see them all, connected with the real names. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853/11 "2013-11-02T14:01:50Z")
That was fun! And I have a new-found appreciation for tasty, tasty brains. Just no craving anymore. And hamsters. ETA: Thanks to the mods, and especially the Admins for all the work of managing the names! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853/12 "2013-11-02T14:45:52Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > ETA: Thanks to the mods, and especially the Admins for all the work of managing the names! **TubaDiva** came up with the concept, and **Marley23** figured out how to do it, and did most of the actual name-changing, etc… Kudos to both of them – it was a lot of fun! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853/13 "2013-11-02T15:23:48Z")
So…a logistical thing that I found terribly easy on my end, but I wonder about it from the computerey end of things…I never had to log in with my Halloween name. I was logged in as WhyNot, and then got the email that it’d been changed to AliveNot, came back to the Dope, and was logged in as AliveNot already! How did that work? Is that always the case when a username is changed? I expected to have to rack my braaaaaaaains for my password. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853/14 "2013-11-03T00:48:29Z")
I loved every day of the zombie apocalypse. I was refering to it as a week long online halloween party 🙂 So heaps of thanks to those who thought it up, managed it and played along. You all did something really difficult - you made me feel happy for an extended period of time. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853/15 "2013-11-03T01:15:48Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > So…a logistical thing that I found terribly easy on my end, but I wonder about it from the computerey end of things…I never had to log in with my Halloween name. I was logged in as WhyNot, and then got the email that it’d been changed to AliveNot, came back to the Dope, and was logged in as AliveNot already! > > How did that work? Is that always the case when a username is changed? I expected to have to rack my braaaaaaaains for my password. Tapatalk completely freaked out about this. I ended up having to create a new account with my new user name! It was highly amusing. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-names-have-been-changed-back/672853/16 "2013-11-03T02:23:39Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > So…a logistical thing that I found terribly easy on my end, but I wonder about it from the computerey end of things…I never had to log in with my Halloween name. I was logged in as WhyNot, and then got the email that it’d been changed to AliveNot, came back to the Dope, and was logged in as AliveNot already! > > How did that work? Is that always the case when a username is changed? I expected to have to rack my braaaaaaaains for my password. As long as you remained logged in you didn’t have to worry about it. The cookies stored on your computer identified you my member number, not by name. If for any reason you logged out though you would have to log in again using the new name. The same applies to regular name changes, not just Halloween names.