BF2 account name questions

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Sobek

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I just got BF2 this weekend after waiting till decent patches and fixs came out. I set it up using the name I have used for years: Sobek. It said that was taken so I cussed at the screen and decided to use [H] Sobek. Now whenever I login it says I am Sobek [H] Sobek. This is anoying to me. I want to just use Sobek.
I tried creating another name and got similar results. I logged into gamespy and used my old ID and changed my email and username and updated. Logged back into BF2 and tried retrieve account using email. That didn't work as it gave me the same Sobek [H] Sobek.

My questions are:
How do I get it to where I just have my name as Sobek or an entirely new username? Do I have to uninstall BF2, create a new account with different email than the one I have already used?
I just started playing this weekend and have no problem loosing what little I have earned if I change account info. I just want my user name to be something I like.

side rant:
I can't believe how gay EA is to use this crap and to make it so difficult. In UT2K4 there are only 2 other Sobek's besides myself and I know which one I am from those. I hope future games don't start doing similar things. I would gladly pay a one time small fee to register a name to be the only one with it.
 
anyone? Just played for 3 hours and increased my stats a bunch and I don't want to keep playing under the current name. Advice please?
 
You should just be able to create a new account name at the login screen. BF2 allows for mutliple accounts. But your stats won't transfer between them, each name will have it's own stats.
 
Jeriko_Cherry said:
You should just be able to create a new account name at the login screen. BF2 allows for mutliple accounts. But your stats won't transfer between them, each name will have it's own stats.
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I know that. I believe that there is a master account name for the cd key/game itself and then you can have different ones for each account afterwards. I'm just trying to figure out why it says I am Sobek [H] Sobek while I am playing when I didn't choose that. It just shows [H] Sobek at the login.
 
Vol said:
Did you write "Sobek" as the prefix?
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I can't remember but I may have. I'm just going to reinstall it I think. EA's online help isn't very helpfull.

When it first prompts me to creat an account what should I do exactly?
 
When you start the game and get at the login screen, the prefix box should be empty even if you entered something in it previously. Here is what I did to delete the invisible prefix (this sounds stupid but it worked for me...): I wrote "asdf" then deleted "asdf" then logged in. My prefix was then removed from game.
 
Sobek said:
I can't remember but I may have. I'm just going to reinstall it I think. EA's online help isn't very helpfull.

When it first prompts me to creat an account what should I do exactly?
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NO! If you made it the prefix, when you log in, put something in the prefix box. (), 0, something. If it changes to () [H] Sobek, then you put Sobek in the prefix box. Reinstalling will do NOTHING to fix the problem if you truly made your account Sobek [H] Sobek.
 
If you did put un Sobek in the prefix, I believe you can delete it without having to create a new account
 
I tried putting 0 in the prefix box and it came out 0 [H] Sobek. I uninstalled and am going to reinstall and start over.
 
Read my previous post before reinstalling. Also, reinstalling won't change nothing about your prefix...
 
Reinstalling helped. I sent myself a gmail invite and created a new email account. I cant use Sobek and my other choce was taken so I went with UsuqaMaDiq. It's from an SNL sketch about "suspected" terrorists in the US submited by college kids. Robert Deniro read them off on "C-Span" Google it!
My other favorites are M'Balz Es-Hari, Haid D'Salaami, and Mustaf Herod Apyur Poupr! Funny stuff and fitting if I play as MEC.
Thanks for the help.
 
Just delete the account with the name you dont want then you will be allowed to creat a new one with your old E-Mail address. It is a pain they only allow one Account Per E-Mail!
 
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