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BattleNet has the same number system. This just leads to numbers in the names.

• soulofmischief 3y ago
  I cannot fathom why they don't already understand this.
  • Gigachad 3y ago
    I had a think about it, and I could tell you my exact username for every platform except discord. I don't put numbers in my username and my main username (not this one) is never taken. This seems like the problem Discord is facing, their system enforces the worst case scenario for all users rather than just the ones with common usernames.
  • prepend 3y ago
    I assumed they were trying to be nice to users who hate having “supergamer” already taken so they just let everyone who wants “supergamer” use it and tack on some numbers. Seems like a short term solution to seemingly make users happy but really leads to pain in the long run. I think this helps initially with 3rd gen services like discord where they don’t want to turn off users who can’t get a “good handle.” That and lots of discord users were just using it for small gaming groups so why should I need a globally unique id if I just want to talk to 8 friends playing counter strike? Of course, this sucks in the long run due to confusion around who is doing what when discord wants you to use it as a twitter competitor. And they are more established to inconvenience users to change their handles to unique.