To clarify, let's say you had a pet named Larry. His profile shows "Larry, Legacy Name: Larry". You then change Larry's name to Frederick the 3rd. His profile now shows "Frederick the 3rd, Legacy Name: Larry". Later, you decide you want to call him Freddy. Then his profile would show "Freddy, Legacy Name: Larry".

An important thing to remember: legacy names do not change.

1. You can use coding to hide the legacy name on the pet's profile. <style> .legacy-name {display: none;} </style>

The pet will still have the legacy name, and you will still be able to use the legacy-name-only links, but no one will be able to see it.

2. You can permanently remove a pet's legacy name at the Bathhouse Cleansing Pools and choosing "Fresh Start". This option was made available on 7/27/20.

This is free and unlimited, meaning you can do it to as many pets as you like, and it will not cost you sP, CSC, or any other currency. However, it is also permanent, so choose wisely. As put it, "once the legacy name is removed, that pet will just be like any other pet with no legacy name. So no more legacy name on the profile, and no more legacy name link (since that link goes to 'whatever pet has that name as its legacy name,' and after you clear it, there will be no pets who have that legacy name anymore.)"

However, if you have a pet name "Bobidhdh the boblehad_357" and you want to change their name to Dimple, you'd probably be really happy to get rid of that legacy section and just have the pet be like any pet created from now on. Especially if Bobidhdh was a name that is associated with some unpleasant memories.

Some people strongly value legacy names and prefer to adopt pets with legacy names whenever possible.

Remember, legacy names do not change. "Legacy names are set in stone, because they are meant to honor the name a pet had prior to today's update...there will never be a way to change the legacy name to a different name, as that would defeat the purpose of them." ( again)

It is possible to do a name exchange of a pet's actual name. There are certain restrictions, though:

• You can only name-swap if you haven't reached your monthly or weekly rename limit.
• Swapping names will count as a rename for both pets, towards your limit.
• Non-Gold accounts may name-swap once per week, but it counts as your rename for the week.

If a user admin does the name change in circumstances like these, it won't count towards your monthly name change limit.

Currently, the site only checks a pet's actual name, not their legacy name, for appropriateness and allowability. However, if your legacy name is an issue, you can file a ticket for that as well. Depending on the problem, staff may end up deleting the legacy name. Staff will only clear legacy names in the case of it breaking site rules regarding bad words, extreme vulgarity, etc. This is an actual violation of site rules.

If the name is "disallowed" due to something like invalid characters, periods, etc, and you don't want to change the name, you won't get a warning or anything like that. The reason for the "disallowed" notice is because certain site features (such as links) do not function correctly with certain pet names. There is also no penalty if you never make a ticket and choose to keep the grandfathered name - you will have to accept however that certain site features may not work properly with your pet and that those bugs will not be fixed.

Reference

1. With the ID link. For example: https://subeta.net/petinfo.php?petid=991230
2. With the name link, including the owner's name. For example: https://subeta.net/pets/written/catricia

If you have a pet with a legacy name, there are 3 ways to link to them. The two listed above, and: 3. With the name link, but without the owner's name. For example: https://subeta.net/pets/catricia

You can also use the shorthand links on the forums: [pet not found] ^ This works for both kind of pets. [pet not found] ^ This only works for pets with legacy names.

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If your pet's legacy name is not the same as its actual name, the links still work as above, but make sure you use the right name in the right link. The actual name will require the owner's name in the link. The legacy name will not.

If you find a workaround to this and accidentally end up with two pets of the same name, please file a ticket with admin so that they can fix this.

If you see a pet in the pound who has a name such as "LEGACY Ranch", this is due to a user changing that pet's actual name. Likely the user wanted to show that the pet's name, Ranch, is in fact a legacy name and to make it easier on fellow users who are looking for legacy names. But again, this is not an official designation, and the presence (or lack thereof) of LEGACY in the pet's name does not necessarily mean the pet does or does not have a legacy name.

If you look at IDs, all pets with an ID 5996000 or higher will absolutely not have a legacy name, because they were created after the change. Older pets will be a bit hit-or-miss, depending on whether or not their previous owner changed their name or cleansed them of their legacy name in the pool.

If you have a gold account, you can change each pet's name once a month. This is based on the calendar month, so if you changed a pet's name on the 27th of the month, you can change it again on the 1st of the next month. However, you would not be able to change it again until the 1st of the month after that.

If you have a regular account, you can change only one pet's name once a week (with the exception of name exchanges). This was a change implemented on 7/28/2020. The week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday, so if you change any of your pet's names within the week and you have a regular account, you will have to wait until the following Monday to change a pet's name again (either the same pet or a different pet).

Both options are free.

• The weekly limit resets on the rollover from Sunday to Monday each week.
• The monthly limit resets on the 1st day of each month.

However, if you changed a pet's name while having a regular account and then you obtained a gold account, you would not be able to change that pet's name again in the same month, because as says, "No, since the rule would be 'Did you already change this pet's name this month?' And the answer would be yes, regardless of what type of account you when you changed the name."

Or to put it simply: Regular account = one name change per account per week Gold account = one name change per pet per month

"This was an oversight, and it should no longer be possible (assuming I fixed the code up correctly). If you currently have two pets with the same name, please file a ticket to get one of them renamed by staff. Renames done by staff will not count towards your monthly limit." (per below).

It makes less sense to have non-unique usernames. First, there are considerably fewer users than pets, so the need is not there. Second, people refer to each other by their usernames, so talking on the forums and in the shoutbox would get quite confusing with non-unique usernames. And third, it would mess with the coding of the non-unique pet names.

Currently, the search page will only show you pets with the actual name you searched for, not the legacy name. Take my pet Rien for example. While her actual name is Rien, her legacy name is Notice. At the time of writing, if you search "Rien" you will see her listed as one of three pets with this name, but if you search "Notice" you will not see her listed.