Username





A Username is the name of a player's character within the world of RuneScape. It uniquely identifies the player's account within Jagex's systems. Players must choose their own username as part of the process of creating an account, and they currently cannot change it at any time afterwards. Previously, any player who was not happy with his or her account's username could only abandon the account and start all over again with a new one. However, on 1 October 2009, Jagex created a way for members to change their viewable name. This was called a display name.

A display name was used to enter a clan, find a player on the hiscores, appeared as the username. But, players still had to log in using their usernames. The clan chat could still be entered by entering the username.

The username is the foremost method of recognition between players. Often players may not know what another player's character looks like, especially given that a character's appearance can change - this may be simply via changing its clothes or making more drastic changes via the Make-over Mage.

Usernames are also used to identify players on Friends Lists and Ignore Lists. Players can add others to either of these by right-clicking an entry they have made in the message box, and selecting "Add to Friends" or "Add to Ignore".

Other functions require players to type in someone else's username, and they must do this with absolute accuracy for the function to work. These include when entering another player's house, and when reporting another player for violating the Rules of RuneScape.

Moderators
Jagex Moderators have a gold crown next to their name in chat and Player Moderators will have a silver crown next to their name in chat. Thus showing you that they are a Moderator.