I see the ability to change one's username has finally been achieved!  Honestly it's something I never expected to occur, but is a very welcome option in my book. I've seen my watch list this past week change a number of old-and-dusty, or silly-and-childish usernames, to a nice and easy *RealName.dev..  You can now be yourself,   or be anyone you want, all over again. And there is a multitude of reasons that you might desperately NEED to change that name.  Maybe you grew out of enjoying the franchise you named yourself after, or maybe you chose a name hastily without thinking about it too long. Maybe you're embarrassed to show your work professionally as ~tittyKurakoYAOIchan.

Whatever your reason, it doesn't matter anymore. You can finally show off your work to your friends, to your boss, and even to grandma without having to explain why you're called ^SuckMyNinja69.  And i'm sure we'd all like to avoid that awkwardness.

"Can i see your work online?"
"You bet!  it's at vashperado . deviantart . com"
"Vespa.. what?"
"Vashperado"
"Vespera  lo?
"Vash V-A-S-H per P -E-R Nevermind, i'll write it down, do you have a pen?"
*scribble scribble*
"OOOOH vashperado..  ok...   what the heck is that?"


So this option is there now, and that's all you need.  The choice is entirely yours to change or not to change, and that's a chill spot.  I myself,  having immediately regretting my choice of "vashperado" as soon as I signed up, and being quite sick of the above conversation, am ... welll..    undecided. Mainly because it's been 8 years since I chose it.  </YOUTH> and that's a long time..  <OLD>
In those 8 years i've made countless friends and acquaintances and seen so many great things,   it starts to feel like changing your name is a bit like erasing your history. Now that's really not true because you will have all the same watchers and they will be notified of the name change, but it is a long time to spend under a name to abandon it. It may not sound professional but when it comes down to it, Vashperado sounds a heck of a lot cooler than MikeNesbitt.devioblahblah...     That sounds like a lot of fun, doesn't it?    An art community full of boring names, so we dont appear to be having too much fun over here at all.

In 2004,  Vashperado i chose, and in 2012 Vashperado i shall remain!      

...for a while at least...   lol
until i have to explain what it means again haha

/TRIVIA SECTION/
I got the name vashperado from my buddy oshimagun (wonder if he will change that, hmmm?)
when we were in animation school and walking to the parking lot.  I was wearing some round shades a~la Vash The Stampede and carrying 2 guitar cases to the van, reminiscent of the dude in Desperado with the machine gun guitars. He looked over at me and said "Man you look like Vash/Perado!~"    
/end story/

AND NOW FEATURE TIME!!
BECAUSE I HAD THE SAME DAMN FEATURES STUCK DOWN HERE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR!!
...  BECAUSE I COULDNT FIND THE FOOTER OPTIONS IN THE SKIN CSS THING!!
....    BECAUSE FUCK YEAH!

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