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BakeR [aeons] Jan 23, 2013 @ 11:04am
Changing group abbreviation/clan tag
How long does it take for an abbreviation/clan tag to become available again after you change it?
I'm trying to make a new group with the same clan tag from the old one, but I didn't realize they are unique.

So I changed the tag from the old group hoping it would free up to use in the new group, but it still isn't available after about a week now. (I've searched for other groups that maybe took the tag, there are none)

Basically; I changed the clan tag from an old group so I could use it in a new one, but it still says the tag is taken.

Anyone have information on this?
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BakeR [aeons] Jun 26, 2013 @ 10:18pm 
No, unfortunately they couldn't really tell me much.
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BakeR [aeons] Jun 28, 2013 @ 10:48am 
Nope :(
Steam support just told me the abbreviation is already in use even though I explained to them we've changed it.
Seems they're one-time use, even if you change the abbreviation of the original group.
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Propaganda of the Deed Feb 2, 2017 @ 3:05am 
BUMP

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Fen May 23, 2017 @ 4:06am 
Could be that the short amount of time that the name was free someone took it
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Cathulhu May 23, 2017 @ 4:10am 
Let four year old threads rest, please.
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Rouge Jun 23, 2017 @ 10:23am 
no sir
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Propaganda of the Deed Jun 23, 2017 @ 4:37pm 
4 years and still no official answer haha
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Propaganda of the Deed Jan 20, 2018 @ 3:13am 
Originally posted by JedGaming:
How about delete the group and create it again

Doesn't work
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ДДºBall-REGular-Ganda Mar 24, 2020 @ 4:16pm 
FYI I justed tested this in 2020. I pulled up the create new group page so I could use the check availability button.
http://steamcommunity.com/actions/GroupCreate

test method example clan tag/abbr. "AA"
group abbr is set to AA
goto groupcreate check availability of AA
result taken or invalid character
change abbr from AA to AB in group
goto groupcreate check availability of AA
result available

As fast as I could check it the tag was available after changing it in the already made group.

So I would say that you either had the stars align and got a glitch, unlucky or...
you had the stars align and somebody snagged your abbr. while you were changing it, unlucky^2

I'm here as part of my quest to find a way to get nonworking clanids to work in CS:S...some work some don't
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