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invalid characters direct connect just these guys ya know direct connect just these guys ya know topics relating to the direct connect network search home blog topic suggestion box bug reporting post list posts comments general adc clients documentation nmdc security developers release source code dc slots slots slots your tag is wrong invalid characters march 9 2006 by fredrik ullner leave a comment if you ve tried to be an elite hacker with dc you probably have noticed that some characters are directly forbidden to use in the nick put in another way you can t enter them they are dollar sign this character is used by the nmdc protocol thus it is unavailable i predict this will later be removed due to the upcoming adc protocol pipe this character is also used by the nmdc protocol thus it is unavailable if i get the termonology right it s called a seperator it seperates commands in the protocol i predict this will later be removed due to the upcoming adc protocol greater than space this character is also used by the nmdc protocol thus it is unavailable if i get the termonology right it s called a delimiter it is used to show that you re continuing on a command now you of course think but hey i ve seen people with a space in their name well yes that s possible you will need to use a different ascii character to write this try and hold down alt and press 2 5 5 on the numeric keyboard i like to call this character a hard space you probably can do this with the rest of the characters i haven t bothered to try share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading related filed under general leave a comment cancel reply recent posts dc 0 884 is out dcvault net a new home for the direct connect community introducing dc experimental 2026 the year when a dc came back dc 0 883 is out archives archives select month august 2026 september 2025 july 2025 may 2025 february 2025 november 2024 march 2024 november 2023 october 2022 september 2022 april 2022 november 2021 september 2021 march 2020 november 2018 october 2018 october 2017 may 2017 february 2017 january 2017 november 2016 october 2016 september 2016 january 2016 august 2015 may 2015 april 2015 january 2015 may 2014 april 2014 november 2013 september 2013 august 2013 july 2013 june 2013 may 2013 march 2013 february 2013 january 2013 october 2012 september 2012 august 2012 july 2012 may 2012 april 2012 march 2012 february 2012 december 2011 october 2011 september 2011 august 2011 july 2011 june 2011 may 2011 april 2011 march 2011 january 2011 december 2010 november 2010 september 2010 august 2010 july 2010 june 2010 may 2010 april 2010 march 2010 february 2010 january 2010 december 2009 october 2009 september 2009 august 2009 july 2009 june 2009 may 2009 march 2009 february 2009 january 2009 december 2008 november 2008 october 2008 july 2008 june 2008 april 2008 march 2008 january 2008 december 2007 november 2007 october 2007 september 2007 august 2007 july 2007 june 2007 may 2007 april 2007 march 2007 february 2007 january 2007 december 2006 november 2006 october 2006 september 2006 august 2006 july 2006 june 2006 may 2006 april 2006 march 2006 links comment registration dc development hub dc faq dcnf forum direct connect network foundation dcnf hub list nightly builds protocol adc protocol nmdc meta create account log in entries feed comments feed wordpress com blog at wordpress com comment reblog subscribe subscribed direct connect just these guys ya know join 38 other subscribers sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy direct connect just these guys ya know subscribe subscribed sign up log in copy shortlink report this content view post in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar d design a site like this with wordpress com get started
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