I think the only reason they let people change their names during the emigration to Asura was if two people had the same name coming from different servers.
I think the lads at Penny Arcade put it best with this:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-10-10
BTW, Luong... are you asian by any chance?
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