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GETTING YOUR QAUTH CHANGED AFTER LOSING YOUR OLD ONE
First off, in case you are a very old user who has not played at DotaPickup in a long time, I suggest you also read the Startersguide to see all the changes and new things to be done.

It is important however to not follow the exact same steps as presented there. Read below to see the differences

Follow steps 0 and 1 in the Startersguide, create your new Qauth and join the channel without any hostname masking tools.
Because you are an old user and not a new user, you should not create another forum account (if you still have your old forum account). If you have also lost your old forum account, try to retrieve it. Finally, if you cannot retrieve it, you can go ahead and make a new forum account anyway (this is however, the least wanted outcome, so try to get your old one)

• If you need to make a new forum account:
  
  • You can follow the exact same steps as the New user guide, except for the syntax of your request thread (read "Making an Old User Request Thread" below)

• If you still have your old forum account:
  
  ONLY FOR OLD USERS WHO STILL HAVE THEIR FORUM ACCOUNT:
  
  • IMPORTANT:Make sure you do NOT generate your DPAuthkey on the forum, doing so will link your forum account to your old QAuth and you do NOT want this to happen!! CHECK your profile and see which auth it has, and then compare it to the auth you use. If they don't match = your forum account is NOT ready to validate
  • Do NOT attempt to validate your account as long as your forum account still has the old Qauth attached to it. You cannot change Qauth yourself so don't look for a way to. After you have made your old user request thread, go to #dotapickup.help and ask an admin to change it for you. When you query an admin, tell him you were asked to do this and give him the URL of your thread. He will then be able to change the Qauth in your profile account, after which you can proceed.
  • Go to your profile (make sure an admin has changed your Qauth to the new one you wish to use from now on) and generate your DPAuthkey. You will receive a set of letters and digits which you can use to validate your account (like it says in the startersguide). When you have validated your account you are ready and only have to wait for an admin to handle your reacception.

• "Making an Old User Request Thread"

  • Go to the forum, and enter the New User Request section (where you read this post). Click on the "Old & Expired" subsection to enter it. Click the button “new topic” on the top right corner to create your old user request. You have to name your thread "Old User <Day>/<Month>", so if you are making your thread on the 1st of January, your thread should be named "Old User 01/01"
    The correct syntax for making an old user request is as follows (you can copy this format to make it easier for us and for yourself).
    
    • 1. Your IRC & INGAME NICK - Stick to the one you write here! As long as you play on pickup! Or keep it very similar in the future.This nick should be very similar to the name you use INGAME, so people can see who you are. Changing nick = more problems = less games for you.
    • 2.1. Your OLD QAUTH (old Q account NAME - make it clear that this is the one you lost)
    • 2.2. Your NEW QAUTH (new Q account NAME - don't include your password and do not give your password to anyone if you want your account to remain secure.)
    • 3. People you know that play here – If you have friends playing here, you may ask them to vouch for you to speed up the process, but as long as there are no problems the reacception period should not take long.
  • Note: If you have friends and they do vouch for you, they should do so by clicking the green up-arrow next to your post, they will be asked to provide a reason and afterwards you will see the amount of vouches you have. Tell them they should not post in your thread unless it is absolutely necessary as this can confuse things for the handling admin.

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