Yes, I know it's possible to fake names quite easily. That's why the CSS has the option to highlight mods names (like underscore). I just don't use it here as I don't want to appear to be lording it over you with special status.

The solution would be to restrict usernames to ASCII only, but then that would be unfair on international users, especially for non-Latin scripts.

Ultimately, the reason I allow such name spoofing to be possible is because NNF is designed for smaller, tighter communities, many times private, where everybody knows each other and isn't inclined to be forging identities in the first place. The humans in your system are just as much a part of the code as what goes on the server-side.

NNF would never scale to the size of random anonymous internet users that descend upon places like minecraftforum.net, so why waste time trying to make it work for that kind of community in the first place? Know thy patrons.

If you've suggestions or some points to discuss regarding spoofing, please feel free to shoot us the breeze and I'd enjoy discussing it. Maybe there is a solution somewhere to this?