I always get hit by edge cases, it seems

I'm not sure I've heard of that happening to other people. I don't think it's happened to me. I don't play on other servers that much though.

Hello ladies and gents,

I understand that Miasma Warfare forces a ending on nicknames corresponding to the country of origin of the IP address of the player.
I also understand that sometimes, an admin may decide to force a nickname onto a player, because of whatever (players 'hiding' behind another nickname, etc).

I don't know in which case I fall, but I have an issue with how it's working for me. From my end, miasma warfare forces me to adapt a nickname formatted as Gil-galad_(PT), displayed as Gil-galad (PT) in the server.

Overall, since it's the rule on Warfare, I have no complaints while playing there ; I have seldom changed my nick anyway, but there's something that have bothered me for a long while now. When I join another server, my nick, which I deem to be Gil-galad (no ending), is displayed as Gil-galad_(PT), which is not my choice or wish, because it's cumbersome and ugly.  Tolkien didn't write it like that, and I intend, when it's my choice, for it to be displayed like I want it, clean and simple.

The point being that Miasma Warfare changes my nickname when I join the server, because of its own rules. I can accept that, there's arguably some valid reasons to do so, in the interest of the players. What I want it to not have to change my nick manually every time I play elsewhere, nor for my nickname to be displayed as Gil-galad_(PT).

So I don't know how it's doing that for me, why my nick is changed on my local files when I join the server instead of just being displayed differently in the server. my end goal, here, is for my nickname not to be altered in such a way when I join other servers ; I do not think a legitimate solution is to change that manually each time I chose to play elsewhere.

furthermore, I don't think other players have to do that, to the best of my knowledge, and I’m a bit miffed by this possible differential treatment if that's the case.
If you could enlighten me, it'd be much welcome

I'm asking for the server to use a solution that is practical and results in my nick to be unaltered when I join other servers.

For speakers users, be sure you set AutoHRTF to False in ut2004.ini.
HRTF is only good/makes sens if you use headphones.

Will try something else for a bit.

More frequent of force to choose less played maps but also allowing the repeat of more played ones more often too.