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Why would users be scared of using your own personalised link such as https://smgclan.net/member.php?action=re...errer=7092 but not scared of https://smgclan.net/ or https://smgclan.net/member.php?action=register? Lets play devil's advocate here and assume you're right, they are scared.

We actually have this option anyway (or something similar anyway).



This is also an auto-complete field, so the user registering doesn't actually have to remember your username fully, just partially. They type in a few letters of your username, your name comes up, then bam, you have the referral. The main two reasons why we use usernames over codes are as follows:

• Usernames are easier to remember than codes
  
• The user registering can clearly see who they're putting as their referrer