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Apparently, they removed the command setinfo name "your name" and it doesn't do anything anymore.

Is there another way to change your TF2 name while in-game?

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I believe the Steam overlay is the only way, but I am not confident enough to write this as an answer. – Austin Mohr Jan 29 at 2:34
It could be that you're playing on a server that has manually disabled the command, not necessarily that it has been removed – Robotnik Jan 29 at 2:59
@Robotnik, I read in a few forums that they disabled it to avoid a exploit of some kind – jmfsg♦ Jan 29 at 13:07
@jmfsg - Ah ok. Do you still have the source? If so, could you add it? (Telling a diamond what to do, scary business :P) – Robotnik Jan 29 at 22:25
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Sorry, the Steam overlay is the only way you can change your in-game name. There just isn't any other way.

However, a while back, there WAS a way: Type "setinfo name (NAME)" in the console. This has however, been removed from the game and cannot be used.

Source: Looking through a bagillion sites.

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Yes, it was removed in an effort to stop those, all too common, hackers that constantly change their names so as not to be vote kicked. – Luck Jan 30 at 18:29
Too weak of a solution to be honest, they could have limited it to 1 change every hour, or session, or something like that. Well, too bad then. – jmfsg♦ Jan 31 at 12:52
@jmfsg Agreed >.> – Meraj99 Jan 31 at 14:20

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