painterfox

I'm still getting "The specified online account name is already in use. Please try using a different one"  when I try "painterfox"  I have "painterfox" on the revora ID but I can't log in in-game as that.  I have to add some random numbers or something every time.  I think that is due to "painterfox" is being an old gamespy ID, but I could be wrong. In the revora account profiles I have, "painter_fox", "painterf0x", and "painterfox1" but not just plain "painterfox".    Yeah its sort of a silly thing to want to reclaim a zero win/loss account just to get the exact name, but here I am. 

Sorry to be this much trouble.

 I changed my revora name to painterfox1 and went online using it. Is it enough just to touch the server and see the chat or do I need to start/join a game?