could the user not have had a custom field for player number and then ignored wp user number for his purposes
I’m assuming you’re talking about the last question that this User asked:
Right now, WP users are assigned regular user IDs (1, 2, 3, etc…). Is there a way with s2Member to create a custom user ID pattern? In other words, we need our user IDs to be 6 characters instead of 1.
This is a possibility, but it would require custom code as well, because an ID would need to be generated for each User, and it would be need to be unique. The WordPress User ID is the easiest way to get a unique ID for a User. If you want to change the format of the User ID, I would recommend posting this question on the WordPress.org forums. s2Member uses the core WordPress Users functionality so if you can find a way to change it through a filter in the WordPress User creation process, then it would work fine with s2Member.
I would like to reopen up above question – and get advice from gary sweeney – is their a direct way to contact other users?
No, I’m afraid there’s not. Sorry about that.