Purge of stocked Level 1 names...

[Swish]

I don't know about you guys, but I tried to make an alt the other night and it took probably 8-10 tries to get one I wanted, with a spelling that wasn't bordering ridiculous

Seryna vs Seriyynna ... as an example.

Naming your character is one of the most important things you can do. I know various people who are sitting on a bunch of names that they haven't used... with the server coming up for 6 years old I think it would be great to have some of those stored yet unused names available for use again.

What do you think? Any thoughts?

[TarukShmaruk]

Hell yeah purge that shit

[Biddil Arcfire]

Unless the char is camped in EC.

[Chokan]

Unless the char is camped in EC.

Inc tons of name alts moving to EC...

[indiscriminate_hater]

Not classic

[Cecily]

Would end up with many mules getting deleted. I support the idea, but it's ultimately a bad one because way too much collateral damage to let you name your ranger Legolas.

[Swish]

Even if everyone active playing all logged in those names and leveled them to level 2...you'd see 1000s of names returned to the pool.

Maybe just axe the Level 1s still holding their pvp book.

I'd never want a character called Legolas in any game!

[Cecily]

Unless the char is camped in EC.

I have mules in EC, NFP, Kelethin, and Rivervale.

Inc tons of name alts moving to EC...

Inc game changes because someone suggested something on the forum (lol)

[Chokan]

Inc game changes because someone suggested something on the forum (lol)

Inc someone who doesn't know what sarcasm is...

[joppykid]

Inc someone who doesn't know what sarcasm is...

You playing again? Back for dat velious

[Uuruk]

You can definitely purge characters up to a certain level that haven't been logged in for a few years etc or just force a name change when they return.

[Chokan]

You playing again? Back for dat velious

Yes sir. You back too?

[Monty405]

Come to think of it didn't SOE at one point give people a month warning that they were going to do a level 1 purge or something to reduce names ect?

[Champion_Standing]

Wipe it clean

[Jimjam]

Stage 1 of wipe it clean 2016?

[curtischoy]

Maybe instead of deleting the character they could just force a name change, if they care to.

Just because of this post I'm going to delete a few of my name holders, I probably have like 6. So long, Grroot! (Couldn't get the original, lol)

[polishanarchy]

Would end up with many mules getting deleted. I support the idea, but it's ultimately a bad one because way too much collateral damage to let you name your ranger Legolas.

What's wrong with Leigolass? :)

[Cecily]

Inc someone who doesn't know what sarcasm is...

Stop it with the Inc thing. It's page 2 already and none of our predictions have come true.

People like to think like their suggestions can affect any change whatsoever on P99 under the basis of the assumption that 1) the devs read them and 2) care. Although this hasn't been the case historically, I suppose there's an allure to the idea that your opinion could influence anything and people keep trying.

[Cecily]

What's wrong with Leigolass? :)

Absolutely nothing. My suggestion would be to take out the character restrictions in names. Lineage II's xXx420LegOlas69Xxx names had certain charm to them and would open up literal tens of combinations that haven't been used on P99.

[kined]

Would end up with many mules getting deleted. I support the idea, but it's ultimately a bad one because way too much collateral damage to let you name your ranger Legolas.


but dammit, i know the person who has fingolfin taken must not be using it and i want all the good tolkien names =( its always how i theme my characters.

[captnamazing]

chumhuffer
sphinctermaggot
lutewhore

these are all prime real estate names that i have on lock with level 1 chars. WTS

[captnamazing]

regarding Fingolfin: he's too strong to be a PC in EQ... I love him too but sometimes u have to know when a name is out of your league

[myriverse]

Swish should purge his gif collection before starting another poll.

[Joyelle]

Wipes of characters under lvl 10 who have not been logged in for X amount of time is classic and happened a few times that I can remember on live.

[Ele]

Full purge on all low level characters. Would help the economy too.

[Bboboo]

Time to gain one level on a bunch of characters.

[myriverse]

Wipes of characters under lvl 10 who have not been logged in for X amount of time is classic and happened a few times that I can remember on live.
They only purged during server mergers.

[Riotgirl]

Fully support. Have tried in vain to obtain Japanese condiment names. PMed a couple of times but no response to last logins back in 2010.

[milsorgen]

Just be creative, there is no reason I should be impacted because you didn't get your preferred name.

[Ele]

Just be creative, there is no reason I should be impacted because you didn't get your preferred name.

Gotta use it or lose it.

[Danth]

Can't delete characters for the many reasons already discussed, but there's precious little valid objection to the notion of adding a couple X's to the end of the name of any very low-level character that hasn't been used for some excessive length of time. I wouldn't care if my Hole Key mule became soandsoXX instead of soandso.

Of course it's unlikely anything will change, so the best you can do is choose a longer name and make sure the first three or four letters spell out something you like. That's the only portion of a name most folks refer to others by in chat anyway.

Danth

[Llodd]

Never had this problem over about 10 chars. But then again I dont try to call my chars Gandalf or any other extremely boring unoriginal name ;)

edit : In fact, the people doing this are doing the server a favour!!

[Destron]

Would end up with many mules getting deleted. I support the idea, but it's ultimately a bad one because way too much collateral damage to let you name your ranger Legolas.

Toons don't need to be deleted to change names...

[Itap]

Add an X to all lvl 1 characters who havent been logged in since 2009

[Daldaen]

Add an X to all lvl 1 characters who havent been logged in since 2009

This doesn't work well. SOE found this out when merging servers.

People would create characters named Analse or Buttse on both servers, and the auto-'X'-inator would create some very questionable character names.

[Baler]

I voted yes,.

But I would want a proper announcement before they did it.

[Samoht]

This doesn't work well. SOE found this out when merging servers.

People would create characters named Analse or Buttse on both servers, and the auto-'X'-inator would create some very questionable character names.

Ingenious.

[Itap]

This doesn't work well. SOE found this out when merging servers.

People would create characters named Analse or Buttse on both servers, and the auto-'X'-inator would create some very questionable character names.

gdi i love EQ

[applesauce25r624]

this is just like the name purge in WoW

PS... LF War and Lock for 3s - US Alliance

[Cecily]

Toons don't need to be deleted to change names...

I don't care for the number of dots in your post, sir.

purge
verb \ˈpərj\
: to remove people from an area, country, organization, etc., often in a violent and sudden way

Or in our case delete. You're responding to the discussion. I'm responding to the OP...

[Sixpence]

Has Drizzt been taken already?

[Briscoe]

They only purged during server mergers.

------------------------------
August 9, 2000
------------------------------

***Character Purge***

Time has come to do some cleanup on character data across the servers.
On August 23rd (Pacific), we will be doing a system-wide cleanup of
level 1 characters. All level 1 characters that have not been played
within 30 days from the date of the purge will be deleted. As GMs will
not be able to restore any characters that are deleted, please be
certain to log in any level 1 characters that you wish to keep prior to
the purge.

[Swish]

What a post Briscoe!

http://i.imgur.com/GyaUGaT.gif

[Rkehoe]

As someone who's just coming back , my two best friends and myself decided we were going to take a whack at it . We spent more than an hour the other night trying to find any names that would work that weren't absurd . One of us still ended up with a silly name ��.

[Afterburner]

Still some good names available!

http://i.imgur.com/vmWg8pQ.png

[Swish]

Still some good names available!

http://i.imgur.com/vmWg8pQ.png

Not allowed those names on red :(

[Jimjam]

Path of Exile made it so you could steal the names of inactive characters.

You simply create a new character with that name.

If the inactive character logs in again, they have to chose a new name.

Use it or lose it.

[Grimjaw]

Not classic


WRONG. Level 1 character purge was done in classic...
SHITS CLASIC! LETS DO IT !!!!

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/history/patches-2000-2.html

------------------------------
August 9, 2000
------------------------------

***Character Purge***

Time has come to do some cleanup on character data across the servers.
On August 23rd (Pacific), we will be doing a system-wide cleanup of
level 1 characters. All level 1 characters that have not been played
within 30 days from the date of the purge will be deleted. As GMs will
not be able to restore any characters that are deleted, please be
certain to log in any level 1 characters that you wish to keep prior to
the purge.

- The EverQuest Team

[Afterburner]

WRONG. Level 1 character purge was done in classic...
SHITS CLASIC! LETS DO IT !!!!

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/history/patches-2000-2.html

As I recall, they never actually pulled the trigger on that. I seem to remember the cut-off date coming and going, and there being a lot of conversation about how people still had inactive level one characters that should've gotten purged, but didn't.

[Kevynne]

Path of Exile made it so you could steal the names of inactive characters.

You simply create a new character with that name.

If the inactive character logs in again, they have to chose a new name.

Use it or lose it.

What a post Briscoe!

http://i.imgur.com/GyaUGaT.gif

Wipes of characters under lvl 10 who have not been logged in for X amount of time is classic and happened a few times that I can remember on live.

Still some good names available!

http://i.imgur.com/vmWg8pQ.png

lawld super hard at this one

http://cdn01.wallconvert.com/_media/wallpapers_1920x1200/1/2/anna-frozen-18622.jpg

Verious, bitch

[Arkanjil]

Welfare, the perfect erudite cleric name is currently for sale! Or Diesel Vin!

[Swish]

Welfare, the perfect erudite cleric name is currently for sale! Or Diesel Vin!

Who has control of the BDA guild bank? I'd get in contact with them.... hehehehehe

[jilena]

I think I have some names I am not using on red for sure considering I can't remember what all accounts I was using on red.

[Pringles]

You realize that if this happens, everyone and their dog is just going to immediately squat on a whole new batch of names, right?

Also, not classic.

[Swish]

You realize that if this happens, everyone and their dog is just going to immediately squat on a whole new batch of names, right?

Also, not classic.

If it's done quietly with minimal announcement, or is done on a quarterly basis (if its that simple) I don't think people would hold onto more than 2-3 extra names. I know someone that used to post here who had 2 accounts full of names (16)

[myriverse]

There's no way to do it quietly.

[Barkingturtle]

I still have the name Allakhazam and I'm still willing to part with it for 50k.

[webrunner5]

Piss on it. :p If you are late to the dance, you have to be with the fat, ugly, wall flower. Snooze you loose. :D Life is hell. :eek:

[Tiewon Shu]

I voted no because name purges are not classic, much like Luclin models.

[Swish]

Piss on it. :p If you are late to the dance, you have to be with the fat, ugly, wall flower. Snooze you loose. :D Life is hell. :eek:


Actually you'll be Faattxx, Uglleiieee etc etc ;)

[Itap]

Name purges are classic, someone posted the patch notes a few pages back

[Dirtnap]

If it's done quietly with minimal announcement, or is done on a quarterly basis (if its that simple) I don't think people would hold onto more than 2-3 extra names. I know someone that used to post here who had 2 accounts full of names (16)

Used to post? I'm all for name purges.

EDIT: Hell, I'll go ahead and delete them as my own mini level 1 wipe.

EDIT2: I just deleted about 20 characters that were holding names. Swish, post my meme.

[Jaleth]

And for the sake of kicking this dead horse, I decided to go ahead and delete 5 names that were taking up space that I would most likely not use . .well perhaps one day before the internet retires.

Free for the taking:
Alacus
Arkhas
Kaeric
Merick
Malrik

You're welcome . . .feel free to fight over them! Even though they are lame like me!!

[milsorgen]

Stop being lazy and get creative: http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/

I'm oh so sorry Marlboro and Welfare is taken but there are literally countless other names to be had.

[Jaleth]

Jimminy Christmas milsorgen, nearly the same join date and same low post count. We should be proud. =)