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Originally Posted by Ciksharn
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I would agree that per the rules this does not appear to violate anything however the rules also state "The server staff can, in accordance with all described rules and ultimate discretion" so it's still their call.
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Originally Posted by Ciksharn
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Originally Posted by branamil
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If a character with a so called "naming violation" is a level 1 or level 5 then who cares. But if it's a level 60 with 5 years played time... You need to have a conversation with that person before randomly changing their name because...
1 - Randomly tampering with something that someone has invested a lot of time, and offering no recourse, in is bizarre and unsympathetic. It's like telling someone to paint a picture, and 5 years later you make an ugly blue paint smear across the whole thing. And if they complain, you tell them you'll burn the whole thing. So you better tell them how lovely their blue smear is.
2 - A lot of these "violations" are a huge gray area and you need to err on the side of caution, because people have invested time into these names.
3 - If you're just relying on player petitions .. you may not be considering whether the petitioner is has a vendetta or just wants to grief someone.
*not personally affected by these changes. Just arguing on behalf of the downtrodden.
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You're trying to introduce gray area where it doesn't exist. The rules are clearly laid out and if you've been in violation of them 5 minutes or 5 years you are subject to the consequences. Your post reminds me of a liberal rant offering no facts or details just citing your opinion as truth. |
You've just contradicted your argument about "trying to introduce gray area where it doesn't exist." I'm personally not opposed to names being changed, but I couldn't agree more with branamil's point that it could have been handled with more tact.
It doesn't send a very good message when names are changed that don't appear to violate the naming policy at all.