naming policy rules... what are they?

[Olorin]

Originally Posted by Nocte [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The more you tighten your grip, Lord Vader, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.

If a rule percieved to be mostly unimportant is over-enforced, we may see an influx of rebellious names because players know they outnumber the devs by a wide margin. P

Im in full support of naming policies in general -- i see enough irl stuff in my real life, I like to not think about it so much in my gaming. I would prefer to SoD like enforcement honestly.

Problem is most of the people that feel this way dont hang on the forums.

[Nocte]

Originally Posted by Toony [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yet those players don't have the right to pick and choose how the servers run.

I'm only suggesting that over-enforcement of a naming policy will probably lead to people intentionally making offensive/inappropriate names just to get away with it and try to prove some point. Clearly, there isn't much of an automated filter for character names, so it all falls on the volunteer staff to police player names. That said, the potential exists that over-enforcement (player-perceived or otherwise) might indirectly spawn more inappropriate names than there were to begin with.

[siri]

it's good that this is being discussed. there are some really awful names on this server, and some are pretty high level.

anyone who thinks there should be leniency for retarded but non-offensive names, please try to remember this is still an RPG and its a little more fun when you don't see stupid shit like...

Claytonbigsby
HIVpositive
Hellaboreman
Pimpydeluxe
Hurtsbro
Rockk Lobster
Fatbody Byjake

there's a lot more.

[Gorgetrapper]

Lol I saw Buglyfitch last night, I chuckled a little and that was the end of that, and then just got annoyed by the name.

[a2j2t]

I was renamed from a name I had way back in the year 1999 from EQLive. Who cares? Is it really making you sit here, at your computers, gritting your teeth in anger? Yeah, it's a little irritating at first, I admit, but did your Project 1999 character name really have an impact on your life? Really people, grow up. I totally believe the name rechanging stuff is rediculous, but I just bite my tongue, and move on. A life lesson some of these people should learn.

[SchadenFreude]

A name is an identity. It is the only facet of the character that isn't merely a bunch of pixels, of ones and zeros, hosted on some remote server. Changing a name is akin to assassinating a reputation, of erasing "player to player" faction that has been carefully cultivated over time.

Changing a name, especially under the current circumstances, is also a blatant abuse of power. Yes, it is their sand box. Technically they can do anything they desire. If they wanted to shut the server down today, never to turn it on again, they have that power. Doing so, however, would be a completely jackass move ... Just like the current name nazi crusade is an abuse of power.

It shows a lack of maturity on the part of the people in control of the server. If they are going to do this, then what's next? Do I really want to exert any more effort to play in their sandbox if they are going to abuse their own rules in such an arbitrary manner? No, I prefer to seek more mature and benevolent leadership. The closing in of ranks to support the actions of this guide demonstrates that they would rather piss of hundreds of people to support a bad decision, than to reverse the capricious action and restore the appearance of a benevolent, but fair, server leadership.

[Uaellaen]

It shows a lack of maturity on the part of the people in control of the server.

i would say your name shows lack of maturity, name your self fitting to the genre you play and you have nothing to worry about ... quite simple

and you just dont seem to get it ... your first and last name shaped a word together, this was always against the naming policy on live, and someone sayd in this thread that they are trying to enforce classic / live name policies .. so you lost ...

[SchadenFreude]

SchadenFreude. It is one word that combines two ideas: Harmful and Joy.

My character is a shadow knight. Not only does the first name "Schade" have a direct reflection on my chosen class, the name "Schade" directly translates to "Harm". Shadow knights , as you surely know, are defined by the "Harm Touch" ability.

Shadowknights, being evil, take joy in the harm they cause. Can you really not see the association between a shadow knight and the "schadenfreude" concept? SchadenFreude is not only a highly appropriate name, it is very in line with the type of class I choose to play. It is acceptable on the Live servers as a name. And, if you bothered to check the screen capture I posted a few pages back, you would see evidence that I receive requests from strangers to join groups. My name was not holding me back.

Stop the straw man rhetoric and stick to the facts. The name is valid, it is acceptable on Live, it exceeds the published rules for names on P99, and as such it should not have been nuked by a guide.

[SchadenFreude]

Uuaellaen, how the heck do you PRONOUNCE this atrocity of vowels you consider a "name"? Seriously. Is it two syllables or six? Or something in between?

Im seriously offended by your inability to pick a name the average person could verbalize without assistance.

[Uaellaen]

I am sorry that your intelect or imagination can not grasp my name, go look in the dictionary, maybe you find a new name for the next MMO you are trying =)

and oh, you repeat your self