Name Changes

[NachtMystium]

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

Are you on some sort of witch hunt? Go buy some lotion, check out pornhub and then stfu about your retarded name crusade. Let the GM's and Guides do their thing. All you're doing is harassing players. 80% of the server is in some sort of "violation" of the extremely strict and unrealistic naming policy.

Well you just laid out perfectly the problem with this whole retro naming correction...80% of the server is in some sort of violation...then why are they cracking down on only a few of them?

[Evilbob]

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

Well you just laid out perfectly the problem with this whole retro naming correction...80% of the server is in some sort of violation...then why are they cracking down on only a few of them?

Probably because they have better things to do than spend all day changing names? "A few of them" is probably the extreme names that needed changed. This server has been around a very very long time and names in mass haven't been a huge problem, lets not make it that way. Give it a rest. They're names, nothing more.

[NachtMystium]

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

Probably because they have better things to do than spend all day changing names? "A few of them" is probably the extreme names that needed changed. This server has been around a very very long time and names in mass haven't been a huge problem, lets not make it that way. Give it a rest. They're names, nothing more.

Yeah, how would you feel if you had a character name that wasn't offensive but slightly bending the rules that you've had for 8 years and you log in and it's changed to Winaar?

They're not just names, it's time invested into a character. The name policy has always been pretty lax, did they really think that the sudden change wouldn't cause some fuss? Surely not, they knew it would, but honestly the question is WHY? Why would they want this burden of drama over something so trivial as minor violating names? I'll tell you why it's happening.

Filbus and Baler are kind of like puppeteers and have won favour and have charmed the GMs into Filbus' roleplay name registrar game which I've joined in on out of spite(most fun i've had in a long time on p99), and Baler's extreme autism. The names weren't chosen at random, they were handpicked and delivered.

So, I am HOPING in the next wave we get rid of all the big fish to cause some REAL entertainment

[Barcelona]

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

..This server has been around a very very long time and names in mass haven't been a huge problem, lets not make it that way. Give it a rest. They're names, nothing more.

Yeah you're right, who cares about all these name changes after 5-8 years of being on the server.

What's in a name.

A beard on the neck of a player of a character with any other name is just as hairy.

[Evilbob]

If you're hoping to end the problem BECOMING the problem isn't a very bright solution.

[Expediency]

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

Well I'm glad that you've retracted calling me a liar. My forum reputation has been defended!

As for the rest, you can young lawyer this nonsense all day long but it won't change the fact that 99.9% of the server has never heard of a drug called Loramin, but 99.9% of the server has heard of either a house or a rifle (or a famous family) called Winchester.

The naming policy is not something crazy or dictatorial. It's logical, well-spelled out, and serves a purpose: to let people trying to escape into a game do so (mostly) without obvious distractions ... just like they (mostly) were able to do back in `99.

I'm sorry, I think you are nice player and probably had no ill intent when making your name, but it is clearly in violation of the following rule:

Copyrighted or trademarked names of products, characters, services, or concepts (e.g. Bigmac, Marlboro, Sony).

Evidence:

https://www.zaubacorp.com/trademark/LORAMIN/747206
http://okpharma.com.tr/portfolio-item/loramin/
https://www.wdrugs.com/#What%20is%20Loramin

If that first link is correct you should probably submit a letter of apology to the colgate-palmolive corporation, who registered the US trademark for "loramin" in march of 1974.

All your spin about "99/100 people wouldnt know" and "show me a non obscure reference" are absolutely irrelevant to p99's rules. Intent, etc, are not listed as considerations. Had "Loramin" been copyrighted after the launch of EQ you may have a grandfather clause case but 1974 is a hard sell.

[NachtMystium]

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

If you're hoping to end the problem BECOMING the problem isn't a very bright solution.

I have no hope to end any problems around here, the only hope I have is getting some entertainment out of whatever is going on [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[jakerees]

The name Loramin should not exist in Norrath. Cleanse it. No one is above the rules.

[skarlorn]

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

The name Loramin should not exist in Norrath. Cleanse it. No one is above the rules.

[NachtMystium]

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

The name Loramin should not exist in Norrath. Cleanse it. No one is above the rules.