Naming Policy

[Harrison]

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

Yeah I have no idea what's "actually" going on. You have access to some magical secret about the devs and their evil, evil ways that no one else knows about, and throughout this thread you've been transmitting this secret to us in some mysterious code that only a select enlightened few can decipher. It's not that you've been ignoring everything that exposes how flagrantly wrong you are, parroting the same tired mantra again and again about how oppressed we are and how much of a double standard it is that IB's name isn't being changed.

IB's isn't in violation of the naming policy, end of fucking story. Anything you say which disregards this I can only assume is trolling on your part.

I present to you:

The following types of names are considered unacceptable:

* Vile, profane, rude, or racist names including common swear words, anatomical references, racial slurs, and homonyms of these words.
* Combinations of words that produce an offensive result (e.g. Hugeazz, Tug Mcgroin).
* Names of religious, occult, or significant historic origin (e.g. Jesus, Allah, Satan, Stalin).
* Copyrighted or trademarked names of products, characters, services, or concepts (e.g. Bigmac, Marlboro, Sony).

Notice the bolded portion? Yeah, IB is copyrighted.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361748/

If you really, honestly, can't see how this doesn't apply...you are fucking retarded. Flat out, pants-on-head fucking derrrrrped.

[Alawen Everywhere]

omg lol

[Fawqueue]

I think this argument is attempting to make a point, but it's from a slanted perspective. Yes, many guild names would violate the character naming policy due to being outside the realm of fantasy, or a copyrighted work. However, here's how we fix this issue: If folks that are NOT in IB are being named-changed due to this policy, make sure that folks that ARE in IB are also receiving name changes where applicable. As far as guilds, let them stay what they are and as long as none are forced to change, then IB won't have any kind of "favortism". Ta-da! All will be fair and equal in the lands of project 1999, and we can all get back to arguing about something that matters, like football or religion.

[Noselacri]

It would be useless to argue that IB isn't in violation with the naming policy. They obviously are, and it's not even as if it's an amusing or clever name to compensate for the fact that they ripped it off one of last year's most popular movies. Whether or not the admins choose to enforce the policy is up to them, though it should be clear to everyone how it'll look if they don't address the most prominent infraction of the policy on the entire server, and especially when it concerns that particular guild. It would look especially strange if they were to actively and aggresively refuse to do it when called out on it.

[Aasimon]

Hi. It's a character naming policy. I wrote it. Character. Naming. Policy.

I appreciate all the illiterate petulance between pages 2 and 5, however.

[Uthgaard]

Aaactually, before the first teardrop formed in any of your eyes:

Yesterday, 10:17 AM

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

So I just thought of something, I hate how I only think of stuff after things are already published!
Since we don't make a profit, we don't have a duty to remove names that are copyright infringements.

Since I'm getting tired of this getting lost in the childish banter, I'm gonna make sure this stays visible. The only thing about the rules that changed was that we're no longer doing them at player request. If you really think there's some conspiracy going on, no one's making you stay!