naming policy rules... what are they?

[SchadenFreude]

Schadenfreude is a word in the english language. True, it is derived from a german word, but that doesn't change that it is, in fact, an english word. It is also allowed on the live servers.

While we are on the topic, "schade" is also a word. It means "harm". Freude is a word that means "joy". Likewise, "schadenfreude" is a word.

What about names that sound like a word? "Bob" could be considered a word, and not a name, since it is what a cork does in the water. "Pat" must not be a valid name either, because it is an action. QUICK! Alert the almight christian God himself so he can right these wrongs! We dont want humans walking the face of the earth with names that are also words in their native tongue! See my earlier post, in this thread no less, where I stated the two most common reasons guides in Classic EQ changed player names. It is very relevant to this incident.

Are we only allowed to create LOTR-sounding names with 15 vowels in them? Is that really what the naming policy is all about? Do we really have to do a /who list in East Commons and identify the 90 percent of names which would not fit your perfect definition of an acceptable name?

Let's try to make P99 into what EQ should have become by fixing the things that the initial release got wrong. We don't need to go around with the name-hammer just because "Thats what guides did in Classic EQ".