naming policy rules... what are they?

[Kainzo]

I believe that the name policy should be clear, but in the end it is ALWAYS up to the GM/staff on what is appropriate and what is not for the server THEY host.

"Hitme Harderbitz" was a monk on Rathe back in 2000, he had his surname removed but they let him keep his first name. At times, when a player leveled all the way to 50 and no one had a fuss about the name, the GM's let them keep the name. Due to friends listed issues, if a level 50 player was renamed, it was as if he was a ghost on the server. However if it is was extremely offensive or controversial, you can bet your ass it got changed, despite them being level 50.


Here is another case of the naming convention. Names created BEFORE the copyright or product was released were allowed to be kept and grandfathered in. Also on Rathe, there was a cleric named "Redbull". The GM's hit him hard about his name because around 2003-2004, The drink became really big. However, upon further investigation, they allowed him to keep the name because the player "Redbull" had created the name in '99, back when he knew NOTHING about the drink/product line.

These occurrences happened a lot and were taken on a case by case basis. Something that you can associate with your class and race as a roleplaying name, can have phrases. Leons Bronzebeard, would be an acceptable name on the EQ live servers, where as Leons Phelps, probably would be shot down, considering its celeb status to "The Ladies Man."