Name Changes

[loramin]

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

Can you please explain how the name Elephant violates the naming policy?

Originally Posted by fastboy21 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Is your surname, by chance, something naughty? Elephant _______ ?

Even if your last name didn't violate the policy I still think its covered by:

Above all else, you may not choose character or guild name which, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Project 1999 Customer Service Staff, is deemed to be offensive or improper.

I think most would agree with a staff member decision that "Elephant" is an improper name for an adventurer in Norath.

Also you could consider it covered by:

Proper names from EverQuest (e.g. Rathe, Karana). This also includes the first or last name of any significant EverQuest NPC (e.g. Dorn, Trumpy, Karn).

... but that's a bit of a stretch since "elephant" isn't a proper name.

P.S. Cheers to the staff on this. While we all remember that the naming policy wasn't enforced 100% religiously on live, it does seem (to me at least) that it was enforced a lot more than it has been here, so this feels like a welcome correction.

[Phenyo]

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

Even if your last name didn't violate the policy I still think its covered by:



I think most would agree with a staff member decision that "Elephant" is an improper name for an adventurer in Norath.

Also you could consider it covered by:



... but that's a bit of a stretch since "elephant" isn't a proper name.

P.S. Cheers to the staff on this. While we all remember that the naming policy wasn't enforced 100% religiously on live, it does seem (to me at least) that it was enforced a lot more than it has been here, so this feels like a welcome correction.

Loramin is a medicine available in a number of countries worldwide. A list of US medications equivalent to Loramin is available on the Drugs.com website.

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

- Common words and phrases that would not be found in the time, place and setting of EverQuest (e.g. Switchblade, Phaser, Toaster, Cannabis).

Yikes

[fastboy21]

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

Loramin is a medicine available in a number of countries worldwide. A list of US medications equivalent to Loramin is available on the Drugs.com website.

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

- Common words and phrases that would not be found in the time, place and setting of EverQuest (e.g. Switchblade, Phaser, Toaster, Cannabis).

Yikes

So this is what it comes to? Turning each other in? Surely we are not animals? What is this? WoW?

[loramin]

Originally Posted by fastboy21 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So this is what it comes to? Turning each other in? Surely we are not animals? What is this? WoW?

Lol, I dunno I think I'm fair game: if you can't take it don't dish it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But with that said ...

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

Loramin is a medicine available in a number of countries worldwide. A list of US medications equivalent to Loramin is available on the Drugs.com website.

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

- Common words and phrases that would not be found in the time, place and setting of EverQuest (e.g. Switchblade, Phaser, Toaster, Cannabis).

Yikes

First off, it's an alias for a single drug, not a "list of medications". Second, "Loramin" was generated by the original EQ in-game random name generator back in 200, long before that pharma company decided that it'd make a nice alias for "Loratadine". Hell, for all I know someone at that company played on Bristlebane and stole the name from me.

Shit's classic.

[hugoslavia]

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

Even if your last name didn't violate the policy I still think its covered by:



I think most would agree with a staff member decision that "Elephant" is an improper name for an adventurer in Norath.

Also you could consider it covered by:



... but that's a bit of a stretch since "elephant" isn't a proper name.

P.S. Cheers to the staff on this. While we all remember that the naming policy wasn't enforced 100% religiously on live, it does seem (to me at least) that it was enforced a lot more than it has been here, so this feels like a welcome correction.

I completely disagree. It seems like a large ogre character having a name like Elephant (an animal which exists in Norrath) as a name makes sense in an RPG. Especially given that he's a shaman. That is really not much of a stretch at all.