Name Changes

[Pokesan]

knight vs knight pvp

how droll

[Jimjam]

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

no.

Winchester literally means the fortified town of awesomeness (winning)!

[NachtMystium]

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

I learned last night that %t doesn't work in petitions.

be advised.

Hmm, it seems to be working correctly on my screen unless it translates differently to the GMs.. shortly after this picture was taken, Kagendic was banned for reporting names I assume... What did the GMs mean by this?

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I must take a different approach, rather than rapid fire petitioning I will create a list and inform the violater that their name WILL be purged soon and report them in batches... I will continue to refine my methods until the scum is completely eradicated.

[Lhancelot]

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

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Like a well-oiled machine I see.

[loramin]

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

I also do not see a problem with Loramin, but the name is literally scripted across drug boxes and I am sure it also has a copyright infringement agreement with it's usage, but I suppose since it's not a famous drug like Motrin it doesn't matter then, right?

There are a lot of obscure names in use all of the world. Like only considering trademarks you've got a hundred ... thousand ... every quarter ,,, in the USPTO alone. If you want to ban every trademark yo're looking at 100k names being removed every quarter from P99, just from American trademarks (not counting global trademarks or other forms of American IP).

The point of the naming policy is not to blindly prevent anyone from naming a character from ever using a name previously used somewhere in human history. That doesn't do anyone any good. The point of the policy is to make it so that when you're playing your elf sim with your elf buddies Skarlorn and Phenyo, you don't have your immersion broken when Pap Smear joins your group .,. because you, Phenyo, and Skarlorn all think of an uncomfortable process a woman has to undergo when she's pregnant when they see that name.

But if "Thoracic" wants to join your group, it's not going to have that immersion breaking effect, because "Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy" is not a common procedure that would break most people out of their elf sim world.

It's 100% legitimate to hold the opinion "I should be able to have a character named Machine Gun", and it's 100% legitimate to think "any name that anyone can prove was ever used anywhere ever should be banned". I wouldn't agree with either, but they're legit, logically defensible positions. But anyone who wants to pretend like they can't differentiate between names 99% of the server would recognize and names 99% of the server wouldn't is just trolling.

P.S.

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

I just think a little empathy goes a long way, and the way some people antagonized others when it first went down was retarded.

In this much we are agreed: whatever pleasure some of us might get (from P99 becoming closer to the way we remember it on live) by enforcing the rules does not necessitate a bunch of schadenfreude over people losing names they've had for half a decade or more.

[Ciksharn]

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

Hmm, it seems to be working correctly on my screen unless it translates differently to the GMs.. shortly after this picture was taken, Kagendic was banned for reporting names I assume...

So helping police the server is a bannable offense? Can we get some clarification on this llandris? We are trying to help

[branamil]

If a character with a so called "naming violation" is a level 1 or level 5 then who cares. But if it's a level 60 with 5 years played time... You need to have a conversation with that person before randomly changing their name because...

1 - Randomly tampering with something that someone has invested a lot of time, and offering no recourse, in is bizarre and unsympathetic. It's like telling someone to paint a picture, and 5 years later you make an ugly blue paint smear across the whole thing. And if they complain, you tell them you'll burn the whole thing. So you better tell them how lovely their blue smear is.

2 - A lot of these "violations" are a huge gray area and you need to err on the side of caution, because people have invested time into these names.

3 - If you're just relying on player petitions .. you may not be considering whether the petitioner is has a vendetta or just wants to grief someone.

*not personally affected by these changes. Just arguing on behalf of the downtrodden.

[NachtMystium]

Nameslayer has been suspended and reincarnated as "Morsnomine" latin for Name Death. Phase 2 begins now

My hotkey informs and notes down the offenders name in one keystroke...I will report the names in batches, you have been warned.

[Lhancelot]

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

If a character with a so called "naming violation" is a level 1 or level 5 then who cares. But if it's a level 60 with 5 years played time... You need to have a conversation with that person before randomly changing their name because...

1 - Randomly tampering with something that someone has invested a lot of time, and offering no recourse, in is bizarre and unsympathetic. It's like telling someone to paint a picture, and 5 years later you make an ugly blue paint smear across the whole thing. And if they complain, you tell them you'll burn the whole thing. So you better tell them how lovely their blue smear is.

2 - A lot of these "violations" are a huge gray area and you need to err on the side of caution, because people have invested time into these names.

3 - If you're just relying on player petitions .. you may not be considering whether the petitioner is has a vendetta or just wants to grief someone.

*not personally affected by these changes. Just arguing on behalf of the downtrodden.

Exactly this. ^

I have not even had a name changed yet, and I can sympathize with those who have had a name they identified with for years instantaneously wiped off then replaced with some generic name like "Arleigh."

Hey Loramin, let's say they changed your name a day ago before Llandris posted that they were doing so, say you log in to play Loramin, and find your character now with the name "Himpuh" or some other name which you have absolutely no connection to, would you simply say, "oh well hey I understand, it was found inappropriate and I am just fine that it got wiped off." Time to log in and play now!

No you would not.

People are not being "whiny-asses" as you said when they are upset that their long established names have been wiped off, and even with justification now as to why the names have been wiped off, it still doesn't make it less hurtful to these players.

[Ciksharn]

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

If a character with a so called "naming violation" is a level 1 or level 5 then who cares. But if it's a level 60 with 5 years played time... You need to have a conversation with that person before randomly changing their name because...

1 - Randomly tampering with something that someone has invested a lot of time, and offering no recourse, in is bizarre and unsympathetic. It's like telling someone to paint a picture, and 5 years later you make an ugly blue paint smear across the whole thing. And if they complain, you tell them you'll burn the whole thing. So you better tell them how lovely their blue smear is.

2 - A lot of these "violations" are a huge gray area and you need to err on the side of caution, because people have invested time into these names.

3 - If you're just relying on player petitions .. you may not be considering whether the petitioner is has a vendetta or just wants to grief someone.

*not personally affected by these changes. Just arguing on behalf of the downtrodden.

You're trying to introduce gray area where it doesn't exist. The rules are clearly laid out and if you've been in violation of them 5 minutes or 5 years you are subject to the consequences. Your post reminds me of a liberal rant offering no facts or details just citing your opinion as truth.