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."

[Pheer]

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

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.

I'd like to hear from people on this, has anyone had their phrase/"means something" name changed by any gms apart from cyrius? So far hes the only one Ive heard of nerfing names that weren't offensive. And if its been only him, he doesn't host shit. He's a volunteer gm, its not his server he just helps out with gm services on a volunteer basis. There has been little to no talk from rogean or nilbog about this topic and as it is now it appears we're being held to a policy that doesn't exist in any tangible format except because a particular GM 'says so'. How would you like it if you were penalized for breaking an invisible rule and when bringing it up on the forums you were antagonized by roleplayers that think everyone should have a fantasy name like theirs?

[kariden]

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

I'd like to hear from people on this, has anyone had their phrase/"means something" name changed by any gms apart from cyrius? So far hes the only one Ive heard of nerfing names that weren't offensive. And if its been only him, he doesn't host shit. He's a volunteer gm, its not his server he just helps out with gm services on a volunteer basis. There has been little to no talk from rogean or nilbog about this topic and as it is now it appears we're being held to a policy that doesn't exist in any tangible format except because a particular GM 'says so'. How would you like it if you were penalized for breaking an invisible rule and when bringing it up on the forums you were antagonized by roleplayers that think everyone should have a fantasy name like theirs?

I would tell them to go suck my fucking dick. ONCE the name rules are posted yea I will take a name nerf. BEFORE the rules are posted I'll probably get ban-sticked for speaking out.

It is always best to have the rules being enforced posted on the forums in a manner easy to find and read
This avoids claims of staff favoritism or at least debunks that shit. Hate to see this place turning into another SoD.