Naming policy a joke?

[Swish]

Had a guildie with an alt name of "Thefonz" and he was made to change it recently.

My advice to anyone with an "edgy" name that is likely to be changed, is don't go anywhere near the EC tunnel, its a hive of people waiting to report you [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Swish]

That said, I had Futha Mukka on live for about 8 months before someone pressed the report key [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Erica]

I personally prefer names to follow what the naming policy outlined. That being said, my only problem with these silly names is it is against the rules. Either enforce it regularly and don't complain when it is enforced on someone, or remove it from the rules.

[BigHurb]

whats wrong with Bloodbelch Dicksneeze or Putrified Snatch thats roleplaying a troll and a female de necro to the extreme, respectively.. the kind of naming you want to see

[RiffDaemon]

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

whats wrong with Bloodbelch Dicksneeze or Putrified Snatch thats roleplaying a troll and a female de necro to the extreme, respectively.. the kind of naming you want to see

Lambthroat Bloodbelch has a nice ring to it

[Heebo]

Character Naming 101

[Trosh]

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

Character Naming 101

You should add "People at work with nothing better to do" to the right side of your signature [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Champion_Standing]

The non-rp or existing fantasy name rules of Live would be excessive here IMO, but there are definitely more than a few people with absurd names here that need to be changed.

[August]

When I played on Fippy Darkpaw I had a character named something mildly offensive. It's a cognate, and not an actual racial slur, but people are idiots and I of course was playing off of the fact that it was a cognate to a racial slur.

I was a DE SK, and the name was N-----o Bandito.

I think the first time I was reported I was level 21. The GM showed up, and was like, OK, not gonna even try. You need a new name. When you log in, it will prompt you for a new name - and then I was booted to desktop and sure enough, my character was flagged for it.

So, I thought, let's be rambunctious. Let's just enter in the same name and see if it will stick -- and it totally did.

I then began a long trek of consistent reports, and getting my name repeatedly changed. I of course, kept changing it back to N-----------o. I made max level on the char, and developed quite a reputation on goblin isle as being a good puller, especially because i was ruthless in getting those gobbos.

I like to think that the name was my moniker - like 'Zorro' or 'Captain America.' - especially as I was best known for 'stealing' gobbos (although I'd contest I got the first hit on them). I remade the toon here, realized I didn't really want to even persist the idea of a racial slur, and asked for a rename. That character is now named Scrumph. Turns out the name was the only reason I liked playing a SK.

[lecompte]

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

Turns out the name was the only reason I liked playing a SK.

I shed a tear at the end of that.