Naming Policy

[Massive Marc]

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

Yeah! If it's free, then why should anyone care about it?!

Why do you care ?

Or do you just like posting stupid shit ?

[Gorgetrapper]

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

You didn't buy this game. Why the fuck do you care ?

Actually, some people actually do buy the game. Probably could have to do with terrible download speeds, or whatnot, but it does happen.

[mitic]

ban offensive names only imo

[mitic]

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[boboo]

Im not trying to get unbanned btw, im just like that, when i see unjust shit, i like to open my mouth. Even if Uthgaard would send me a msg telling me "Allrite, i had a short fuse that day, you were right, here log again" I wouldnt do it, cuz I dont feel this kind of power tripping is not likely to happen again. Thx though =)

[Ronas]

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

Again the major point to retain in my story is that a GM changed my name to grief me because i made him look like a fool on the forum and then Uthgaard banned me for explaining this to him in an exchange of tells that lasted something like 2 minutes.

You mean 2 secs right.

Uthguaard says: "O so your taxi?"

You have been disconnected.

[Harrison]

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

It's not a matter of being offensive so much as it's a matter of taking people out of the game. One of the great things about EQ, at least to me, is the immersion. There are a lot of factors that contribute to it - the difficulty, the large zones and relative lack of fast travel, the actual landscapes and sound effects, and so on. If you see someone with a cheeky name that doesn't make sense in the context of the game, it takes you out of it a bit and can be irritating. I know not everyone feels this way - a lot of people don't care - but I believe that this is the spirit behind the naming policy. For the record, I'm not into MMO roleplaying either, at least not in the sense of talking like my character is supposed to talk or something (although I try to kill things that make sense for my faction).

After the naming policy was released, I started reporting people for having names that violated the policy when I ran across them. I don't think I reported Taxi Driver, but sure, it's the kind of name I would have reported. Why did I do this? Like I said, the names took me out of the game, and there was an actual policy in place, saying "these are the rules", so I figured that the GMs and administration were interested in having a server with game-appropriate names.

At first when I did this I would get tells back from Uthgaard saying something like "fixed" shortly after; the person's name was changed. Some time later, I got a tell from a GM (don't remember which) along the lines of "we don't really care about name violations except for the really obscene ones", so I stopped reporting those and just reported names like "dickbutt" or what have you. Then finally a couple days ago after a petition about a name like that, I got a tell from Uthgaard like "we really don't give a shit about these names, there are more important things to deal with". So fair enough, I've stopped reporting entirely. Granted, this might have just been because they were dealing with the DDOS madness, but fuck it, it's clearly a minor issue and if the GMs don't really care about it then it's not my place to spam them with petitions about it.

Now, am I obsessed with these names? Do they piss me off? Not really. The obscene ones kind of do, just because it's so stupid and tasteless to name a character "suxdick" or whatever it might be, like scrawling swear words into a desk at school. It's such a middle school mentality. The non-obscene ones take me out of the game somewhat, enough that when the naming policy was put up on the forums, I took the effort to report them when I saw them. But if the GMs are saying that they don't care about the naming policy after all, I'm fine with that. It doesn't matter that much one way or the other, honestly; it's kind of a minor issue from any perspective. The reason Taxi was banned was because (apparently) he insulted the GMs, not because of his name policy-violating name; that's just what triggered it. Whether or not we have an enforced name policy? not really a big deal.

I bet any amount of money you live in P-Town. If I'm wrong then I have a secondary bet to make that won't be wrong.

[Uthgaard]

We've been dealing with the ddosers to keep the server running. We've been dealing with the RMT that puts the entire server at risk of being shut down. We've been dealing with the vengeful dipshits warping mobs onto players because they're pissed that I found their plat dupe.

Put a little "think" with the "QQ". Meanwhile, all of the regular, day to day shit has been delayed, and guess what, that's more important too. If we weren't you wouldn't even have a server to bitch about the names on. Unless your name is akin to Fuckrocket McSquishmitten, I don't give a shit. And even then, I won't be giving a shit for a while.

[quellren]

/petition I wish to have my Necro's name changed to 'McSquishmitten' That shit's hilarious. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Estu]

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

I bet any amount of money you live in P-Town. If I'm wrong then I have a secondary bet to make that won't be wrong.

I don't know what P-town is, so no.

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

We've been dealing with the ddosers to keep the server running. We've been dealing with the RMT that puts the entire server at risk of being shut down. We've been dealing with the vengeful dipshits warping mobs onto players because they're pissed that I found their plat dupe.

Put a little "think" with the "QQ". Meanwhile, all of the regular, day to day shit has been delayed, and guess what, that's more important too. If we weren't you wouldn't even have a server to bitch about the names on. Unless your name is akin to Fuckrocket McSquishmitten, I don't give a shit. And even then, I won't be giving a shit for a while.

Assuming this is directed at least somewhat to me. I wasn't QQing or bitching about the names, ever; the server has a policy that I thought I'd help enforce because I happen to agree with it. If you can't enforce it because you have more important petitions to attend to, that's absolutely your prerogative and you're doing the right thing. I understand that it's a low priority. You've helped out my characters multiple times in various situations and I respect your work - I don't see why the hostility.