Name Changes

[Lhancelot]

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

As I said before, Loramin the Barbarian Shaman was created using Verant's own name generator back in 2000. It predates any drug company marketing and is classic AF. Furthermore, it's only used as a a drug alias extremely rarely: you can tell because when you google "Loramin" the fifth, sixth, and seventh results are all references to my character, not the drug.

Try looking for references to a character based off an actual drug name (eg. Ambien) and you'll be lucky if you can even find one on the fifth/sixth/seventh page of results.

This is irrelevant, we are on P99 not Verant's 2000 version of Everquest.

The year you made Loramin on P99, the drug in fact was in existence therefore rendering the name Loramin within violation of the naming policy.

***I have spent the last 58 minutes spamming the P99 random generator for a barbarian shaman and Loramin has not come up once. This proves that Loramin simply cannot be randomly generated using the P99 random name generator, thus IS a violating name according to the rules set forth herein as stated by staff and guides.


JKing Loramin. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I think your name is OK, but I also think Winchester is OK too. This means nothing though, as what I think means nothing.

[skarlorn]

Everyone complaining about your names being changed...

Just imagine the agony I have suffered running around Norrath seeing your terrible, stupid f*cking names.

[NachtMystium]

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

I am so glad everyone is being cleansed. You should have followed the rules! God bless the staff.

So who is to blame for not enforcing them for years? Why should people be punished for the staffs lack of adherence to the rules from the beginning?

It's bad governing to have a generally unspoken leeway for years that everyone was cool with then turn around and retro everyone to shit for names like Winchester.

Like I said before, no one will put the work in to create a new p99. this has already causes big backlash but I doubt anything major will happen. P99 is just a nostalgiabox and will die with the people who no longer have old Everquest memories

[Ciksharn]

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

Everyone complaining about your names being changed...

Just imagine the agony I have suffered running around Norrath seeing your terrible, stupid f*cking names.

Everyone should just be happy with the time they had to enjoy their name before it gets destroyed to immersion. We are making p99 great again

[Mauricio]

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

You're being deliberately dense. Winchester is an internationally recognized name, and not even a recent one: go back a hundred years and interview almost anyone in America and they'll be familiar with the Winchester rifle.

If you can show me any widely recognized name like that that didn't/won't get removed you'll have a point, but until then you're just whining because your extremely well-known and clearly rule-violating name got changed.

There's an "Austinpowers" in Awakened and another character with a similar name in Aftermath (which I know did not get hit).

Next it's going to be "Williams" cant be used anywhere, because WMS made pinball machines and now makes gambling machines. Jones can't be used because "Edward Jones". Smith can't be used because "Smith and Wesson". Thankfully, that's not how copyright and trademark laws work.

Winchester does not infringe. If they don't want to allow it, that's their prerogative, but to suggest it somehow violates a copyright or trademark is ludicrous.

[skarlorn]

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

So who is to blame for not enforcing them for years? Why should people be punished for the staffs lack of adherence to the rules from the beginning?

It's bad governing to have a generally unspoken leeway for years that everyone was cool with then turn around and retro everyone to shit for names like Winchester.

The only people to blame are ppl who named themselves in ways that broke the naming convention.

I'm not sorry everyone got accustomed to their immersion ruining names.

Now that the staff is at the end of the timeline, they have more focus to make it clear what they want out of p99 aside from the final patch.

[Ciksharn]

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

There's an "Austinpowers" in Awakened and another character with a similar name in Aftermath (which I know did not get hit).

Next it's going to be "Williams" cant be used anywhere, because WMS made pinball machines and now makes gambling machines. Jones can't be used because "Edward Jones". Smith can't be used because "Smith and Wesson". Thankfully, that's not how copyright and trademark laws work.

Winchester does not infringe. If they don't want to allow it, that's their prerogative, but to suggest it somehow violates a copyright or trademark is ludicrous.

Williams Jones and Smith are all not classic. Will be on the lookout for these and petition when found.

[skarlorn]

On another note, everyone who is butthurt because their name got changed early on... Consider yourself lucky! Now you have an immersive name.

Fear not, MORE WILL BE CLEANSED.

[NachtMystium]

If kittens does not get changed then this whole thing is bs. I've hated that guilds name since day one and it's beyond retarded, such a shame they are all good people

[Lhancelot]

Like Skarlorn, I will begin to /petition and try to have any and/or all character names purged if they are not in accordance with the naming policy.

To prove my ogre shaman is clearly violating the naming policy, I submit this link:

http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Bahgtru

And this SS:

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Hope this helps with the purge.

Psst, Baler... help me out man have a talk with someone get this changed man, I always hated this name and would LOVE to get it taken off! Thanks bro!


For the purge, RAWWRRR!!! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]