PSA: names should not contain titles or sentences

[cd288]

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

Thanks, I’m not offended. Firstly, our opinions should be irrelevant. It’s the rules.

But since you asked, it actually does suck to log into a Tolkienesque fantasy land to roam the wilds, smite evil, or infiltrate the goodly city of Qeynos...and see a guy called Portsfoplat or Sirnobhead or Stabziez Urfacelol. It breaks our immersion. This is D&D, not a Blizzard game.

I still have fun playing EQ, of course, and I’m not freaking out over any name, but I would like to exert an influence on the server in the direction in which I would like it to go. Making the original post will have the effect of encouraging those who value the naming rules and perhaps discouraging those who would flout them. I hope others will also petition bad names. Then it will be up to the staff.

/shrug to each their own I guess. I don't really get bent out of shape about inoffensive names even if they are immersion breaking. It's just a game

[Videri]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't really get bent out of shape about inoffensive names even if they are immersion breaking.

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I don’t get bent out of shape. I just dream of a more immersive P99.

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's just a game

I and many others envision a Norrath full of appropriate names, a living world of elves and dwarves and dragons, of parties named Jora and Elthil and Ectomus and Drenth. Can you trust Skelthus in his black robe? Would you raise your sword and shield with Tiria the knight? Can you rely on the guidance of old Ander Arrowsight through the woods?

Now, THAT would be a game.

[Ataria]

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

Well, that makes two of us. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don’t get bent out of shape. I just dream of a more immersive P99.



I and many others envision a Norrath full of appropriate names, a living world of elves and dwarves and dragons, of parties named Jora and Elthil and Ectomus and Drenth. Can you trust Skelthus in his black robe? Would you raise your sword and shield with Tiria the knight? Can you rely on the guidance of old Ander Arrowsight through the woods?

Now, THAT would be a game.

Love this. I don't think he or others or myself obsess, just something we'd like! Call us nerds... or D&D lovers, call us those who get lost in sci-fi and fantasy novels.. or those who can't wait for the next Renaissance fair/.

I've seen a lot of names that I just roll on past, but it would be nice to see more immersive names. Think the only one that stands out that I remember was "Uber." Maybe he is still around, lol.

[eqravenprince]

I started my Dark Elf Rogue sometime during Kunark (2000ish) and made it to level 50 a few months after Velious came out. Despite playing since March 1999, I had never leveled a character past 20. But I stuck with this Rogue, joined a guild for the first time, made a ton of friends in and out of the guild. Not one mention of my name ever.

Then one day in LGuk, I privately sent someone a tell kindly asking to go elsewhere that my group was at some camp that he kept taking mobs from. This jackass petitioned my name and some guide came in and renamed my character. So after 42 days /played I was renamed from Ravenprince Levantine to Ravenpride Levantine. I will say this, after that many days /played with that name, it made a difference to me.

I'm all for name policy, but I am a bit more careful naming my character now. At the time I created Ravenprince, I did not realize title could not be in the name. Thanks for the clarification on the naming policy.

[Siege]

I don't want to live in a world where I can't create a character named Bud Tocks.

[Glasken]

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

I don't want to live in a world where I can't create a character named Bud Tocks.

Maybe EQ aint for you, Budd.

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[Jean-Baptiste Cutting]

Can confirm the devs do change names if you petition. I've petitioned a few that were dumb and not even funny and/or clever, they got changed as per the server rules/naming policy.

If you're going to use a joke/meme name, at least make sure it's good.

[Uuruk]

Originally Posted by Jean-Baptiste Cutting [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Can confirm the devs do change names if you petition. I've petitioned a few that were dumb and not even funny and/or clever, they got changed as per the server rules/naming policy.

i bet you feel better about yourself.

[Jean-Baptiste Cutting]

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

i bet you feel better about yourself.

Yea it was pretty funny, have to admit.

[Fawqueue]

Am I the only one who thinks obsessing over the names of other players is probably the least of anyone's concerns? Why are we wasting the staff's time with this...on a volunteer emulator 20 years later. They didn't even care this much back in actual Classic, because you couldn't swing a rusty longsword without hitting someone named 'Legolasss' or 'Giimli'. I feel like as some players age they've lost the ability to have fun, and just want to shit on someone else's experience to feel validated.