To all those who hated on me for my Naming Policy Thread. - Page 15

Nagoya · #1 02-12-2018, 05:13 AM

You all realize that there are like 200 npcs not "following" the naming policy right?

That no matter what we do to our players, we have to live with NPCs like Bob the Painter, Jeoffrey and Sansa... stupid anagrams or reverse words like felwithe, nilbog or tolapumj, guard Chopin or guard Bach in higher, etc.! the list is long. Many references to real world people, location and pop culture (of the time).

There is no npc named "Asslicker" or "Illilirnmillimn" as far as I know, so that's one thing for a naming policy;

But shouldn't we maybe have a naming policy that is somewhat similar to the base immersion level the game has to start with!?

I'm all in to "protect" the immersion, but that does not mean we should need to elevate it, just keep as it is, not less, not more.

I had no name changed in the current purge, but I guess some of my names would have been petitionned of these bored lunatics had the chance to. Finding a cool name for your character is not always easy, and sometimes what is "immersion-breaking" to one person actually has a cool and legitimate background to another.

I dislike Sirstabsalot the barbarian rogue or Portsyou the halfling druid or Dontdiebro the dwarf cleric as much as most people, but leave Winchester, Stockmarket or Idol alone ffs; you have ruined your own brain and pleasure, but don't ruin other's.

Everyone rejoicing at this event is a sick kid that needs
some time outside in the sun, with a nice ice cream and good city pop music in an open top Cadillac. Also maybe girls. Or dudes.

thebutthat · #2 02-12-2018, 07:50 AM

lmao, this is who spent there whole sunday /telling everyone in ec there name was reported for violating the naming policy and causing an uproar in EC /shout? *fedora tip fellow neck beard.

mattydef · #3 02-12-2018, 01:40 PM

I love how people are mad about this. It's like driving in the carpool lane by yourself for years and never getting caught. You know it's against the law but you do it anyway. Then one day you finally get pulled over and get a ticket, and you tell the officer that it's not fair because you've been doing it for years and never once got pulled over.

SiouxNation · #4 02-12-2018, 02:01 PM

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

I love how people are mad about this. It's like driving in the carpool lane by yourself for years and never getting caught. You know it's against the law but you do it anyway. Then one day you finally get pulled over and get a ticket, and you tell the officer that it's not fair because you've been doing it for years and never once got pulled over.

The only flaw in your analogy is that the carpool they have been driving in has been routinely patrolled by police.

A better analogy would be waking up and finding that they started enforcing j walking laws, except they retroactively handed out tickets based on past transgressions.

TLDR: Don’t j-walk and don’t use fabric softener

skarlorn · #5 02-12-2018, 02:05 PM

A better analogy would be that having an illegal name is like possessing CHILD PORN.

Everyone knows you aren't supposed to have CP. But some people download it anyway.

Then, when the FBI come and arrest you, you're like "CMONNN duuuuuude but it was cool for the last couple yeaaars not FAIR, I was about to get a raise!"

Illegal names. Not even once.