Name Changes

[Ciksharn]

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

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

Petition every time you are on. It's the only way to let the gms know that this guild is ruining your immersion

[NachtMystium]

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

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.]

Im actually joining this. Gonna make a super dumb namesnitch name and start rollin out these name petitions, kittens is at the top of the list for the guild name. At least we can make some entertaining meta out of all this! We should make a namesnitch guild?

[skarlorn]

I definitely agree, Kittens MUST go.

As Pokesan wisely stated "kittens delenda est"

When I log on tonight, I will also be petitioning for the change of my EC mule, Platwhore's name.

I'll add BAHGTRU to the List .

[sunbask]

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.

Loramin why are you being so hypocritical friend? Your name is taken from a widely known and distributed generic drug.

That's like if I named my Shaman or Cleric Tylenol?

[Phenyo]

#CHANGEKITTENS
#PURGE

[Lhancelot]

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

I definitely agree, Kittens MUST go.

As Pokesan wisely stated "kittens delenda est"

When I log on tonight, I will also be petitioning for the change of my EC mule, Platwhore's name.

I'll add BAHGTRU to the List .

TY Skarlorn.

Baler, mind seconding this petition? I'd like to have it done before the weekend is up, thanks.

[skarlorn]

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

Loramin why are you being so hypocritical friend? Your name is taken from a widely known and distributed generic drug.

That's like if I named my Shaman or Cleric Tylenol?

one of my dear EQ pals is a dwarf cleric named Theraflu

You'd better believe I'm adding him to THE LIST

[Lhancelot]

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

Loramin why are you being so hypocritical friend? Your name is taken from a widely known and distributed generic drug.

That's like if I named my Shaman or Cleric Tylenol?

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Loramin, time to start thinking up a new name now. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

On a serious note, I am surprised at Loramin's steadfastness on this topic.

Dude, have a heart and a bit of reason here. Be honest, "Winchester" shouldn't be considered a violating name.

[loramin]

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

So as long as it's an obscure reference it's okay? Good logic

Name generator from verant is hearsay and not provable at all. Literally holds zero weight in your argument

You're right, I can never "prove" the name came from the generator. But I can prove I had it on live in 2000 (maybe 2001) as I've got screenshots from era-appropriate GM events that could never have happened her on P99 (eg. one involves the Avatar or Love, which to my knowledge has never appeared here). And since this was before the drug alias, where else would I get such a random fantasy sounding name other than the generator? I'm not that creative.

But really you hit the nail on the head with:

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

So as long as it's an obscure reference it's okay? Good logic

It's actually perfect logic: the whole idea of "breaking immersion" is that you see something from outside the game that clearly doesn't belong. An obscure drug alias won't register to 99% of the players as something that doesn't belong.

I had a friend name a WoW character Rengstorf ... after a street name near him. 99% of people don't have a Rengstorf street near them so they'll just see it as a cool name for a dwarf, no harm no foul. But if someone named their character "AvenueQ" that would obviously not belong to 100% of the players.

This isn't rocket science people: if your name clearly means something non-Everquest-related when most people see it, it doesn't belong. If your name is the same as something obscure that most people have never heard of, it's fine.

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?

Um, the staff? And if you really can't see fit to forgive not enforcing one particular rule 100% of the time in the past (on the free server they've been running for almost a decade) ... you're an ass.

[loramin]

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

Loramin why are you being so hypocritical friend? Your name is taken from a widely known and distributed generic drug.

That's like if I named my Shaman or Cleric Tylenol?

Yeah, so widely known that my character shows up as search results 5, 6, AND 7 when you google it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.].

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

Dude, have a heart and a bit of reason here. Be honest, "Winchester" shouldn't be considered a violating name.

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

This isn't rocket science people: if your name clearly means something non-Everquest-related when most people see it, it doesn't belong. If your name is the same as something obscure that most people have never heard of, it's fine.