Naming Policy

[Eccentricaa]

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

So is IB getting renamed? (along with half the server)

I was wondering the same thing...

[Uthgaard]

For all of you people crying about the naming policy being too oppressive, guess where it was pretty much derived from:

Customer Service Guidelines for EverQuest

Last Revised July 4, 2001

8.3 The EverQuest Name Policy: 60
8.4 Name and Surname Changes 62

It's nothing you haven't seen before.

Does this mean we're going to go on a rename crusade? Hell No
Does this mean we're going to drop everything we're doing because you got your name nerfed and so should that guy over there? Hell No
Does this mean we were tired of getting spammed with repetitive, bogus rename requests from people who just bought an account / wanted a clearly retarded name? Hell Yes

If it offends you / is the last straw for you / makes you reach for your last tissue in the box: Good Riddance - As they say, misery loves company, and your neediness probably spilled over into other areas, and spending all of your time getting butthurt was a waste of limited resources.

We're here to get a project done, not corner a market share.

[Bubbles]

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

Does this mean we're going to go on a rename crusade? Hell No
Does this mean we're going to drop everything we're doing because you got your name nerfed and so should that guy over there? Hell No
Does this mean we were tired of getting spammed with repetitive, bogus rename requests from people who just bought an account / wanted a clearly retarded name? Hell Yes

Thats all the needed to be said, thank you. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Scroll]

I guess I'm stuck with Buttsniff

/sigh

[Comapavik]

How did you have 2 chars named Phil?

[Alawen Everywhere]

The following types of names are considered unacceptable:

• Copyrighted or trademarked names of products, characters, services, or concepts (e.g. Bigmac, Marlboro, Sony).
• Names from popular media. These names can be either fictional (e.g. Rambo, Darthvader) or non-fictional (e.g. Garth Brooks, Pierce Brosnan, George Washington, Michael Jordan).

There is a blatant and unavoidable example of these naming violations well-known and obvious to everyone on this server.

Failure to act on that particular violation will clearly demonstrate favoritism on the part of the developers and administrators of this server, inequality in the application of the rules of the server and an overall corrupt server environment.

"Inglourious Basterds" is a 2009 American film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The Inglourious Basterds guild website found at http://ib.guildlaunch.com/ makes use of (copyrighted) imagery and music from the film.

The unusual spelling of the guild name and use of elements directly from the movie make it impossible to deny that the guild Inglourious Basterds has taken its name from the movie. This is inarguably analogous to having guilds with names like "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "World of Warcraft", "Coldplay: Parachutes", "New York Times", "Daytona 500" or "Facebook".

The integrity of this naming policy, the server staff, the server itself and the gaming community of Project 1999 dictates that the guild Inglourious Basterds be renamed. Any other action will demonstrate that this policy is only applicable to individual users with no political power on the server and not to large raiding guilds whose guild leader is a member of the development staff.

Edit: Fixed link.

[zianlo1]

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

Stuff

What this guy said. I would find it awesome if actually enforced, but I doubt it will be...cuz you know, that whole favortism/leaking of contested mob spawn times =P

[Harrison]

Originally Posted by zianlo1 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What this guy said. I would find it awesome if actually enforced, but I doubt it will be...cuz you know, that whole favortism/leaking of contested mob spawn times =P

Newsflash: IB doesn't need leaked spawn times to beat shitbag clowns like DA to spawns.

DA are the talentless hacks who were caught using leaked, hacked, stolen, or otherwise unlawfully gained information to leapfrog guilds to the spawns at the correct times.

Continue with the name-change crusade that I think went on for pages after this guy's comment lol

[Lazortag]

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

There is a blatant and unavoidable example of these naming violations well-known and obvious to everyone on this server.

Failure to act on that particular violation will clearly demonstrate favoritism on the part of the developers and administrators of this server, inequality in the application of the rules of the server and an overall corrupt server environment.

"Inglourious Basterds" is a 2009 American film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The Inglourious Basterds guild website found at http://ib.guildlaunch.com/ makes use of (copyrighted) imagery and music from the film.

The unusual spelling of the guild name and use of elements directly from the movie make it impossible to deny that the guild Inglourious Basterds has taken its name from the movie. This is inarguably analogous to having guilds with names like "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "World of Warcraft", "Coldplay: Parachutes", "New York Times", "Daytona 500" or "Facebook".

The integrity of this naming policy, the server staff, the server itself and the gaming community of Project 1999 dictates that the guild Inglourious Basterds be renamed. Any other action will demonstrate that this policy is only applicable to individual users with no political power on the server and not to large raiding guilds whose guild leader is a member of the development staff.

Edit: Fixed link.

The policy is about character names, not guild names. The only restriction on guild names is that they can't be offensive.

[Alawen Everywhere]

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

The policy is about character names, not guild names. The only restriction on guild names is that they can't be offensive.

"Help, I've fallen and I can't get up!"

Yes, we've all seen the commercials. Life Alert® is a registered trademark of Life Alert Emergency Response, Inc. While not as prominent as Inglourious Basterds, the guild name Life Alert also has no place on Project 1999. Naming a guild "Life Alert" is analogous to naming a guild "Kaiser Permanente", "Oxycontin" or "Gastric Bypass".

We all understand the naming rules and most of us understood them ten years ago. Some of us thought it would be cute or funny or cool or sexy to have the only anachronistic pop culture reference or cursing or lewd double entendre.

If the intention is to clean up the server for a genuine classic feeling, the same rules should be applied equally. That means "Inglourious Basterds" and "Life Alert" need to be changed along with "Gandalf" and "Justin Bieber".

Yes, Starklen, you finally caught me after all these years. I named my characters on Xev, Sullon Zek, Kane Bayle, Stromm, Blade's Edge, Stormreaver and Uldum servers after a famous NPC in a game that I'd never heard of before today. "Alawen" is clearly not a vaguely elf-sounding name generated by Sony's random name generator ten years ago. I'm surprised I wasn't found out long ago! Isn't everyone familiar with Alawen, the famous archer of Cyrodiil. Why, she's the master trainer in Marksman!