Character Names

[Crazy_boyo]

I had a bard on live named Kwetcher Betchin. Had no problems for 4 years, then 1 day I guess someone betched and I logged in with no surname. So I did /surname Betchin and it worked. All was right again. Still have the name.

[Belz]

Lol.....

I grouped, on Live, with a Gnome Magician once, his surname was "Jesuspuncher," I immediately did a /surname "Jesusslayer...."

The next day, we had both lost our surname privileges.

[kaev]

I knew a Troll on live with the name Scumbag, name change was forced on him because his name was "offensive", this regardless of all the NPCs that call players scumsuckers...

That said, from the names I see it appears that there are an awful lot of age 13 middle-school dropouts playing here.

[Grahm]

name changes can actually really take away from your character..

i mean if you get your name changed at level 5 no big deal. but when your level 45+ and your name gets changed its a little heart breaking lol. on live i can remember 2 of my friends names being changed, and mine once. All level 50+ in velious expansion.

Phallus - got changed to like, blackenchallus or something like that.

Lilbadazz (dwarf warrior) - got changed to something completely non-related and friend actually striped all the gear and deleted the character.

Turnup Theradio (My bard) - surname got changed cause it had the word "the" in it.

[Calabee]

what about judy, who got blatant gm favoritism and got a sex change?!

[Heavydrop]

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

alot of names are really stupid and crass

Yes... Yes they are.

I enjoy a good, funny name just as much as the next person but some are
just down right as you've said.

What you name yourself can display what you think of yourself.
When I see a really unsavory name and that person is asking for groups or
help I have to ask myself
"Do I really want to group with someone like that?
Are they mentally sound? Do they have any idea how to play this game or
are they going to contribute to us getting wiped?"

[Cippofra]

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

Yes... Yes they are.

I enjoy a good, funny name just as much as the next person but some are
just down right as you've said.

What you name yourself can display what you think of yourself.
When I see a really unsavory name and that person is asking for groups or
help I have to ask myself
"Do I really want to group with someone like that?
Are they mentally sound? Do they have any idea how to play this game or
are they going to contribute to us getting wiped?"

+1. Looking for creativity. Not stupidity. I'm also a bit surprised at the younger ages that play here. Expected 99% of the population to be in their mid 20's as we're the eq classic generation.

[Swish]

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

alot of names are really stupid and crass, a couple years ago they made a guy named " Taxi Driver" change his name and he raged resulting in a ban.

i think there is a guy named mentalbus driver now and no one cares, poor Taxi QQ

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That's the saddest thing I've read on the internet today [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] RIP Taxi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Versus]

No comment

[XDrake]

I'd just argue it isn't classic. They were pretty religious about the naming policy back in 1999-2003. After that they slowly stopped caring on live. I know they were really pushing role playing in 1999-2001 and there were hordes of role playing guilds on servers.

Sort of sad that MMORPGs were taken over by gamers. Especially as I am a big fan of EQ's lore and always appreciated it up until Luclin.