naming policy rules... what are they?

[ooantipostoo]

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

Well, you can consider this an official "push" because the double standards are bullshit as far as i'm concerned.. If enough people get pissed off, the naming policy will get reformed.

your a tool....Cyrius is the man

[Cyrius]

I have explained my self more then enought here, i do not care what you think or who you think you are. I explained when i rename people and why, if you have a name against the naming policy and i notice it, you will be renamed unless i am busy with other petitions.

This is not gonna change, this is not a double standard, its called prioritizing.

[Taxi]

I bet if you make me a GM right now, and i start slapping people in EC with renames, i will still be at it 6 hours from now, but eventually i would see the end of it, and probably will have pissed off half the server while doing so. I dont think its important enough to waste GM time on this and more importantly, I cant understand the logic behind names not meaning something because clearly people like having them and i like to read funny names too.

Im not gonna argue over this long because i dont think its an important issue, but you will save yourselves alot of frustration and headaches and pissed off people if you take a decision right now. If youre gonna do it just set aside a day where this is the order of the day, and slap everyone you see in EC with renames for half a day.

Because there is basically no renaming thats going on, and since people arent slapped with renames, they dont feel the sting, they are still gonna continue to make toons with names that mean something and youll never see the end of it, and on top of that make players who got slapped with renames feel like they were picked on and youre being unfair, even if its not true.

[Zordana]

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

your a tool....Cyrius is the man

^this

[SchadenFreude]

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

If you continue to push me i will make sure to go out of my way to rename every single one of you that does not fit the naming policy. I told you, when i give out illusions it is MY play time, and i do not rename people in MY play time, i try to goof arround with them, and i dont even look at the names!

You fit squarely into the definition of "Guide on a power trip". This is your sandbox. You can keep it. I am just glad it only took me a month to identify that P99 is the worst of everything that drove players away from "Classic EQ", right down to the power tripping guides.

[Cyrius]

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

You fit squarely into the definition of "Guide on a power trip". This is your sandbox. You can keep it. I am just glad it only took me a month to identify that P99 is the worst of everything that drove players away from "Classic EQ", right down to the power tripping guides.

You are so wrong, i am simply following the rules, like everyone else should, then i would not be needed at all.

[astarothel]

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

You fit squarely into the definition of "Guide on a power trip". This is your sandbox. You can keep it. I am just glad it only took me a month to identify that P99 is the worst of everything that drove players away from "Classic EQ", right down to the power tripping guides.

Since you seem to like German:

auf wiedersehen

[Combo]

Frankly I think the cheesy RP names are worse than the clever names (like the mentioned Astro Physics). Tweenager D&D Fourth Edition tripe like Xaynada Darkstrider or whatever causes my eyes to roll involuntarily.

The only thing worse than D&D paperback novel names are racist/sexist/homophobic names. And the only thing worse than those are ones that reference marijuana usage.

[Pheer]

I like how the "naming policy" keeps getting mentioned yet the only server rule referencing player names just says they can't be offensive. The only policy cyrius seems to be following is his own personal opinion of acceptable names. I'd very much like to see a post from nilbog or rogean on this and see what they think of the situation, as this name holocaust is pretty retarded.

Also lol at all you roleplayers with fantasy names cheering this ridiculousness on, just because you want to feel like youre a magical elf in a mysterious forest and then someone named taxi driver or astro physics runs by and ruins it for you doesn't mean everyone should have to change their name to preserve your immersion.

Of course even if nilbog or rogean didnt care too much about names that form phrases and such I'm sure theyll just back up cyrius anyway since its easier than dealing with the people who would whine for their names back if they asked him to stop nerfing non offensive names.

[SchadenFreude]

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

... i do not care what you think ...

... if you have a name against the naming policy and i notice it, you will be renamed ...

The server rules only reference the word "name" in one place:

- Character renaming can and will occur if a player’s name is offensive. (GM Discretion)

The rules say nothing about Roleplaying names, nothing about phrases, nor anything about any of the arguments you used to support your knee-jerk, abuse-of-powers actions. You seem to think that everything in "Classic EQ" needs to be replicated on P99, right down to the guide program that ruined EQ the first time around.

I don't expect you to do the right thing and back off from your crusade. You will probably just change the rules to make your actions "legal" on P99. It would be nothing new; the exact same thing happened to me on the Live servers in the days of "Classic EQ v1.0".