I want my name back!!!
I've been playing on p99 for a few days now, and for the most part loving it. A short time before I started, my friend introduced me to a really cheesy song called Heartbeats, by Swedish electropop group The Knife, which I will shamelessly admit being addicted to. So, when I decided to roll an enchanter, I named him Heartbeats, thinking it would be appropriate given the amalgamation of chanter buffs/debuffs, particularly haste/slow. I was really fond of that name. I've been farming Steins of Moggok, and today I ran from Freeport to Highkeep to sell one. On the way, I stopped in Rivervale to grab a Honey Jum (part of the Stein quest). To get the Jum, you have to give a Halfling NPC three honeycombs and three plat. I gave her the honeycombs but forgot the plat, so she took them and told me something to the effect of "This isn't everything I need! You also have to give me 30 gold coins!" (3 plat works, too). I gave her the plat, and she gave me the same message, except for honeycombs. Whatever. I went to Highkeep, sold the Stein for 300 plat, and cast Gate. At that point, the game froze, and I had to ctrl alt delete to close EQ. When I logged back in, I didn't have the Stein or the 300 plat. Naturally, I petitioned it, and added the bit about the NPC eating my quest turn in in Rivervale. I went outside for a smoke, and came back in time to catch a bit from one GM about my name violating server rules, and a different GM about having to post my issues about the 300 plat and the quest on forums, before I disconnected. When I logged back in, my toon was named Jarartik! I talked to a GM, who told me character names can't be "brands, words, or phrases." Seriously? He's standing outside the NFP bank turning everyone into frogs, and a good portion of them have word/phrase names, while I'm reading global OOC posts where a third of the players have word/phrase names. So I come to the forums, and I notice that almost every single post where people put their characters' names in the sig have character names that are words/phrases. Including posts that have been read/responded to by GMs. I'm not suggesting that you make everyone else change their name, too, but I am wondering why the hell I got singled out about my (non-offensive, isn't detrimental to others' gameplay in any way) name because I got dicked out of 300 plat. I love that name. This isn't a roleplaying server as far as I can tell, and even if it was, there are NPCs in the game with word/phrase names (i.e. Frostbite). Screw the plat, screw the honeycombs, I want my name back!!!
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