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TCP_Leader · May 07, 2005, 05:22 PM // 17:22

well, it seems as if a few ignorant nutsacks sent complaints about my name. They probably think everything that comes out of the middle east is made of terrorism. Here is the result of THEIR ignorance.

http://img135.echo.cx/my.php?image=h...plaints3mc.jpg

I say i get the chance to rename myself. I dont mind doing that. But i've taken this character all the way to ascencion and im on my last mission (The river)

I wanna know who complained, because its just bullshit. Flat out bullshit.

Inacurate · May 07, 2005, 05:31 PM // 17:31

I agree with you there, I find no offense with that name, and even after doing a *quick* search on google and finding something about some guy in France I still have NO problem with that name.

People are way to uptight about the Middle East, all I will say.

They do need to change their Improper Name Policy quite a bit, I saw SO many Level 10+ names that are 1000 times worse than yours just last night, and it makes me wonder just who is getting the last choice on names.

Inac

TCP_Leader · May 07, 2005, 05:34 PM // 17:34

i did send them an email, asking them if i could simply rename myself, or if they could give me a rename. I also sent them a link to Dictionary.com viewing the word "Allah".

I also included other names for the word god that no one would consider offensive. Like, the hindu god word, chinese, and i kinda included "Jahovah Mode" just to tease them alittle. It really pissed me off, I just got my guild caught up to me at ascension; and now, this.

Roken · May 07, 2005, 05:41 PM // 17:41

Thats sucks... really bad. I don't know what to tell you, man, but that isnt offensive at all. If their going to ban that, they might as well not even use the word "God" in any of their stories,NPC's, titles (etc.), becuase when Mohammed saw Allah, he thought it was the Christian God, but he named it diffrently.

Mimu · May 07, 2005, 05:54 PM // 17:54

How could anybody find that offensive?

That is just ridiculous...

Pharoke · May 07, 2005, 05:59 PM // 17:59

So, here is the question...... Does your character come with a side of vanilla ice cream?

TCP_Leader · May 07, 2005, 06:00 PM // 18:00

yes it does... And its tasty! That was also another thing about my name, it also means, "With Ice Cream".

Pharoke · May 07, 2005, 06:13 PM // 18:13

So who specifically is asking you to change your name... Is it some ahole playing the game or is it the guys from Arenanet? I would tell the people running the server it means "With Ice Cream" and see what they say. they may want you to change it Alla Mode or something like that.

Chronos525 · May 07, 2005, 06:16 PM // 18:16

I'm going to have to go against you because you use TS.

VENTRILO FTW

EDIT: My friend also knows you on markhov (JamQ)

Principa Discordia · May 07, 2005, 07:16 PM // 19:16

As a liberal type of person this makes me sick. This is censorship to a revolting extreme and Arenanet owe you an apology.

If someone named their character Odin, Loki, Discordia, Lilith, Hecate, Tyr, Fenris, Satan, Asmodeus, then there wouldn't be a problem. How do I know this? I have seen every one of these names in Guild Wars so far. (Note: I'm not saying any of these names are bad, a few are regarded as heroes in mythology/religion, I'm just saying a single name shouldn't be singled out because of pathetic politics.)

I even saw someone named God earlier, and I can't wait to see my first Jesus. No doubt these names wouldn't be complained about.

Tari · May 07, 2005, 07:30 PM // 19:30

Damn thats really messed up to have your actual character deleted because of that name, which to me isn't offensive at all. As a previous poster said, i too have seen many names which are many many times worse then your name, and your name isn't even bad at all!

It's such ashame that people have to go to such extremes, how bout reporting someone doing something bad in the game like hacking or some crap like that instead wasting peoples time by complaining about a name that isn't offensive in the least!

Sure has made me make sure i rethink about any names i will make my characters with in the future.

If by chance you want to get a few people to sign a petition about this, i'll support it all the way, this isnt fair, you SHOULD have the right to be able to change your name as you are willing to do so, to just remove your character is completely unfair ><

I hope you get this resolved in your favour and get your character back!

Tari · May 07, 2005, 07:33 PM // 19:33

Oh and by the way, you mentioned in your post 'nutsacks' i've actually seen a character with that name lol and to me 'nutsacks' would be seen more 'offensive' then your name ever could be, but crap i wouldn't even care about that name as you can see its just in fun ><

TCP_Leader · May 07, 2005, 07:43 PM // 19:43

i say everyone spam their mailbox asking to give my character back..

if my character is going down, i hope they get their ass spammed off for it!

Jackell · May 07, 2005, 07:49 PM // 19:49

Hell, I'll e-mail them over that.

That's PURE bullshit man

Ramus · May 07, 2005, 08:15 PM // 20:15

Not saying its right or wrong here, but maybe it actually offended someone? People can be stupid. But you cant judge who gets offended by what. Im sure you knew what the name meant to when you made it.

Principa Discordia · May 07, 2005, 08:18 PM // 20:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ramus

Not saying its right or wrong here, but maybe it actually offended someone? People can be stupid. But you cant judge who gets offended by what. Im sure you knew what the name meant to when you made it.

If I requested that every player with a name that offended me got banned, there'd be hardly anyone left.

There's a difference between being offended, and being an offended retard.

Eskimo Bob · May 07, 2005, 09:17 PM // 21:17

Wow, that is some hardcore bullshit there. Offended by that name? If you are offended by that I would hate to see them come across someone named "Hi", they would probably spaz out like a monkey on drugs.

So what is this e-mail you want us to spam? Give me the e-mail address and I will ring their ears out.

skycutter · May 07, 2005, 09:22 PM // 21:22

Here is a thread over at GWOnline where they discussed the deletion of characters with bad names. Gaile Gray responds a number of times in it.

http://forums.gwonline.net/showthread.php?t=343528

I don't find your character name offensive, but I have seen some that were quite bad though.

TCP_Leader · May 07, 2005, 09:24 PM // 21:24

you must spam here: [email protected]

report names like, Happy Guy, and Super Man

I saw a name of Big Ol Tits

Seriously....

I've emailed that address, and sent a message to customer support. So, I'm hoping I can have my account back soon so I can catch the rest of my guild up to ascension with me, and we can bust ass! We are PvP bound!

They just disabled my only other character that has made it past pre-searing...

"Allah Mode The Dos" has been banned.

ameoba · May 07, 2005, 09:46 PM // 21:46

Ever possibly think that using a cheap pun involveing the primary diety of a major world religion might offend somebody? Islam tends to be pretty protective of their scriptures & mythology - remember the problems that the author of The Satanic Verses (BTW - a very funny & well-written book) had because he talked about The Prophet, Mohammed (if you forget, there was an order for him to be brought to death)?

It's far more likely that an observant Muslim took offense to your disrepectful use of the proper name of their god than some uptight righwing christian fundamentalist was complaining about Middle-East=Terrorism. Even more likely that they just started searching for names that words on a blacklist and did them in.

Unfortunately, I can't find a specific set of guidelines for naming in GW, but World of Warcraft has a pretty detailed list of the different ways you can be offensive :
http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowgm/?id=agm01722p