Curse

Fug the Unwashed · May 20, 2008, 06:23 PM // 18:23

I find the whole notion of banning because of names as ridiculous as the names that are getting banned. The whole thing is senseless as those who want a stupid and immature name will find some way of getting their stupid and pointless message to others through all manner of "clever" hiding and spelling tricks so the filter can't see it, but people can.

Names I've used that were maybe a little off:

Farging Eyeshole...not banned while I had it.
Chapeau De Merde...not banned.(Hat of Shit in French, yes, that's right...Shit Hat)
Pet Black Moa: Big Pecker...not banned.
Testicular Triumph...not banned.

While these names are a bit on the stupid side, I think it is within my rights, while playing a T rated game, to display a name that may be said on prime time television or a PG13 movie.

Names I've used or use now are usually appropriate to a fantasy game context: Alotta Sparks, Angellica Darkling, Malice Wyrmscale, Maggie Blacktongue, Childe Deschaine...all of which have a certain "fantasy" flavor.

What I don't get is how/why the filtration blocks seemingly random names...For instance:

Malice Wyrmscale and Maggie Blacktongue are fine, but Digger Wyrmtongue contains disallowed words or parts of words...blah, blah, blah. And NO, it isn't Digger that's the problem...It's "Wyrmtongue!"...why, why, why? Wyrm+scale=ok, Black+tongue=ok, but Wyrm+tongue=no-no? WTF? I mean really?

Senseless and stupid in my humble opinion, and I'm a teacher! I deal with senseless and stupid double standards all the time. I can honestly see Salty Nut Sack getting the boot...maybe. But some of the disallowed and banned names are just plain silly...Tigger Bits...only becomes a problem if you are prone to Spoonerisms, and yet as soon as I post this, I'm making that toon in factions...she will have a tiger named Tigger and I will see if it gets banned....oooooh, Ima get banned if someone doesn't love Disney! People are stupid...a person may be smart, but in groups there is no limit to what depths people will sink to....grrrrr...get off my internets!!!

*eats cookie*

Sorry, low blood sugar.

blurmedia · May 20, 2008, 06:37 PM // 18:37

Still waiting to get banned for "Mass Erect"
10 internets if you get the reference

TheRaven · May 20, 2008, 06:46 PM // 18:46

I just see a lot of those names as proof that the person behind the character is 12 years old or has the maturity level of a 12 year old.

Personally when forming a party for a mission I avoid these characters. Most of them make the name knowing it will offend and I expect these characters will also cause problems on the mission. (Most of the time I've been right too)

If I need 1 more elementalist to go and "Sofa King Hott" and "Flamecaller Lia" both ask to join then I'll take Lia and go.

Malice Black · May 20, 2008, 06:48 PM // 18:48

It's a joke...lighten up.

garethporlest18 · May 20, 2008, 06:54 PM // 18:54

Actually my names aren't offensive at all and I'll cause problems on your missions just because you have that kind of logic.

I actually find a lot of these names hilarious. Fug has a gold award post and come on some of these names have you rolling for hours.

then emaris says · May 20, 2008, 07:33 PM // 19:33

Heart Boobies. nerf'd.

(:

Fug the Unwashed · May 20, 2008, 07:52 PM // 19:52

Ha! Tigger Bits LIVES!!!

*watches sky for godly banstick of name-whacking +4*

deluxe · May 20, 2008, 07:58 PM // 19:58

After 2.5 years, a-net decided to ban me for my main character: Donkeyball Z.
.....
F#ck that, I named another char Donkeyball Z now

Dallcingi · May 20, 2008, 08:02 PM // 20:02

I made a name called soju is win.
i dindt know soju was a beer/alcoholic drink in korea.
but they did not ban me woot!
spent a lot of time on her with fow/titles etc lol.
many ppl dont know what soju is anyways so it is ok... i picked it cause it sounded like a cool name.

Jumping Is Uselss · May 20, 2008, 08:20 PM // 20:20

Never been banned for my characters' names. I do find most names mentioned funny

I Can Cure Cancer · May 20, 2008, 08:21 PM // 20:21

Yeah, I was banned for my name before (The Japslapper) but meh I didn't really care I could use the fresh air I guess. Sometimes name bans are completely unjustified and sometimes they aren't. If you really wanna avoid getting the banhammer for your name for good, call yourself something Japanese and Naruto-sounding Anet likes those.

nirhan shadowmauler · May 20, 2008, 08:45 PM // 20:45

i had around 30 people threaten to report an elementalist i made for RA because i named him pus ssy hound. also made chars like rap eing yo face, stick in yo mouth, and lots of stuff. usually it was only people i beat that threatened to report.

stretchs · May 20, 2008, 09:00 PM // 21:00

I was removed, I am still a lil meh about it, was 72hrs. For the name Slashin Beotch. I understand, but I also see it as a game not for kidlets either

annachie · May 20, 2008, 09:10 PM // 21:10

I got banned for using Pierced Nips on my assa...

what's so immature about that, Phoenix Tears and the other so-called grown up persons?

Sypherious · May 20, 2008, 09:13 PM // 21:13

I've been banned for a week for having the name "Avatar Of Teh Jezus". Apparently, some people get offended by Jesus.

NoXiFy · May 20, 2008, 09:17 PM // 21:17

I got banned for: "No Secks For You" , which i find completely retarded. All these guilds are running around with that new guild tag that spells [SHIT] with korean letters, and I get banned for that?

El Presidente · May 20, 2008, 09:37 PM // 21:37

Had a 2+ yr old pre char named "Fuh Cough N Die"; didn't get banned for it as I voluntarily surrendered it for a new (decent) name some time ago...

I MP I · May 20, 2008, 09:47 PM // 21:47

Yep been there. Banned for the stupidest of names. I blame all those no lifers (mostly lonely obese housewives and old, unmarried, balding, male virgins with boring, unsatisfying, dead end jobs) with nothing better to do other than police the world outside their four little walls of solitude. People who get easily offended by every little thing should just become priests and nuns.

HuntMaster Avatar · May 20, 2008, 09:54 PM // 21:54

I love it when people with names like that get banned, its very amusing to me, Most people who have nasty names are sarcastic asses in the game so its just desserts for them to get banned.

A lot of parents play guildwars, and video games in general, and so do their children. Parents often do not want their kids exposed to mental filth and have realised that every game has its fill, So instead of not playing games at all they contact support and get these people who take names like penutbutter balls and get them banned. Its for the kids, or for their own amusment.

I'v never reported a name like that, but I can still giggle when someone else does.

Level 20, 400+ plat spent on skills and gear, banned due to a funky name is just awesome!

Phoenix Tears · May 20, 2008, 10:27 PM // 22:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by annachie

I got banned for using Pierced Nips on my assa...

what's so immature about that, Phoenix Tears and the other so-called grown up persons?

its immature, because you can expect from people of the age of 18+ something more creative, than retarded Insults and braindead Wannabe-Jokes full of Xxxx's or IIIIII's as names for their fantasy characters. But people seem to believe, that they can be only individual, when they create characters with retarded names oO >.> Really pitifuly imo.

Anyone who has a character such stupidly named can't tell me, that you have really a bond to that character with that you can identify yourself in this game here.

Those people are creative enough to think about 5 minutes or logner for such retarded names, but don't get the same 5 minutes to think about a real fantasy name that fits to a fantasy game like GW ? Don't make me laugh.
It's simple weak to say that, that you are not creative enough for real fantasy names. Wherefore do exist on the internet countless of fantasy name generators, where you just need to click on a button to get a whole list presented with Name Examples, what you need to do only so long, until you get shown something, that you like as name, that you do then onkly twice, once for first name, then once for last name and finish.

Takes really not longer, than to think about such immature Insult-Names or pretending to be Fun-Names.
However, personally for me its regardless, how much tons of such retarded names exist in PvP, but hopefully for GW2 will have PvE a much stronger Name Filter and System, that watches over character names so that they fit to PvE, because such names would multimple ugly XXX's in and stuff, that isn't anyhow at all a name just disturbs in PvE People, which take some value on this Gameplay Mode to have as much RP flair, as possible.

This is as much as disturbing, as if you would go as Smoker into a Room full of Non-Smokers, were Smoking is forbidden and start there in to smoke then the complete Room full.
But thats only my opinion about this. It gives people which see that so extreme like me, but naturally also people, which care a shit about that, as long they aren't personally involved with such people. And people which care even lesser, the problem for anet lies there to find a good solution. They are still the only ones which can do somethign against that. Our reports against vulgary names are only lke a drop of water on a hot stone compared to Anet's abilities to change thigns simple and to improve and keep the name filters actualized, because as logn this doesn't happen, it will be easy for people to bypass the filters, so easily like its here easy to bypass the word f.u.c.k.i.n.g for example.

All this about these retarded names is just a matter of good behavior, tolerance and creativity. 3 important thigns you should could expect from mature players. Plus everyone has signed on the EULA and under it stay the Gameplay Rules. From mature players you should could expect, that they keep on the rules, that they've signed to become able to play the game.
If you break them, then is simple your own fault, that you get banned and then you simple deserve the ban. There is then not much to talk about then anymore and discussing the own stupidity here won't change anything about it ...