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Ashley Twig · Jul 15, 2005, 05:28 AM // 05:28

I would like ANet to consider putting in a whitelist for character names, which appears not to exist.

Yesterday I created a new character whose lastname was supposed to be "mayweed"

I checked the internet for aprox. 1 hour to find a nice plantname that starts with "may", and I was glad to find out, that "mayweed" not only has a nice ring to it (to my ears) but is actually a nice plant (from my pov).

I was surprised to find out, that the name was rejected because of the ending "weed".
Now, whatever the meaning of "weed" might mean to some people, for me it's plant related.

I do understand the importance of having a negative list for names, though that has been worked around in one way or the other.

But the way I see it, there is no positive list.
And if there is a positive list, "mayweed" should definately be on it.

EverBlue · Jul 15, 2005, 05:48 AM // 05:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashley Twig

I was surprised to find out, that the name was rejected because of the ending "weed".
Now, whatever the meaning of "weed" might mean to some people, for me it's plant related.

Oh, don't worry. It's plant related for them, too.

Ultimate_Gaara · Jul 15, 2005, 06:24 AM // 06:24

ya i saw someone with a name related problem once, i think it was something dickson or somethign and it the chat log it poped up like ****son, i couldnt help but laugh

but i agree there should be someway to work around the whole name problem

EverBlue · Jul 15, 2005, 07:35 AM // 07:35

Whoa! Use the edit button. That's why we have one.

I've seen a few names that were *'d during chat, but not anywhere else. I found them amusing.

DFrost · Jul 15, 2005, 07:48 AM // 07:48

It's funny that damned clerics get censored too when you call targets: "I'm attacking ----ed cleric!"

Ollj · Jul 15, 2005, 08:18 AM // 08:18

sign petition to ban the letter "E"
profanity is what you make of it.

DrSLUGFly · Jul 15, 2005, 11:39 AM // 11:39

Does anyone else get a kick out of "GO RED ENGINE GO RED ENGINE" ???

EmperorTippy · Jul 15, 2005, 11:43 AM // 11:43

I do slug. I personaly don't no why people don't just use F*cked or F*cking. Both work fine and if they don't just use F*(k3D and F*(K3!NG.

spiritofcat · Jul 15, 2005, 12:44 PM // 12:44

Actually, it's "RED ENGINE GO". But yeah, I've only recently realised what it is

EverBlue · Jul 15, 2005, 01:50 PM // 13:50

Heh, I always read it as
RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO

Red and Go being at the start and end, and Engine Gored repeated between for some reason. Thanks for clearing that up.

Loviatar · Jul 15, 2005, 01:57 PM // 13:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashley Twig

Now, whatever the meaning of "weed" might mean to some people, for me it's plant related.

most definitely plant related

oh yes
*weed* was *grass* mary jane* pot*

mr *but i didnt inhale himself*

Ashley Twig · Jul 18, 2005, 07:04 AM // 07:04

Wow, first time I got two posting baned from this forum.
Congratulations to me. What did I do?

TheGreatBoo · Jul 18, 2005, 07:14 AM // 07:14

Yeah, theres some odd things that are blocked and shouldn't be, and some things that aren't blocked, and should be. It's hard to catch everything, considering the fact that everyone always wants to find a way around it. Even if you blocked every profanity or whatever you want to call it, they'll just keep spamming it with spaces in between the letters.

EverBlue · Jul 18, 2005, 07:37 AM // 07:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashley Twig

Wow, first time I got two posting baned from this forum.
Congratulations to me. What did I do?

Well, you posted several times. Right after the other. When you could've clicked the edit button and edited all of that stuff into one.

Ashley Twig · Jul 18, 2005, 08:55 AM // 08:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by EverBlue

Well, you posted several times. Right after the other. When you could've clicked the edit button and edited all of that stuff into one.

That's already enough to get posts baned?

Now I'm confused.
I thought it was because of the red engine thing.

Seriously: What is it with profanity?
I don't want it, that's for sure. If I have people using foul language on my team I advise them to stop it.

But nobody came up with a truely serious concept on how to block profanity. In GW and even here you get too many false positives.

So people get offended by words. But what if they read a line like
"you ----ing ----, i hate you ----ers, i own you ---er"
Those people offended by the f-word probably are intelligent enough to fill in the missing letters in the above line.
So they know that profanity is used.
Now, are they offended by the word, or the profanity it implies?

Even in this thread you can read about workarounds, like replacing the letter 'U' with a '*' or a 'V' or the letter 'O' with a '0'.

Some people like those words and they'll always find a way to bring it out into the open so everybody can understand it.

So where's the real protection against profanity?

EverBlue · Jul 18, 2005, 08:57 AM // 08:57

There is none. ANet does ban people for this, though. If you read in the post Gaile made. That's player harrassment. And that is bad.

And your posts weren't bad, just deleted I suppose.

Manderlock · Jul 18, 2005, 09:01 AM // 09:01

Weed? what is this weed you speak of???

But yea that is overly carefull of Anet.

Shagsbeard · Jul 18, 2005, 01:48 PM // 13:48

Shagsbeard didn't make it either. I've been using that name for years and no one has been offended by it. But it's A.net's call. We play by their rules or we choose not to play. It's not that big of a deal for me. There are far more offensive names than 'Mayweed' out there.

Ashley Twig · Jul 19, 2005, 08:31 AM // 08:31

Probably right. There's another "my way or the highway" thread going on.
I'm ok with rules, but rules can be changed, adpoted, improved.

I was suggesting the implementation of a white-list with names that, although they get a hit on the black-list, get approved finally by the white-list.

EDIT:
Can I use the name Harry Potter? I don't know.

It's got the term *pot* in it which, according to some other thread in the RiversideInn is a clear reference to drugs.