character creation name filter

uh, i do get something out of my names, a laugh? i hate names like "Super Dragon Knight" or "Grimmm Reaper" so lame and...w/e. i make names that i think are funny. i dont try to push the limit with the crude crap. i try to have fun and enjoy the game

Those names aren't vulgar, they are far from original, but I don't see how one could be offended by them... Except if bad taste is shocking to you.

"Wanker" in the other hand is sexual, I doubt it offends the majority of GW players but there are also childs here. There are many ways to be funny and not vulgar...

I've had games text filters' disallow 'Nightmare' because the first 3 letters were 'nig'

I think a filter is a bad idea, admins hired to police this regularily, yes. A living person can better judge if somethings inappropriate rather than AI that just scans letters for things added to the list.

Okay, sorry.

Kind of off topic here but WTF does "RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE" MEAN!!!?

sorry again,
I just haven't seen this anywhere accept on these boards.

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I kind of agree with you but at the same time I see why the ban was handed out.

Problem with censorship is that when you start to censor words deemed offensive other words will naturally become offensive. Classical example is the f bomb because it has been deemed socially offensive other words naturally became offensive with it since they sound or are spelled similar such as . . . suck. That is because they carry the same negative meaning with them.

Now rightfully I would say you should be able to say whatever you want to say and if they find it offensive to bad. That is why there are so many euphemisms for things today because people don't want to offend other people.

Shellshock => Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Security Guard => Loss Prevention Manager
Jackass => Donkey
Menstruation => Period
Retardation => Handicapped
Midget => Physically challenged
Stupid/Dumb => Learning Disability

There is nothing wrong with these words as long as they are maintained in the context of their description. However when you use them to purposefully insult, degrade, or demean someone then you have given them a negative description which is exactly why you were banned. You did not use the word Wanker as neutral description instead you used it for the negative meaning it carries.

That is why you were banned . . . well that is at least why I think you were banned and I don't believe there should be a filter.

The forum swear filter replaces each letter of a bad word with "RED ENGINE GO".

Vertically Challenged

There are many words not allowed by ANet's filter. Beaver is one. I can't call a character Celestial Beaver because Americans use the word in a derogatory way.

Sometimes filters are taken too far so as to not offend too many people in my opinion, but mostly it's common sense.

thanks for answering my question.

I guess i would have known that if i had just gone a cursing rant. lol

It's luck of the draw if you get banned. Just takes the right person to see it and take the time to report you. Now with the easier reporting I'm sure it happens more often. Quite often I've reported people in the past for their crude or very offensive chat in open chat more often than a character name. More often people aren't checking out everyone's names in a town, but the chat is right there visible.

i got a 72 hour suspension today because my character name was unacceptable.. i made that character probably 1.5 years ago and everything was fine, no suspensions whatsoever. all of my character names are funny, borderline offensive. I know i can change my character name once i serve this suspension, but can i change all 6 character's names to avoid future suspensions?

TIA

i totally agree with this

I have seen a few names that might offend people like Bucking Fasterd and Nucking Futs. i thought that they were funny andthey did not offend me, but i suppose they could offend someone if that person swaps the letters back into the context they refer to. i still dont think this should be a bannable offence though because that would be like banning some one for saying "lmao" because it stands for laughing my ass off.

Agreed. I prefer my Derv's "I Cut Emo Kids" to "Grimmmm Reper" or another misspelled form of Grim Reaper.

Does it still disallow the name Jewel as it has Jew in it? I seem to remember hearing about that somewhere

Funny's one thing, vulgar's another. Just stop making stupid off-color names. Wanker whatever-it-was isn't even funny. Personally I don't think it's offensive at all, but ANet's the one who ultimately decides what to allow in their game. If you keep pushing it with middle school sex/bathroom humor, you'll probably end up banned.

Funny/silly names are great, but for every genuinely funny person, there are ten assassins named Cream Of Sumyung Gai or something along those lines running around. Yeah boy, calling your female avatar Lookit Mah Hooterzz sure brings the hilarity.

I guess /signed for some sort of guideline for the terminally clueless. As it is, it just says "enter characters" and stops you if it catches a four-letter word.

I tried naming a PvP character 'Blizzard Pwnt Anet' but apparently some part of it was not allowed and I couldn't even make the character

"Officer, why'd you pull me over?"

"You were doing 70 in a 55."

"But everyone else was doing it too!"

...

Welcome to the real world.

Consider it a gentle education for youngsters about to enter into driving age. Man up and take your medicine if you're caught trying to be clever or work an angle. Want to get cranky? Go report those other offensive names which, magically, you recognize as being offensive names even if yours wasn't.

A buddy had the name "S U C K I T" and got all pissy cause he got banned. But then again hes 14 (former guildy) There are alot of stupid names in game, many can be taken as crude. While I do love free speech, just because you can say something stupid doesnt mean you should. I know you had your hear set on being a Wanker, and trust me to all of us here you will always be a Wanker, Anet just isnt ready for the players around the world to know that you are a Wanker.

happy wanking

~the rat~

Ok i never understood this. This game is rated T, so you should be the age of 13 to play this game, which we all know isnt true. You are playing a game about KILLING things, people, etc. Why would any "vulgar" language be banned from use. I AM KILLING THINGS, so killing is better than swearing....SOUNDS GOOD

can anybody that has been through a 72 hour suspension answer my question please?

/not signed


wow. just wow.

People who make stuipd ass names like that what are they like 10 years old?
If you know something like this is "Wrong" or "bad" and might go over the Rules why the hell would you put it down as a name that every person sees in game?

Getting Banned should teach you a lesson and you should never do it again.
So why would you bitch and yell at Anet to change something you know is going aginast the "Rules" and you choose to do it out of your own free will.

Edit.

From reading a few posts above mine that we are all "old" enough here to not be "restricted" on what we say basicly. An answer to that well there are people who play this game that dont find it respectful to be looking at a vugar or just stuipd name when they play so I dont see why they have to put up with it and why people with stuipd names should be rewarded for their idiotness.