Offensive Name

The point is, this was caused by 2-4 overly sensitive people. I have seen some seriously offensive names involving molestation, catholisism, rape, sexually natured names. I chose not to report them because I can see the comedy in them and I personally find that a persons name is a expression of their personality and shouldnt be dicked with.

its like saying, I saw the name Titanic sword. Tit is the first 3 letters of that name, plz ban it.

Also, what if i just used the name "God Mode", would that offend anyone? Definantly, what about "Jahovah Mode", yes. No matter what kind of religious association your name has its going to be offensive to someone. The name "Broken Christopher Reeves" is pretty offensive! Though, I understand the comedy and wouldnt like that person to lose ALL THEIR ****ING WORK FOR THE PAST 2 WEEKS WHILE LEADING A GUILD AND DOING THE WHOLE GAME 3 TIMES OVER CATCHING PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN GUILD UP TO YOUR LOCATION FOR 5 STRAIGHT ****ING DAYS! Why not just a rename?

you know, if it was Osama BinLaden I could understand it being banned. Or something like "Allah Is Shit". But people are called Allah in real life for gods sake (no pun intended); what, should we all complain to the government to either change their birth certificates or 'delete' them?

That really is daft. And besides they should be less bothered about someone called e.g. nutsacks and be MORE worried about the people who stand around in town dancing going "LOOK AT MY STRIPPER DANCE! TOUCH MY BIG BOOBIES!" if they really want to worry about things that could seem offensive. (not that it offends me, just kinda out of place lol)

Perhaps they should offer a rename for 'first offence' and if you have a second name that is reported as offensive THEN the character should be deleted?

Shit, it would be like people being offended by a name such as mine!
"OMFG, itz a referenss to sexxah11!!!1"
No it's not.
If you've played Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, you'll know where the name comes from.

_Zexion

1.) Would it not cross anyone's mind that the player behind "Allah Mode" may be Muslim themself? While probably not accurate in this case, it's a possibility.

2.) I don't think any "observant Muslim" should find it offensive either. Like I said earlier, there's a difference between being offended and being an offended retard. If something like that offends you, sit back and have a think about why it offends you. More often than not you'll find that you're not offended at all, just over-reacting.

3.) Far more likely that an observant Muslim took offense over a right-wing witch hunter who thinks that Muslims are evil? I'm sorry, but with the current political climate and the number of retards currently occupying this planet, I'm finding it more believeable that a witch hunting pro-war type of person reported his character's name.

Edit: By the way, I just thought of something... I'm pretty sure an observant Muslim would be more offended at the word Allah being censored than it being used. Don't ya' think?

If something offends you, you have every right to report it. All I am saying is that the player who did it is not at fault. If anything its the GW staff. (And what is with banning for it? At least in WoW they change the name of the player only.)

LOL... Completely off-topic, but I think people would just think "l33t kid" at a name like God Mode, rather than "OMGZ RELIGION! Oh noes my care-bare 'o meter is going off! Report it and save the children!"

In the case of Allah Mode though, it's definitely some retard who only sees the connection to what's happening in the middle-east, and that person needs to take their head from their arse and realise that not everything is about politics.

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If something offended me, I would be in my rights to report it. I agree.

Does that mean I have to report absolutely everything no matter how much of a bitch that makes me? Absolutely not. Especially when it's not something so broad in definition and in usage as the word "Allah".

Seriously. It's just someone who probably spends 90% of their time glued to CNN who thinks that the only connection is political.

It's witch-hunting, scare-mongering, and demonisation. Nothing else. If anything I would call the censoring of the word "Allah" a case of slander.

You got banned for that? That's crazy. It's like how my college's headmaster wouldn't allow me to have 'Just Call Me Jesus' as my fantasy football team name, despite there being million of people with that as their first name in the real world. Gmail sure as hell don't get pissed at me for having it as my e-mail address, why should anyone give a damn?

I call myself Jesus all the time 'cause of my long hair and beard, but none of my Catholic friends find it offensive. Hell, if I saw someone with an offensive name, even if it was something direct like "Druadan is a Moron", I wouldn't even report it. I'd simply think "Haha, what an idiot" and move on.

I sense these people are insecure about their faith, having put so much of their lives into something so fundamentally wrong, and are lashing out. I'm just waiting for the Rapture of Christ to come, and all the Christians end up burning him at the stake for blaspheming and pretending to be Jesus.


[P.S.: Yes, I'm a commie pinko liberal, so I instictively attack religion whenever I see the word, sorry, it's like a condition.... Marxism-tourettes or something.]

Does GW even have an official naming policy? I've been trying to find the god damn(hope that doesn't offend anyone) thing on their site.

Agreed. It's probably someone that leaves the plane if a person of middle eastern descent gets on, or sees one and yells "Where's your towel, Bin Laden?"

If they are going to ban and delete characters with witty names then they might as well ban and delete all characters with names and make it so characters can only be represented by number strings because anything and everything can be found offensive by at least 1 person.
My handle on GW is Devious Vixen.
Newb: Oh Noes! That person's name is remeniscant of an overtly sexually active woman! and plus she is devious! so she must be pure EVIL!!
It would be much more enjoyable if Arenanet could release a game-wide text filter that can be edited from person to person so, if someone is easily offended, they can add the words that they do not want to see and they will simply be filtered out, while those that are not sensitive to "creativity" can enjoy the ingenious minds of their peers. A simple fix that can add to the overall wonderful effect of this game; everyone will satisfied if this could be implemented.

Heh ya I had someone report(or he sed he did) the other night for calling the NPC dwarf that got caught by the Storm Summit a dumbass. I was kidding around I said...."Well next time don't get caught dumbass!" Someone got all pissy & told me not to cuss. Now I could understand if I dropped the F bomb or something but 'dumbass'? If 'dumbass' is cussing then I spose 'jackass' is too. Some ppl are just a weee bit to sensitive.

Perhaps the person who sent in the complaint was lactose intolerant or has something against dairy in general.

While I can't be much of assitance in the form of solving your problem, I decided to help you out by compiling a list of names that will surely not be banned.

If you decide to roll a new character, try one of these names:

Fantasy Names:
*-------------*
Leggolass Daelf
Gimmmli Omguber
Frrodo Baagins
Drizzzzt Dourden
Lord Sott
Lord Arriaken
Lord Saarevok
John Irrenicus
Hary Powter
King Arrthur
Princess Liiea

Witty Names
*----------*
Supper Mega Warrior
Heal Master
I Am Leet
Longest Name Poss
Pie Crumbs
Original Name
And Another One
Pokemon Rullz
I Like Taco Bell

I must concur.

I found things in this thread to be offensive, but will I report it? Nah. Fact is, if I take their right, I take mine too. Just like Voltaire said, I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Honestly folks, when I know kids play this game, and people run around with Dixie Rected, Lady Kweefe (some of you will get that...), or Tig ol Bitties, I'd take Allah Mode any day. Hell, it's even clever. Kudos for that.

They have a hard line to toe, censorship for the good of the game versus impinging on personal freedom, but at the end of the day, erring on the side of caution may yet be more harmful...

(words of support from a right wing conservative Christian. Rock on.)

the one voice we havent heard from is how offended a devout muslem would be

Like I said, they'd probably be more offended by Arenanet censoring it than a player using it.

I think most people, Muslim or not, have the mental capacity to ignore something like that instead of throwing a hissy-fit and going on a banning crusade.

Your avatar is also a hammer and sickle... The right-wing extremist 'tards who had "Allah Mode" censored have a lot in common with the right-wing extremist 'tards of the 50's who thought that every Russian was a "Commie spy". Watch out Spartan2, some moron might get you banned, oh noes!

Edit: I just quoted in seperate posts again, didn't I. I promise I won't do it again, I'm stupid. lol.

Oh teh noes! I might get teh ban hammer if I hold ideas outside of what is politcally correct! Oh please help me Constitution! |-Denied-|
Self imposed edit: I had more to say after the Denied! but yea.... the deep feelings that I have against all forms of imposed censorship flow nicely into rant form and can be construed as being Anarchistic or Communistic. I do believe Communism, without those that lust to corruptly take over the seat of power and then horde all of the people's money, is the perfect government, it will never work in the real world due to the inherent flaw of human nature: corruption and ignorance will always be a part of the world, no matter how intelligent we, as a species, become.
Anyway, I just hope Arenanet doesn't turn this into a witch hunt. We all know how that turned out with McCarthy in the 50's

"If you should develop concerns about a character name that you see -- if you feel it is extremely offensive or inappropriate -- we've made it easy for you to get in touch. Simply drop an email to us at [email protected] and we will investigate your concerns and take the appropriate action."

It seems that they didn't investigate!

If you want to know what's the reaction from a Moslem, I can share... To us God (Allah) is not comparable to any being (including human), so any being that tried to be 'comparable' to Him is cursed.

I believe that the guy who try to use Allah as a character in a game may be just joking, but I myself will not use any of other God's name (Christians, Budhist, Hindus, etc) as my character. It's just too sensitive to others. Because I believe their gods are also sacred by their believers, not for joking purposes.

Well, if you don't believe in any religion, don't insult others who believe. As if you're straight, it's wrong to disrespect homosexuals.

So I think, like WoW, ban all religious related name...