Originally Posted by LaurnaRose

Here are my 2 copper:

Yes, keep the naming policy ... actually, you know what, make a /report feature where we can report ppl with obserd names and let the GMs decide what to do with them. If it is a questionable name, put it up for review and see if any more complaints come in.

I have seen, since starting VG, the following and have /petition all of them from various servers including beta:

Baung Smoker
Bongsmoker
Lycket Smuthe
Yomahma Sphat
Hayrlis Beivar
Ikehl Jooh
Chyht Sleenghar
Phock Meah

and on and on it goes. Now, anyone who can say that any of the above are acceptable needs to rethink their morales IMO. Im not saying that some aren't funny, but my that is not the environment I want my kids playing in.

Originally Posted by NoBogui

I don't agree with their naming policy. How can they use these criteria to tell you what's acceptable?

Originally Posted by NoBogui

I don't agree with their naming policy. How can they use these criteria to tell you what's acceptable? What is recognizable media to one person may be completely foreign to another.

pretty much if its from a published book/movie, you cant use it, however if no ones ever heard of it you arnt gonna get reported so its not a big deal.

As a player, who am I tell to another that "your name is ruining my gaming experience"? Strict rules on a roleplaying server, however, makes total sense. If you want to be "immersed" in the game then play a roleplaying server; that is what they're for, immersion.

i think the guideline for this is, if it ruins someones gaming experience and a GM agrees thats its bad than its gonna get changed, they want to limit names that offend/ruin ppl's gaming experience, but of course only within certain limits, if someone complains about Iendan because its hard to pronounce they arnt gonna do anything, but if someone complains about IPwn Nubslol than its prolly gonna get changed because it obviously is not a proper name. In general the obvious ones are gonna get dealt with first and less obvious ones are prolly gonna get a chance to explain themselves, or atleast thats how it should be.

Also, in my personal experience, GMs have a whole boatload of other problems to worry about other than the naming policy. Missing tombstones? Falling into an endless loop of falling through the world, teleporting out, and falling back through (the /stuck yes command just precipitates the loop)? There are far more important things to worry about than "immersion breaking names".

and likely those other things will take priority over immersion breaking names

The GMs should also be MUCH better about answering inquiries to bans and/or suspensions. My friend had an "inapproriate name" (which is still up for debate) and was suspended for three days. Now, on day SIX, customer service has only sent him ONE e-mail, three days after he sent it. They said "your account is under investigation, we'll notify you later". Helpful, yet not.

they are understaffed, these things suck and should definitly not happen, but they dont have enough ppl and cant avoid it, and they are working on improving on this, they've hired more GM's and are working on getting to petitions and such faster

There are a world of other problems GMs should be dealing with other than a witch hunt for inapproriate names

and they are, to the best of their abilities they are, and hopefully it will get better.

Originally Posted by Aranarth

I have names that I have used for characters that are loosely based on Tolkien Lore.

The names aren't Legolas for my Ranger, and Gimli for my Dwarf, but if you search the lore hard enough you can find where my login name comes from.