51 replies to this topic

[Lappa]

ban all of em and shut up. ty

[devilswar104]

I'm not sure how long Must of you have been playing, but one of my friends in town lost the name THC (R.I.P). He also was a well established crit. You may now him now as Condemned. I talked to him when I was working and he fully agrees on my side. I'll talk to him again to see if he will post to prove my point that a well established crit/name means nothing in the long run!

[Pureza]

A few of my names have been changed by staff, or i've been asked by staff to change them. Though they may have seemed inappropriate, they weren't as it was a play on words. Warcock is not a sexual name, it's a kind of homage to turnip Fighting, which is still legal in the state I live in. I agree with devilswar104, if you're gonna change one, change em all. Or let em all be.

[Raylen]

IF someone(staff member/game programer) told dude he has to change his name that is no differnet then the lot of names listed above, they all should have to be changed or he should be able to keep the name. Naming ur crit after a drug is kinda lame but if thats what rev's the engine letter go. I personally think all drug, sexist, racist, or antisocial related names should be banned.

/permaban Blackish



<3 brian lol

[Shaginator]

Right and wrong is a matter of personal perception and beliefs. Its completley insane to try and police all the names so heavily. If you know what it means, then obviously its not going to hurt you to see the name of whatever drug it is. Now if you have a crit named Crack_smoker.....that would be something worth enforcing a rename. Other than that, as long as the individual crit does not support the use of drugs in any way other than simply being named after the drug...just leave it be ffs. You people get rediculous with all of this whiny garbage sometimes. Leave your opinions to yourself about personal drug use. This is a game, not a confrenence on morality. If you have a genuine passion against the use of drugs then ignorepc those users who choose to name their characters after drugs. You may still have to see the name but boohoo. At least you dont have to associate with those who dont share your sentiment.

[MysticStorm]

It's not a matter of what personal beliefs are. The issue is that if one person is made to change the name of their nics, then everyone should. It should also be taken into consideration that children (anyone under the age of 18) play this game and make up half of our player base. If a parent happens to monitor what their child is doing online like I do with my 2 children, they will eventually see the names that are on this game and put a parental block on their comp to keep the said child from playing this game. And this game can NOT afford to lose any of their player base due to people flaunting crit names that are sexual, racial, or drug related and that even goes for clan tags that people use.

I'm not going to say I'm perfect in game. No where close to being perfect and never claimed to be perfect. I've had a couple of people complain about a crit of mine named "Black_Velvet" saying I was racist. Black Velvet is an actual fabric and it's also a name of a song. Neither of which is racially related. So yeah, some complaints on nics is kinda far fetched and a lot of us can disguinish the relative meaning of the names. But if you know for a fact that a crit name is one of the 3 aforementioned issues, then don't use them or expect them to be changed.

[Shaginator]

But if you know for a fact that a crit name is one of the 3 aforementioned issues, then don't use them or expect them to be changed.

Ty staffer. Moving right along. Ok first of all lets be realistic. These so called kids you are talking about who are playing this game are doing so to do what? Player kill. Lets get rid of the names Murder, Adultery, Gangster, need I go on?. These are all illegal activities. So the holier than thou crap can be sent right back where it came from. Point blank, you can pick on drug use all you want. But if you are going to cry about it being illegal and saving the little kids poor virgin eyes, then attack the whole scenario. Its overly rediculous to try and parent children on this game. Protect them from idiots who want to use names that imply drug use, ok sure. As I said before to imply drug use is not exactly wise nor do kids need to see it. But even elementary age KIDS know what crack cocaine is. They know what 99% of the drugs out there are. To condone drug use is wrong. To name a charcter in a game after a drug, albeit slightly immature in the opinion of some, is not a big deal. Let staff do their job. If one person gets singled out, that is between them and the staffer who did so. Go play the game and quit your whining please.

Edited by Shaginator, 18 September 2006 - 02:37 AM.

[MysticStorm]

TIME OUT!!!

I never said I was doing the parenting of the game. Read the paragraph before that. I said the children's parents and how it would affect the player base. So please do re-read my last post more carefully before you try to insult anyone else's intelligence here. I don't plan on parenting this game. I have my hands full with my own 2 kids. Don't want that responsibility. But seeing how there is such a rule, I'm only saying what everyone else is saying. I leave the other children in the hands of their parents but I have seen a time or two where I have seen kids play this game only for their parents to keep them from playing this game due to language and crit names. So re-read my post more slowly Shag because you were way out of left field on that one.

Edited by MysticStorm, 18 September 2006 - 03:19 AM.

[Shaginator]

TIME OUT!!!!!

Yea your right I totally was coming out of left field with all that


Your even attempting parenting people in your posts on this thread. Aside from that, I wasnt really talking about you parenting. Because, for the 3rd time.....YOU ARE NOT STAFF. You couldnt parent anyone if you wanted to. I was talking about the policy of renaming as a whole. Dont flatter yourself by thinking everything I say is directed at you in my above post. On this one however, it is.

Edited by Shaginator, 18 September 2006 - 05:04 AM.

[Ryuku]

omg I'm totally against people being alive.

Change Existence and it's almost after-image Existance pls

I find both names offensive!

kdai, leave them as they are, who, the moose, cares.

[alone]

I think this kind of goes back to the whole sharing/stealing thing. It has been said JLH will help those who get stolen from, if he knows the person and their characters.
If you're a nice guy, get on with what you're meant to be doing, and don't cause any trouble. You're much more likely to get away with pushing the limits of your character names.

Now, I don't care to hear you rant on that you're a good boy, how you've never played with yourself, and were sucking mummies titties till your 13th birthday (which was last week, might I add).
Just get my point, and don't throw crap back. There's no point. The general ruling of this game is bias, always has been, always will be.

[Scripto]

I can't even believe this is a topic... These names have been around for ever.. I didn't read all this but what I did read made me laugh.. they are names, can't have one.. get over it (sorry chris not trying to be mean)... why would you want to Jr of someones elses name anyways.. there are million of names out there, pick one.. sorry but thats just the way I feel.. other then that.. just .. wow.. and .. kids these days....

[devilswar104]

I can't even believe this is a topic... These names have been around for ever.. I didn't read all this but what I did read made me laugh.. they are names, can't have one.. get over it (sorry chris not trying to be mean)... why would you want to Jr of someones elses name anyways.. there are million of names out there, pick one.. sorry but thats just the way I feel.. other then that.. just .. wow.. and .. kids these days....

Actually there Mark the name Cannabis isn't used it cant be there is a block on it. I wanted the real name so i did Cannabis_jr because cannabis aint able to be used. Like i stated befor You should notice how it affected Mike and me but not Ganja someone well known on the game and you because your one of the staff!

Edited by Scripto, 18 September 2006 - 07:29 PM.

[alone]

My memory isn't the best known to mankind. But I'm sure Scripto probably had that name before becoming staff. and if not, I can guarentee he wouldn't have gotten special treatment because he was staff.
Also, if you knew the name Cannabis was unavailable, it's fairly obvious anything else containing 'cannabis' isn't going to be allowed either. It isn't difficult to work out.

[Scripto]

Mike still has the name THC.. it was just changed from THC to Thc as in all other names that were all caps.

[MysticStorm]

Your even attempting parenting people in your posts on this thread.

Wrong again dude. I ain't trying to parent inside this game period. Btw.. me saying "Time Out" is my way of covering up something completely rude that I can't post. I honestly don't care about the names in game. I have no problems with them, my kids don't see them, I don't let them play this game so I could care less lol. The point of what I said previously was pretty much talking from a parental review. Was never once intended to parent anyone.

So to recap, I don't care what names are in game. However, if you are going to force one person to change their name, make everyone change the same offensive name. The rest of playerbase pray that another player's parent doesn't see half of what goes on in-game so they don't block NM and then we lose probably someone who could be one of the greatest players in-game.

Understand now Shag?

Edited by MysticStorm, 18 September 2006 - 08:50 PM.

[Exodia]

actually cannabis was mine/eds name back a 2yr+ ago and jlh made us change name and he banned it

and when are we gonna get real staff imput plz

Edited by Exodia, 18 September 2006 - 10:38 PM.

[alone]

Exodia, I'm sure your spelling is getting worse and worse as weeks go by

[devilswar104]

My memory isn't the best known to mankind. But I'm sure Scripto probably had that name before becoming staff. and if not, I can guarentee he wouldn't have gotten special treatment because he was staff.
Also, if you knew the name Cannabis was unavailable, it's fairly obvious anything else containing 'cannabis' isn't going to be allowed either. It isn't difficult to work out.

I'll change the name if a staff member gives me the gold too. If not im keeping it because im not paying another 70000 something golg for the name change. And Mark didnt own the name Kannabis befor he was a staff member. But If you want to go ahead and lie and say you did! Let me say this even tho I dont think Mike has posted here yet I have been talking to him about this still when I see him.

[Exodia]

Exodia, I'm sure your spelling is getting worse and worse as weeks go by

and what is wrong wit my spelling

[Scripto]

And Mark didnt own the name Kannabis befor he was a staff member. But If you want to go ahead and lie and say you did!

I never said that I had the name before I was staff. I got it shortly after when the name finally went inactive after waiting a long time for it. And before that, Greg (Old Lunchboxkid if anyone remembers him) and myself owned the name on a mage...

This topic is getting old fast... going to close it for now if you have a problem with it take it up with a higher power...

[JLH]

Such a big deal is being made here over names.

My general ruling is, if it's something "I" think is closely linked to drugs, I will likely do something about it (assuming I even know about it, since we don't require staff involvement to verify all newly created names).
Note, I live in England, therefore I won't know all the 'street' names you use in the USA or wherever for drugs.

I would like to believe that the players had enough imagination to actually think up a suitable name for their characters that doesn't involve questionable/illegal activities.

If you have a crit name that you think I wouldn't like, then I will rename it for free.