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Has a naming policy been declared?
Wyborn
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Tried to find information on a naming policy and wasn't successful. I am hoping there will be one that will limit some of the more ridiculous names people come up with. Perhaps have at least one server which limits the names to a more roleplay type atmosphere. I remember DAOC had roleplay servers which limited the naming to actual names. WOW started out with possible good intentions but there seem to be more and more names that go against the policy these days. At least they give us the option to report names.
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Having a vote or RP only name server is very doubtful. We know Intrepid's current intent is to not have different server types.
It also gets really hard to argue what is a legit "Role-playing" name. I mean, Steven used the name (Sorcerer) in ArcheAge which is an okay MMORPG name, but I would not allow it as a DM at my table personally. Not without at least some creative/clever backstory to explain why someone is using a class name as a character name.
Personally, I am not confident that having a vote for names would be good for a game like Ashes. The game is going to be highly competitive. I could see guilds mass reporting people's names just to spite them.
I hate shitty names too, but I don't think it should be a big enough deal that it becomes actionable in some way.
If I had more time, I would write a shorter post.
Mass reporting names should be have repercussions for the guild.
You don't throw away the garden hose because someone may spray someone else.
You do if the spigot is hooked into the septic tank.
This caught me off guard.
Numbers and symbols sure but since they said you're going to have a first and last name you're probably going to get one space automatically put in... If you do two names.
These kinds of names really really trigger me...
I miss my Trooper named "Dave" in Knights of the Old Republic though. Servers merged and "Dave" was no longer acceptable and was forced changed. :-/
personally, I'm keen to use maouwUwU
I kid, I kid.
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Im gonna name my character xX<Hello Kitty>Xx just to annoy you XD
I hope we never get here. I definitely want to have situations like a PvP villain with a massive bounty on his head having a name that's just "Harold".
Voting and word filters almost always backfire. At the end of the day the only real solution is a capable, well staffed GM team and real consequences for repeat offenders.
U.S. East
I don't hate spaces.
I made one of those plant people in GW2, and colored him black with a red glow so he looked like he was burnt and called him 'the chared one' I think names with spaces CAN be fine.
It's just like the weird characters though, it depends what people do with it. Some people just use the weird character so they can sneak words by the "that's inappropriate filter."
I personally preffer 'family name must be unique but given name not' while restricting numbers spaces and punctuation other than an apostrophe. Weird ass last names are much more tolerable when your first name can be 'Dave' or 'Monica' without worrying about it already being taken. Especially in a fantasy setting where weird letter combos feel immersive/standard fare.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yhr9WpjaDzw
Dammit, you made me snort my cereal...