My name got blacklisted - now what?

[Maliciosa]

GM-Homogenn decided my character name "Maliciosa" was against the naming policy tonight and put me on the blacklist without further notice.

The naming policy reads:

Character Naming Policy
1. No titles. You can't be "Lordgrey" or "Jackthegreat". Sorry.
2. No names from well-known, popular media. You can't be Aragorn, Gandalf or Garfield. Also, excusing it with that you spelled it Ganddalf or Garrfield will earn you a ban for sheer stupidity. On that note, no unrealistic or completely idiotic names either. "Rogue" or "Iksar" are not acceptable names.
3. No wordplays. "Froak Frog" is not an acceptable name, nor is Frog or Froak by itself, but those go under idiotic names anyway.
4. That "you used this name on live" does not mean it magically bypasses the policy. We will not tolerate this excuse. Use the rules here, not the non-existant name rules on EQlive.
5. If a staff member tells you that you need to change your name, please don't argue it.
6. Don't complain to another staff member that your name was nerfed by some other staff member and expect any sympathy.

As I see it, points 1 through 3 do not apply to "Maliciosa", which is a female spanish name (because of the ending in -a) and at the same time has the meaning of "malicious". That is about the same as the more-familiar-to-people name "Barbara" which means "female barbarian in spanish". I am NOT using point 4 as an excuse because 1-3 don't apply.

What does apply is points 5 and 6. I do argue because as a roleplayer, I identify myself with that name after having played my character for months and due to that am not willing to accept a simple "I don't like your name" as a reason.

I don't expect any sympathy. I just want to be shown in what way my name violates any point of the naming policy. Because I don't see any. And if it does, then "Barbara" would also have to be an unacceptable name. And "Maria". And "Gordon". And "Peter". Because - I don't know if you ever checked the according resources, but every name in the western world (and probably everywhere) is derived from a common form which had a specific meaning as "the divine", "the pretty", "the strong" and the likes.

I did not choose my character name as a mutilation of some sort of title or word to go around the names filter, nor did I choose my name to upset anyone or to seem extra cool.

I simply thought that a name that has a nice look and a full sound to it (I learned spanish in school and thats how i pronounce it) and at the same time indicates that my character might be a malicious person was a perfect match for a roleplayed dark elven necromancer.

I would like to keep my name as it is, and ask you to seriously consider if the name is really against the naming policy or does any damage to anyone.

Best Regards,


Maliciosa

 

[Kasreyn]

I'm not going to pretend to speak for Homogenn, but this is the way I see it.

#3 says no wordplay. Maliciosa could be considered a play on the word Malicious, maintaining the root word and adding an 'a' at the end to make it a female name.

I'll be honest, I thought of nerfing your name more than once. I admit that it isn't as egregious as most of the names I've nerfed, but it did cause me to raise an eyebrow.

You've brought up some good points in your discussion but I'd also like to point out rule #5 to you: "If a staff member tells you that you need to change your name, please don't argue it." That may not be the type of consolation you were looking for, but that's where I stand.

KAS