Name Change

[Edge]

Hello. I'm new to Winter's Thorn and I'm currently having a great time! First off, bravo on the excellent job with the server. I love the ease of leveling with out the frustration of a crowded server. Makes it seam more like a game than a job like it was in Live. The pure mechanics of the game has yet to disappoint me; yet, I would like to address one issue I'm having with my name.

Originally my character name was Plague it was recently changed to Kenric. I picked this name after reading your 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.

After accepting these 5 reasonable rules I tried a few names I thought would sound cool. They all failed so finally I came up with the name Plague (using a thesaurus for the word poison). I even applied this name to the naming policy and felt that it violated no rule. While on the server I learned that my name may be considered in violation. I asked in /ooc as to the reason behind this and was told to, "read the Naming Policy, n00b.", so I went to read it again.

After reading the naming policy as instructed by the nice individual, the only rule I felt that I could have violated would be that it is a name from a popular media. I personally feel I stay on top of popular media fairly well; however, I guess I could have missed something but I stand confident that "Plague" is not the name of any well known popular character. So if there isn't a popular media character named "Plague" I would have to guess that it falls under "no unrealistic or completely idiotic names" category. I highly disagree if it is viewed as completely idiotic; maybe not most cleaver, but idiotic? completely idiotic? I guess I could see how "Plague" is unrealistic, but no more unrealistic than many of the other names I currently see on the server.

My first question is what is considered unrealistic or completely idiotic? I in no way wish to violate the rules of this server. I'm here purely for enjoyment and entertainment provided from the game. In no way do I want to make things difficult or complicated for anyone. Despite the answer to the question I will respect your reason behind it. I don't have to just have the name "Plague". It in no way has any importance to me.

Second question. Is there any way I can pick a new name? Perhaps I could post a list of names that would be more suitable. This way whoever decides which names are unrealistic or completely idiotic could filter through them. This way I could have a name I myself picked but won't offend anyone. If I had known the name "Plague" would be in violation I would have never used it and picked another name. I do apologize for the trouble.

Thanks for the help,
Keep the great work!!!

 

[Foonie]

We don't enforce roleplaying among in the player database, but we do require roleplaying names, which basicly means: Make up a name instead of warping a word
Didn't you say that you picked Kenric? Or did you mean Plague? Anyway, pm me some names and I'll change it for you.

 

[Edge]

Thanks for the reply. Originaly the name i picked was Plague it was changed to Kenric by the Administration. I see how i worded that, made it a little confusing.

PMing you a list via the boards.

Thanks!