Zeylon Rho
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Posted - 2014.04.28 07:26:00 -
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I recall some games (like Everquest) had a name filter that would block all sorts of things, but had a further system for people to petition in game if they saw names that got through the automated filter.
It wasn't just obscene names, but names that referenced works of fiction outside of the game, and so on. It's possible they're lazy about it now. I can only imagine how many petitions were about names early on. The naming policy from Project 1999 gives you the idea:
Quote:Vile, profane, rude, or racist names including common swear words, anatomical references, racial slurs, and homonyms of these words.
Combinations of words that produce an offensive result (e.g. Hugeazz, Tug Mcgroin).
Names of religious, occult, or significant historic origin (e.g. Jesus, Allah, Satan, Stalin).
Copyrighted or trademarked names of products, characters, services, or concepts (e.g. Bigmac, Marlboro, Sony).
Names from popular media. These names can be either fictional (e.g. Rambo, Darthvader) or non-fictional (e.g. Garth Brooks, Pierce Brosnan, George Washington, Michael Jordan).
Common words and phrases that would not be found in the time, place and setting of EverQuest (e.g. Switchblade, Phaser, Toaster, Cannabis).
Proper names from EverQuest (e.g. Rathe, Karana). This also includes the first or last name of any significant EverQuest NPC (e.g. Dorn, Trumpy, Karn).
The names of senior Customer Support Representatives or developers of Project 1999 (e.g. Nilbog, Rogean, Uthgaard).
Names chosen with the intent or possessed with the effect of harming the reputation of a player or Customer Service Representative.
Forenames containing titles within them, such as, but not limited to: The, Lord, Lady, Master, King, Knight, Sir, Father (e.g. Sirtallon, Lordeagle, Mothermaggy, Darksister).
Names that contain sentences (Ikillorcs), phrases (Ontop), or two or more words that do not form descriptive compound words (Petcarbob, Diediedie and Tablechair).
Descriptive compound words are allowed in first names and are encouraged in surnames (e.g. Treehugger, Giantslayer).
Descriptive compound words (each separate part of the word and the entire word) must otherwise adhere to all other naming rules.
Fantasy-oriented names which are easily recognized from popular existing media (e.g. Merlin, Gandalf, Drizzt).
Names where the combination of the first and last name forms a phrase or violate a previous rule (e.g. Crymea River, Bran Muffin, Story Thyme).
For all of the above, misspellings and alternative spellings (such as spelling it backwards) of the word or words are also unacceptable.
For all of the above, any foreign variations are also unacceptable. If a player petitions a name he or she feels is offensive in a foreign language, all rules set forth shall be applied.
It would be interesting to see them actually enforce something like that in Dust. I think 80-90% of people would be stuck changing their names.
Dren and Templar equipment stats, wrong since release.
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Zeylon Rho
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Ansiiis The Trustworthy wrote:Zeylon Rho wrote: **stuff** I think 80-90% of people would be stuck changing their names. Many things in this list shouldn't be censored...
Yeah. I was talking with someone earlier about games that had stricter naming policies, and Everquest's came up as being one of the stricter ones.
Interestingly, people could sometimes fly under the radar by stealing names from lesser known fantasy. So, people might know "Gandalf" or "Drizzt", but at the time (98/99, or whatever) a name like "Cersei Lannister" or "Rand Al'Thor" might've gone unnoticed by the average player or GM.
So, you wind up with an awkward situation down the road where someone reports you after it becomes more obvious because your name was featured in a TV show or has been in 14 books instead of 2.
In theory, Everquest's naming policy would be good for enforcing names appropriate to the setting (No Schlongmaster2000 in your elven kingdoms). Dust seems to be pretty far in the other direction with names that aren't just odd for the setting, but are often *trying* to be offensive, vulgar, or just juvenile (your Dixie Wrecked, etc.). I think the degree of difference there is somewhat amusing.
I don't personally expect all gamers to be role-players, that's unrealistic. It's surprising what a burden coming up with a name seems to be for some though. A huge chunk of Dust names read more like a skeezy handle from a chat forum than an actual name of a person.
Dren and Templar equipment stats, wrong since release.
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