Have you been banned for your name?

Department of Redundancy Department? Hey Pot? Meet Kettle...

lol @ Kumu not getting the joke. Priceless. I actually laughed at you out loud over this.

I miss "Nice Head Deek"

I am more offended by "Dude Wheres My Char"

Pot? No thanks, I don't smoke it...it's illegal. Ma or Pa Kettle?

Never been banned, never had a name that could get me there...though, I agree with Glib. Too easy to get hit with the stick for little reason.

Gifted Nihilist

^Yep. Banned. Anet is royally screwing themselves into oblivion. I wonder who the new schmucks in charge of this nonsense are.

I have to admit I have a couple of necros with some risque names. I created them as an inside joke for some of my guildies. Unfortunately I put alot of time and money into both of them and don't want to delete them even though I hardly play them anymore. I feel pretty stupid about it now and created another necro (with a proper name *I hope*) that can do everything they can do.

At one time I was hoping to get a request from Anet to change the names but no one ever reported and I don't really play them anymore. Still I think the first time offense banning is a bit much unless it's something blatantly nasty.

You guys think GW is bad you should see Runescape. Please refrain from the RS sucks comments. Yes, I actually like RS in spite of its primitive graphics and sound and play it but the chat filter is just outrageous to the point it often inhibits normal conversation.

"Well, I say let's get out there and twat it!"

Would be the quote.

Yes
The char name was I love nigs :P

whats wrong with that 0o?

I got the joke. I threw it back at him. He's repeating himself just as much as I was. Hence the whole "Pot/Kettle" response.

Actually, he was giving responses that were reasonably well thought out and you weren't addressing much other than saying "....uh....rules is rules, therefore you lose." At least he was making an effort to discuss it, rather than take on the role of parrot.

Friend says he got banned for Hardly Bald....wth? Someone read it as "balled" I guess.

His argument has been "What about this obscure possible reference?"

If you asked 1,000,000 people what "Rock N Roll" means. 999,999 would say that it is a music genre or other similar answer. If not the full 1,000,000.

You state your friend got banned for "Hardly Bald". I would state that is a silly ban and on par with "Brawling Headbutt".

Problem is that for every "Hardly Bald" there is 100 "Tigole Bitties".

Nihilists! Fcuk me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.

Walter Sobchak

I think you are not reading posts thoroughly before passing judgement. The whole Rock N Roll thing was one weak example in one post, plus one follow-up post where you were berating him for using it. I even know it's a reference to "the ol' in-out" but do I find it offensive? No. Do I think someone else might? Well maybe the Amish, but that IS someone.

So, you are saying it's OK if one of every 100 bans is unwarranted? I guess that's better than the American legal system and its rate of unjust convictions.<---a supposition I won't bother backing up with facts...I'd hate to think I'd make the same mistake as assuming .000001% of the population knows Rock N Roll means "boinking". I love saying it...boink....boink....boink...puts your panties in a bunch doesn't it? boink!!

Jeffery "Tigole" Kaplan, one of the lead designers for World of Warcraft might find it funny that ANet banned his nick-name. Or at least, the old ladies that belong in his fan club. Bitties is now, and has always been, an unkind term for women of ill repute. It used to mean older, but now younger women...Meaning is essentially the same as a milder form of "bitch". As for the obvious spoonerism Tig Ol' Bitties (actual spelling), while coming from the phrase Big Ol' Titties actually just means "a girl you'd like to boink"... Taken in any context, I don't find it at all offensive. I wonder if anyone has been banned for MILF? Tigole Bitties = Women with bad reputations that Jeffery Kaplan finds attractive :P

Never.

I was going to rename my new Dervish "Tyla Explodes" but I called him "Tyla Explodes You" instead because of ph33r of getting banned...

Sometimes I'm quite stupid...

i've not actually been banned for any of my names, but a guild mate of mine got a temp ban and had to change on of his names, stupid thing is he was able to get the exact same name again just a few weeks later and he hasn't been banned for it a second time. Guess Anet aren't very strict about locking banned names afterwards.

You seem to have been the one to pass judgment. I have said that I won't report names such as "Tigole Bitties". Instead I would only report names such as "***'s must die" where *'s are a race/religion or something similarly heinous.

You jumped to the conclusion that I must be a prude who would be offended at "Boink" without any basis whatsoever.

Also to refute you. There is no such thing as an unwarranted ban. They are all warranted if at their sole discretion they believe a name deserves a ban. Again I state it doesn't matter what you or I consider "Warranted". It's all at their sole discretion.

So if you are going to throw words like "Judgment" around. Perhaps you should research the actual discussion instead of just one or two posts in it.

See this is exactly like "Rock N Roll". You are stretching to find a "Reason" for a name that is an obvious innuendo.

I think you would be hard pressed for anyone to see "Tigole Bitties" and think "Wow, that must be Women with bad reputations that Jeffery Kaplan finds attractive!" including Jeffery Kaplan...

It's a straw man defense. Easily burned down.

Dude...switch to decaf...seriously.

Someone was offened by you not believing in an external truth? Bloody hell, this is turning into some nasty totalitarianism

Oh well, I'm sure in the coming years games like this will get banned anyway. Protecting the children indeed.

I have a Ele named GoToHell and i hope i don't get banned cause he is my money farmer right now.

i was never banned but early last year i made a char called Prince Abu Bu, i thought it was pretty funny, but half the guild thought it offensive whilst the other half lol'd, so in the end i deleted it. QQ