How do I report a truely offensive name?
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beyeajus,
Posted on: 2009-12-16 11:16 in Player Questions
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Originally Posted by The_Larker
Yea I wonder how that person made it long without getting nerfed.
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Something I've always wondered, maybe you can answer Ocho. From time to time we hear stories about "someone reported my name so they could steal it" or similarly my name got taken from me but X weeks later I saw someone with it.|
Originally Posted by Moderator 08
My advice to all those trying to evade the naming policy and "get away with something" is don't.
The gm's deal with this every day. You may have come up with something new, but after 7 years it or something similar has probably already been attempted. Just follow the rules. |
Can this really happen? Or does every name that get's removed for being offensive get put on a Master block list? I should think if that hasn't been done already, the engineers should really work on a GM tool for it. Seems like it could end up saving a lot of time and prevent a lot of GM So n So yanks a name but a year later GM what and who thinks it's fine.
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Not as hard as you'd think. Self PLing or PLing with friends who don't care, running hidden, and keeping a low profile when not inside a mission would mean someone could level as high as they want without being seen to be reported.
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Originally Posted by The_Larker
Yea I wonder how that person made it long without getting nerfed. |
"Null is as much an argument "for removing the cottage rule" as the moon being round is for buying tennis shoes." -Memphis Bill
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Don't believe everything you hear. Apocryphal stories are Apocryphal.
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Originally Posted by Lemur Lad
Something I've always wondered, maybe you can answer Ocho. From time to time we hear stories about "someone reported my name so they could steal it" or similarly my name got taken from me but X weeks later I saw someone with it.
Can this really happen? Or does every name that get's removed for being offensive get put on a Master block list? I should think if that hasn't been done already, the engineers should really work on a GM tool for it. Seems like it could end up saving a lot of time and prevent a lot of GM So n So yanks a name but a year later GM what and who thinks it's fine. |
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Originally Posted by Moderator 08
Don't believe everything you hear. Apocryphal stories are Apocryphal.
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Probably too desensitized.|
Originally Posted by beyeajus74018
OP, what was so offensive about the name? Or am I far too desensitized to understand anymore? lol
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I have two daughters I play this game with. While I expect general chat to occasionally get rough, there are limits. If a characters name is something that you would go to an adult orientated store to watch, its probably not appropriate.
oh ok, I get it.
I have 2 daughters too (yay daughters!) but they don't play cause they're too cool for dad.
(plus, one's 5 months, lol.)
one time I came across a ton named......uhhh...how can I do this....oh! first name is a punctuation mark, second name was the stuff that's in our arteries and veins. Get it now? Gross huh? But...if you've seen Superbad, it's lolz. Toon runs by and you ask yourself, "hey is that ______ _____? I didn't report it cause I figured someone would eventually.
My apologies if any of that was against the rules.....
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This is one of my biggest pet peeves, for so many reasons. Don't wait. Report. You're not doing anything helpful by not reporting, and it only takes like 30 seconds to do.
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Originally Posted by beyeajus74018
I didn't report it cause I figured someone would eventually.
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Ok, you guys are killing me!! Could somebody send me a private note with what the heck the name was!!!! I'm dying here!
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This. I've been repeating "I won't ask, I won't ask" in my head. "Better if I don't know.... yeah... think of something else...." not working.
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Originally Posted by Le Blanc
Ok, you guys are killing me!! Could somebody send me a private note with what the heck the name was!!!! I'm dying here!
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If you haven't been told yet, PM me.
Thanks to StarGeek for the info. I think I can sefely post that the name was a gag name for the Hotel in Revenge of the Nerds II. With capitols used for the lights that were working. Heck, you should be able to type ***** ***** ***** here and not be modsmacked. There are actually several real hotels with that name out there. I know cuz I googled it.
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And using that techniqe , I just realized you could make a really horrible name from ***** ******.
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And a goatload of others. On a goatload of servers.
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Dude, if we followed the rules you wouldnt have a job... |
Originally Posted by Moderator 08
My advice to all those trying to evade the naming policy and "get away with something" is don't.
The gm's deal with this every day. You may have come up with something new, but after 7 years it or something similar has probably already been attempted. Just follow the rules. |
So you can count on me to keep you in the chips. Thank me later.
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You should stop now. You've had 2 posts in a row edited by Mod08. |
Originally Posted by Le Blanc
And using that techniqe , I just realized you could make a really horrible name from ***** ******.
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Wow. Just wow. Must be a slow mod day.
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It would really be comical if that post got edited too. 
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...can someone pm the offensive name to me? i curious :P
I request that the offensive name NOT be PM'ed to me.
The mental and emotional scars are bad enough already. 
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Somebody please PM the name to me and I'll try really, really hard to resist the temptation to give into my evil side and PM it Ironblade.
I'm only willing to try because you totally are on my "get extra Christmas cookies" list, Ironblade.
Edit: Grammar is hard.
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Originally Posted by Tealeaf
Somebody please PM the name to me and I'll try really, really hard to resist the temptation to give into my evil side and PM it Ironblade.
I'm only willing to try because you totally are on my "get extra Christmas cookies" list, Ironblade. Edit: Grammar is hard. |
Based on Le Blanc's post I am guessing it was a three word name. First word is a synonym for an inn with the first three letters in caps. Second word is a marine organism from the class Anthozoa with the first letter in lower case and the last word is a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary with the last three letters in caps.
Hope that doesn't get mod smacked.
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And if you actually look up anthozoa, it covers two types of organisms and they're not talking about the anemones.
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Ok, guys, the thing about me is that while I am fairly good at playing most AT's in CoX, I am pretty terrible at doing crossword puzzles. Really. I look at one, no matter how easy it might be, and immediately throw my hands up in the air screeching "I JUST DON'T KNOW!"
I just don't know.
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