To elaborate, my keyboard has an Æ key, and that character gets automatically deleted from the name input if I try.
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They only have a small set of non-alphanumeric symbols allowed. I think they are ? - . '
If you want a reason as to why certain characters aren't allowed in names, I'm thinking part of it might be it creates a roadblock for socializing ingame that involves typing, like:
/t Æther Storm,Hey what's up with that crazy symbol in your name?
A lot of players with standard American keyboards (of whom I'm educationally guessing are the majority) could get frustrated in not being able to figure out how to get Æ to show up, not knowing that for us, Alt+0198 = Æ.
Furthermore... Danish keyboards are crazy looking:
*edited to add the keyboard image in case anyone else was curious
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If more people were "crazy" like the Danes the world would be a much happier place. |
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Furthermore... Danish keyboards are crazy looking:
*edited to add the keyboard image in case anyone else was curious |
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If more people were "crazy" like the Danes the world would be a much happier place.
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Based on that image i would say his logic is awesome.
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Your logic is faulty:
Denmark gave us Lars. |
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Based on that image i would say his logic is awesome.
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ohnoez, I fear you haven't seen the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIuR5TNyL8Y
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On topic, Æ doesn't work. Back when I made my WS character Alaestor, I would have named him AlÆstor, but the character isn't allowed.
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Are characters such as á, â, à, ü, ä and ö allowed in names on the European servers? They're not allowed in names on the American servers, but you can type those characters in chat when you have the right keyboard layout selected.|
Originally Posted by Obsidius
On topic, Æ doesn't work. Back when I made my WS character Alaestor, I would have named him AlÆstor, but the character isn't allowed.
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If you can't use characters that are used in languages officially supported by the game (French, German), then it would be logical that characters in Danish wouldn't work either.
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Unsure, but doubtful. On US servers, I can type special characters like ™ into the normal chat, but not into a character name.
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Originally Posted by Rodion
Are characters such as á, â, à, ü, ä and ö allowed in names on the European servers? They're not allowed in names on the American servers, but you can type those characters in chat when you have the right keyboard layout selected.
If you can't use characters that are used in languages officially supported by the game (French, German), then it would be logical that characters in Danish wouldn't work either. |
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Wouldn't æ work better there, or else why didn't you name the character AlAEstor? |
Originally Posted by Obsidius
On topic, Æ doesn't work. Back when I made my WS character Alaestor, I would have named him AlÆstor, but the character isn't allowed.
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AFAIK, special symbols that aren't ? = - _ + > < \ ] [ | } { / ` ~ !@#$$%^&*() aren't allowed in a name or their description.
Speaking of special symbols, anyone know where I can find a list of Alt+# inputs for them?
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is it possible to get the "Ash" symbol in a character name in game? It's possible in chat, but I've tried most of the combos suggested in the wikipedia entry here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Æ1 and I've not managed it.
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