Overly strict name restrictions?

I see some people are confusing two different words that sound similar.

A "cracker" is a tasty snack.

A "Crackuh" is a reference to people naturally lacking melanin.

The words sound similar but they are different. If you take the time to listen to the people that use the derogatory term you will realize they aren't pronouncing the "er" sound but instead are pronouncing the "uh" sound.





The reason that "crackuh" isn't very effective as an insult is because the people being insulted mistakenly assume that they are being called a "cracker" and assume it's a compliment because almost everyone likes Keebler's Town House Crackers.

I've lived in the heart of Alabama my entire 31 years.

Only time I've ever heard the word Crackuh used as a slur is when I'm watching tv...

The slur most often used down here for whites would be the N word replaced with a W.

I wanted to give several of my thugs on a MM Italian names. I am of Sicilian descent and thought it was cool. Vinny and Tony were okay but I was not allowed to use Guido. It surprised me for a moment, but of course I get it. Guido, before it became an insult, was one of the more common Italian names. In Italy it still is. I have two uncles named Guido.

While I understand the reasoning I still think it sucks.

This guy totally needs to get Genericed.

When the built-in name filter was added, the decision of what words to filter out, besides the obvious swear word ones, was based purely on feedback and petitions already received by support from PLAYERS complaining about certain words and the way they were used in other players' names.

If you want anyone to blame for all this, it's your fellow players for using potentially innocent words in offensive ways and your fellow players for being offended enough at the words to petition them for it.

I blame all of you.

Now I'm hungry.

Mmm crackers....

Missed this yesterday:

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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project The truth is that there are far too many people whose existence seems to revolve around looking for things to be offended over, and far too many immature jacktards that get a kick out of antagonising them.

QFT on both counts.

In the USA at least, it's a couple of generations of people who seem to think that they have a god given right not to be insulted, shocked or surprised. Racism is one thing, never right and always ignorant. But you don't have government protection from being angered or annoyed by someone who you don't agree with. It's called growing a thick skin or staying home in bed. That goes double for the internet.

tl;dr- Pearl clutchers can go **** themselves.

sry, dup.

In my opinion, if a name gets petitioned the devs should look at that name and decide whether to ban it and not the components of the name. A prime example would be a name that contained any color that can be used to describe a skin tone (black, white, red, brown, yellow...etc). These words are absolutely harmless but I dare anyone to address someone at their job by saying the color of their skin before their name. I'll bet they'll be playing CoH a lot more, at least until the unemployment runs out.

Also, a name may have an alternate meaning but be completely appropriate for a character. For example, a while back I made a plant/plant defender who was clinically insane and I wanted to name her Wacky Weed. I didn't even think about the drug reference, I just thought it would have fit her perfectly. Maybe if I put the two words together, I would have been able to use it. Then I'm sure someone would have complained about it and it would have gotten banned because the dev wouldn't have investigated the name, read the character's bio (which would have explained everything) but just gotten rid of it to make one person happy.