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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
I should point out for the protocol that having a name on the forums or a global name in-game does not entitle you to having that name available to you for your characters on every server you try to log onto. Other people making characters named after you is also not a violation of any rule I'm aware of. The only names any of us have any claim on are names we already hold.
No-one but me can be "Samuel_Tow" here on the forums, though I suppose is someone really hated himself, he could be "Samuel Tow." I have a Samuel Tow on Victory that no-one's ever going to take from me since I don't plan to delete the character ever, but if someone wants it on another server and gets it before me, I really have no say in the matter. |
At the same time there's nothing wrong with politely asking the person with the name if they are willing to give it up for you if it means a lot to you.
I think if someone was bragging about it in a chat channel then that counts as griefing and they should lose that characters and possibly banned. This is not the kind of behaviour that should be encouraged or ignored imo. Obviously very difficult to prove.
Alternatively they could adopt a stricter naming reserving policy on the VIP Server.
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Originally Posted by DarkGob
There's a difference between reserving a name (especially if it's one you're already known by) for future use and taking up a name that someone else is known by for purposes of either holding it hostage or griefing. Most of the toons in that screenshot were likely the former rather than the latter.
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Originally Posted by TemerousNox
This.
I'll freely admit to hurrying to grab specific names. All of them have concepts I want to play, some are waiting on future power sets (I'm such a melee person), or just the right costume piece to make things gel. And of course, if someone was really set on having a name that I currently have reserved for a future character, I'm willing to consider releasing it. Then again, to my knowledge, I don't think I grabbed any name that was high profile. At least, not intentionally. |
I reserved a few names on Exalted for characters I plan to make in the near future using the upcoming Street Justice and Titan Weapon powersets. I'm pretty sure they didn't "belong" to anyone I'd recognize here on the forums.
As for this idea of people squatting famous forum names I think it's pretty silly and sad. I have far better things to do with my time than to ruin another person's day over something like that. Good luck to those who are dealing with this kind of thing.
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Not at all. This is the proper way to proceed with it, I'd say. I've found that people are a lot more reasonable when you approach them politely than when you yell at them, so I'm definitely with you on that count.
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Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
At the same time there's nothing wrong with politely asking the person with the name if they are willing to give it up for you if it means a lot to you.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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I thought you quit.
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Originally Posted by Westley
...who took the name Philotic Knight on the VIP server? I want your liver. With fava beans, and a nice chianti.
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Originally Posted by FredrikSvanberg
I thought you quit.
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Erosion of Civil Liberties and the actions of evil foreign corporations took second place to making a Forcefield/Fire defender apparently.
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Originally Posted by FredrikSvanberg
I thought you quit.
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Originally Posted by Westley
I'm strongly considering sucking it up now though, at least for one day, just to try the Philotic Knight the way he was always meant to be from the start: a Force Fields/Fire Blast defender.
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Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
Erosion of Civil Liberties and the actions of evil foreign corporations took second place to making a Forcefield/Fire defender apparently.
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Just lolz
Also... Westley now you know how it feels to have your global handle stolen simply because you were European and some trial account in the US got your global like 3 years after you joined.
suck it up!
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Perhaps a better 'new VIP server' strategy would have been to unlock 1 character slot per day on that server until all "free" slots are available.
Might have limited the impact of squatters a bit....
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I'm actually kinda sad nobody 'stole' my name. That means I'm a nobody!
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Ha! I knew being a nobody would pay off one day! Take THAT you... popular... people!
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Originally Posted by Johnny_Velocity
I'm not hinting at anything. But the VIP/premium statuses appears to be designed for people to switch in and out of. I would not presume that people would not want to plan for future status changes and have names reserved on Exalted for future use. In fact, I would think a significant number of people are doing that. Your logic appears faulty, here.
Also, people sometimes simply change their mind. Witness the OP: one day he is quitting over the EULA, the next day, not so much. I think several people were wondering why the OP was complaining at all, since he had so prominently announced his intentions. |
Yeah, that's pretty well laced with sarcasm. And no, saying "If he just asked me nice I'd give it to him" (which you don't actually promise to do, despite intimating that it might be true) does not make it cool.
Then again, if you cared about that you wouldn't have done it in the first place. So, uh, bravo, I guess. You really showed him!
If the name was taken because someone else had the perfect character in his/her mind with Westley's name I would say tough luck. But as this seems to be done pure out of spite...I don't know...I think that's pretty low.
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Ok, so... to recap:
Westley's not Philotic Knight on the VIP server.
But somebody IS Philotic Knight.
And somebody IS Arcanaville
But Arcanaville is not that somebody.
Who is somebody?
That name's taken too, but I guess I could still be "somebody special" on the VIP server.
It also looks like somebody's nobody, but I could be "nobody special". That may be more accurate.
After all this squatting, is anything still available?
Has anybody tried to be everybody?
Anyone?
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Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum
Ok, so... to recap:
Westley's not Philotic Knight on the VIP server. But somebody IS Philotic Knight. And somebody IS Arcanaville But Arcanaville is not that somebody. Who is somebody? That name's taken too, but I guess I could still be "somebody special" on the VIP server. It also looks like somebody's nobody, but I could be "nobody special". That may be more accurate. After all this squatting, is anything still available? Has anybody tried to be everybody? Anyone? |
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Originally Posted by Lyrik
If the name was taken because someone else had the perfect character in his/her mind with Westley's name I would say tough luck. But as this seems to be done pure out of spite...I don't know...I think that's pretty low.
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"Oh look, here's a name someone will want, I shall take it."
Westley just happens to have a name someone knows at least one person will want (Westley) and so they took it.
But Johnny had a point with the name thread. Some who had their name taken were ones who said "I don't need any specific name as I can just come up with a new one."
That said, yeeeaaah, it seems low, but then the one's doing it weren't likely the ones who started out on name sitting to begin with.
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I don't think this is a case of being "popular". This is more of as case of accruing a large post count largely of snarky posts.
I'm glad I had the chance to log in just as the server was coming online. Not that anyone would want my name since no one used it up until early 08'. Still I dont think it would feel good to have someone else running around named Hero Alpha even as generic as it sounds.
Someone swiped several of mine as well straight out of my signature. At least I have them on Virtue. I've never been super protective of the names (or else I wouldn't post them in my sig) but it pretty much seals the deal on me not moving to the new server.
[Obviously this is revenge for me having scored the name 'Catechism' on Virtue, a name far too self serious for me to ever use. ]
Someone on VIP may well be Organica (or Mouse Police). I don't really care either way. ^_^
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Behold, the name squatters,
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Someone had grabbed my forum name on Exalted before I could. I sent them a tell and they told me they were grabbing it for me. I didn't even know them so that was pretty cool of them. They released it and I was able to get it for myself. I guess there are some kind people out there.
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