Bad Name Bannage :-(

I got this error when trying too log into guild wars for halloween event
not sure what name there talking about
could either be:
- Borat X
- or maybe X T O K E N X...
hmmm

werid though have had the names for past 8 months and nothings happened before this...

anyway, has this happened to anyone else before and for what names?

Read the post by gail on this same page.

Neither of those are bad names though.

I have members of my guild with more offensive names.

Borat has to do with a movie with a racist take on people from Kazakhstani. Apparently, some official from Kazakhstani took out an editorial in the New York Times telling people how offensive the movie was, and how it didn't portray Kazakhstanis in a good light.

Token tends to refer to the 'token black guy' in movies. It's race oriented, and when put beside Borat, seems more race oriented. I can see those two as a pair not looking great for ya.

yeah, but fortunatly not everyone shares your knowledge abouth these subjects redwinter.. So normally I guess people won't have a problem with these names Good thing the people at Anet seems to get their stuff straight
And for those of you who have seen borat, it is just a big joke.. he even presented the VMA (or MTV Awards, don't recall..) and people loved him Now there is a big fuss.. don't get it

Anyway, back on topic, I wanted to create a char named: Rayne Jewel of Istan.. but it was forbidden.. I learned that that was because Jew is a part of Jewel and therefore forbidden.. darn, cause I just wanted her to refer to one of the best looking ingame towns in the game

Edit: Slight grammer changes and one big typo

that type of censorship is retarded... You can't use "Jewel" because "Jew" is in it? There's somethign wrong there... I'm surprised peopel can keep name siwth "Black" or "White" or thing along those line then.... Seriously that's a bit out of line and disappointing. Eventhough it's international, last time I checked Anet was a US based company, what happened to freedom of speech? of expression?... Racist stuff shouldn't be tolerated, but simple names that are harmless.... yeah, let's get with the real program here...

wrong.

Well, the filter is sometimes a bit funny. Many german words contain parts which are used to insult in the english language. Typing in german with your language filter on is sometimes really funny, a constant ---- even though no one is flaming :P

Nonetheless..
At the moment the media is oversensitive due to Borat. Some people are taking life and the whole racism problem way to serious - they see racism everywhere. Just take those folks into consideration that flamed huge threads because some people were creating white characters for elona. They proclaimed that would be downright racist. Yeah, people are that stuck up on this little word.

So in short, borat will probably be the reason for the ban.

/edit:
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=639
Concerning United States and freedom of speech

Quite frankly, the banned word list is a bloody joke! I wanted to name my pet White Tiger 'Bagpuss' after one of the best childrens TV shows ever, but no I can't do that as it's a banned name for some reason. So I thought I'd call him 'Pot Noodle' instead, no that's also banned.

I at one time wanted to make a name Il D R A G O N Il to match a friend who had Il P H O E N I X Il, but it said that the name was "innapropriate", so I understand that the filter can be a pain sometimes, but I still support it overall. I'm glad A-net keeps the game in good taste.

Quite right too as Pot Noodles taste pretty offensive /puke

my eles name is Burnout Chic, so i was gonna name her spider Burnt out but nooooooooo.....!

Isn't Token a like common name for black people? What if you made a black guy and figured Token was a suitable name?

That almost sounded racist... lol, jk.

But seriously: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=token

There's not a TV show on today or a movie that's released that's a comedy that you don't hear "Token" black guy used in... It's socially acceptable.

I can see them not wanting that type of thing but still.

THe overall point is the censorship is a bit much. Some words inside words like the referred to "Jewel" need to be weeded out. There's nothign wrong there at all. If you're going to have a filter, have a good one. Don't ruin possibilities of good names out there. It's a game, it's supposed tobe creative and fun. I've seen characters with the names "Black Money" or "black Guy Here" and stuff like that and it's not banned... so maybe they need to re-think pissing on other things.

I agree the word "Jewel" seems too generic and innocent to be listed as a banned word. In addition, I have a spanish friend whose name starts with "Jesus"... Yup, can't use it. :/

I even seen a Kuunte Kente running around in Elona, being African American that hurt, reported him. For days now, that person has not logged on.

Name Filter, I love you, and A.net.

Name is racist so what.. life is short! Live or Die is my policy!

I don't get why they can't relax a bit with the name.. i mean why make such a big deal about it? If they want to take it up the extreme, they can should start banning us for having white armor cuz it remind me of KKK peoples. (especially with the white witch hat). *end sarcasm*

It's weird how A-Net claimed that they're taking down those with offensive names but i still found some last night like "I hump u" or some weird shit that they named themself with.

#9 is hilarious.

OK - please stop it guys.

All your argument about censorship is MOOT and pointless.
There is NO 'Freedom of speech' in private enterprises.

It does not exist because that is a political term. In private enterprises, such as ANet, they have absolute FULL CONTROL of what they can judge as inappropriate speech. 'Freedom of speech' that you know only applies to government bodies and not to ANet.

You bought the game, you read and agreed with the EULA. Case close.
ANet found it offensive, then according to the agreement you entered with them - they are right.

Repeat after me - "there is no such thing as 'Freedom of speech' in private enterprises."