Have you been banned for your name?

Try ANY name with Wyrmtongue and you get the same result...

I only use fantasy names for my characters, and can't be bothered with any dodgy, hey-look-at-me-I-can-bypass-Anet's-filter-names.

I do, occasionally, find crass humour funny, but too much of it quickly becomes over-bearing. If I think a name is offensive, I'll report it if I believe others would be similarly offended.

The only name I have that could be anywhere near borderline offensive is my Warrior's, but that's only through blatant and willfull ignorance. Really. The first part is a French name, derived from Latin (it also happens to be my first name. I get really pissed off when people make the moronic link between my name and that alcoholic beverage, it's happened far too often and you are just making yourself look like an uneducated low-class idiot who's on their way to being an alocholic).

<-- Bubba Ganks Mesmers
My Guild Leader did get his Necro banned for having the name ''Cover Your Arse'' . He then renamed it to ''I Eat Clay Bricks''

*Squints at avatar and tries to put two and two together*

... BoonProtR3?

I see all this oh noes, the chilluns! If children are playing this game, it's because their parents should be shot for being idiots. GW is rated T, for teens. Children shouldn't be offended, because they shouldn't be playing. I feel sorry for the Germans who will miss out on Gear of War 2, because of the increased violence from GoW1. I guess the M rating wasn't clue enough. Yet we'll gladly watch movies with violence, and crap like Desperate Housewives.

Know what name makes me laugh? Schwarzenegger. Some people get it, some don't. Come to think of it, my good friend, Neal Butts, couldn't even play himself in Guildwars. he was in the Navy, so his character would be Seaman N. Butts.

My most offensive character name is Edge Martinez. It's obviously a racial insult to half Aborigine/half Laotian shoemakers. Surprised someone hasn't reported it yet.

Geez... oh noes, I offended the church... play the damn game. Half you people remind me of the old guys with sticks in Saudi Arabia, the morality police or whatever, who beat chicks for driving, or people for acting out.

Remember, T for teens and older. And all you pure of hearts who think your teens are paragons of virtue? Uh no... they're on GW and they're paragons named Shizz Cok Bawls. EDIT: JUST LIKE YOU WERE!!!

Hell, wasn't there a racecar driver named Dick Trickle?

What it all comes down to is a rather simple concept. When you signed up to play guild wars there was something you had to agree to.

Inside was this:

"(d) Character Name. In order to use the service, you must create a character and choose a name for your character to identify your character to other Members (your "Character Name"). You may not select as your Character Name the name of another person, or a name which violates any third party's trademark right, copyright, or other proprietary right, or which may mislead other players to believe you to be an employee of NC Interactive or its affiliated companies, or which NC Interactive deems at its sole discretion to be vulgar or otherwise offensive. NC Interactive reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to (1) delete or alter any Character Name or (2) terminate any license granted herein, for any reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, any suspected or actual infringement of any trademark or trade name right, copyright, or other proprietary right."

So no matter how cute you think being named "Tigole Bitties" or "Seaman Stains" is, your character can be deleted and you can have your account banned.

It's as simple as that.

Any discussion about "T" ratings and such are moot points. Sole discretion is Sole discretion.

I knew some guys who, like me, used Latin names for their characters, except that theirs were highly vulgar and explicit Fortunately for them few people understood what they meant, and those that were knowledgeable enough were also intelligent enough not to get irritated at a vulgar name in Guild Wars.

I've been banned for Celly Peanizwoman. 3 days. Oh well.

I have made most of my characters very specifically. I role play them my own way and chose their names accordingly. I pick names with meaning. I was however a little irritated when I was denied the use of my Grandfather's nickname Poppe because it means something else in the slang of a language foreign to my server. That is like the Korean-Americans protesting the Hispanic name Chachi on an Hispanic-American character in a US TV program, eah?

It's one thing to deny names which are blatantly intended to be vulgar. It is another to attack things because they may be misconstrued or abused by the dirty minded. I question the level of maturity of those who are offended. I knew someone in real life whose name was John Goff. The nickname for John is Jack . . . Should we ban everyone with the name Richard? Should we take all references to Little Richard off the shelf, deny the sales of his music? Oh my, someone might have a dirty thought. The fact is there are two kinds of immaturity - the blatant expression with the intent to be vulgar because they have not learned to handle their own human condition, and the prude because they also have never learned to live with their own human condition.

I noticed that this happen only to ppl having english nicknames....there was an italian dude once in kamadan having this nickname "Fotti la figlia" translated: "f**k your daughter" and he was lvl 20 so i guess that noone cares much of that.....

My one questionable name is X Cynful One X and I'd prolly get reported by people who hate it when people put decorative X's in a toon's name. Cynful One w/o the X's was already taken so I just added the X's and prayed no one was feeling vindictive. My other toons are named after characters from Magic the Gathering and characters from stories. I've been waiting for my PvP toon, Michiko Konda, to get me in trouble. Its the only Magic legend whose name wasn't taken. *lol* I remember rolling my Necro and nearly weeping because Vala Mal Doran was already taken. Ah well...if GW admins were nearly as vigilant as WoW's I'd certainly be banned. Negligence ftw.

FINE! My new mission in life is to report EVERY asshole in the game with a suspected trademark infringement, because it interferes with my enjoyment of the game. Every Legolas, every variation of every celeb and every character name referring to any other known character in the universe. And speaking of "Vulgar", by definition that would be every "common language" variation of a name...i.e. John/Jon/Sean instead of Johnathan...and as for obscene, violence of any kind offends the "common sensibilities" of the general populace, so I shal /report every name containing stab, gash, strike, hit, pound, flail, kill, maim, scratch, whack, shoot and the like...holy crap-o-la! I'm gonna be a very, very busy boy...

...you don't use that name in-game do you? I'm not sure, but I think someone might own the rights

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

In Hawaiian mythology, Kumu-Honua ("first on Earth") is the first man. He was married to Lalo-Honua; the couple was given a garden by Kāne and were forbidden from eating a particular fruit. This story may be in whole or in part Christianized.

Oh, I don't know about that. A nice Chinese family named their first-born child "@" claiming it was the symbol for love. I'm sure you could pass off Kunt Puncher as a perfectly acceptable name for your child!

I never stated that I have ever reported anyone. I have yet to run into a name that made me state: "That must go". However if I ever met a person who's name was a racial slur or other such extreme I would not hesitate. What I DID say was that I grew up past grade school and do not find bathroom humor the least bit interesting.

As for reporting everything under the sun. You did read how abuse of the report function will result in your own personal ban right? Good luck on your crusade!

As for my name. I will educate you a little bit.

First and foremost, I hope that you realize that wikipedia is not the end all be all of information. In fact wikipedia is frequently full of misinformation, partial information, and even flat out lies and slander. For an example simply look up the history of some of the most controversial subjects such as RIAA or George Bush.

Secondly, despite the misinformation prevalent on wikipedia you might want to utilize it to figure out what can and cannot be copyrighted.

Thirdly, the Hawaiian language is contextual. If I am meeting you for the first time I may greet you with a hearty "ALOHA!". Oddly enough, after you finally leave I will send you off with "ALOHA!". It's all about context. Same word, different meaning.

So in the context of Religion. Kumu Honua is indeed the equivalent to "Adam". However taken literally it means "Origin of the Earth". The latter is my intent. Heck, Kumu itself has many meanings including but not limited to: Origin/Beginning/Source, Bottom/Foundation/Basis, Root (As in math), Teacher/Tutor, Manual, Reason/Cause/Goal/Motive, Price, and even a Herd or Flock. Honua can mean: Land/Earth/World, To part (Suddenly and without warning), or the middle section of a canoe...

Sadly to say none of these are by any means copyrighted.

Now you understand how it feels to have your individualism attacked merely because someone else has a problem with it...

BTW...was being sarcastic. Perhaps a /sarcasm was in order.

I am SO not the kind of person to report anyone...the point I was making is that if the EULA were followed to the letter, a LOT of names should go away. Yours is obviously safe (and yeah, Wiki...ironically Hawaiin...is generally full of crap).

I have, by the way, a great number of Hawaiian friends and would never actually presume to take the creation story as a copyrighted bit o' literature. Nor would I find your use of the name objectionable...but, copyrighted character names and celeb names, according to the EULA are forbidden, yet there is no rush to ban them. I think people are just being a bit too puritanical.

The difference is that you didn't really have a problem with it. Nor has NC Interactive in their sole discretion agreed with such a hypothetical /report.

I know you were sarcastic. Doesn't matter. The crux of the matter is that you agreed to the EULA when you installed the game. Whether you like it or not you are bound by those rules. Rules which state that your name can and will be banned at their sole discretion.

A sole discretion I must add that seems to follow the general consensus of "Publicly acceptable".

Additionally: If they operate like any other game (Or at least the one that I was involved in the "GM" role for) names aren't even looked at unless someone brings it to their attention via a report. The only way "Bradddd Pitttttt" gets his name changed/banned is if someone reports him or he gains the attention of a "GM" type and they change it.

Isn't it an amazing double standard, though, that so many names are in violation of the EULA, but some subtle nuance will offend someone? I mean, some are obvious...racial slurs and certain forms of abuse and obvious profanity, but in a rated T game, should those doing the reporting on some of the lesser offensive names (as long as they fit within the confines of the rating) simply be told, thanks for your opinion, but the name is acceptable according to the rating?

For example: What's wrong with the name "Wyrmtongue" according to anything? And on the other side of this double-sided coin...why should I not report every Legolas? Is it really abuse if the names do, in fact, violate the EULA? Legolas is clearly a copyrighted name.

I know you are right about their "discretion"...I am, however, questioning it.

P.S. "publically acceptable?" watch a little television and tell me lees than 1/2 the names would not be "publically acceptable" in prime time.

No such thing. Smegging liar.

Zealous Erection, bans are sweet.