Unfair name banning

I cannot find where to issue a ticket for this matter, Please direct me how to.

Untill then.

I had my character "G U I L D W A R S" banned for an offensive name.

Here are a few reasons why I find this decision unfair.

#1. This name is not offensive, It is showing passion for this game.

#2. The guild I am in (Knights Templar)was awarded GOTW #7, and half our members were selected as top 25 alpha testers, therefor, by reputation, I have no reason to be viewed as offensive.

#3. This was my storage character, on which all my important items were stored on, this action (banning) decreases playing pleasure dramaticaly.

#4. I was told the many spaces could haave been the reason for the ban, if so, I will change the name at any cost.

#5. I should not be banned from a game i have waited for, and played for over a year, because of someone who did not do their research on this particular ban.

Please contact me on this matter.

The best I can suggest, would be to email support about this issue.

This topic is familiar and I do hope it will not be looked at as a rant, though it does seem rather, interesting, that it has been banned for an 'offensive name' however, I'd go to support and email them about this, it'll get to where it needs to go through them I believe.

O_o

All I can say really. wtf?

Done.

I issues a ticket about a Windows Media Player GuildWars Skin, and don't remember as how to issue another ticket.


Of corse this is not a rant, nor do I want any flmaes, or rants replied.

I would just say, if anyone finds that name offensive, why are they playing this game anyways?

NO

it was banned because you chose a copyrighted trademark name for a character

GW has NO CHOICE in banning it because if they do not protect their trademark an attourney can move to make it public as *obviously they dont care enough to stop people from using it*

you have only 2 choices

1 delete it and all the items on it

2 wait until they find a way to change names however you will be taking up a slot

Tell me where it says a gamefan based name is illegal.
I searched the rules, I only need to address their copyright. this is INGAME, and the game itself is doing taht for me.

You forgot #3
3. Crylike a baby, and rant

it's probably much along the same lines of AOL members not being allowed to choose the screen name "Steve Case"....it probably had nothing to do with being offensive

By that logic, any names we use such as "Fiery Dragon Sword" "Prince Rurik" "King Adelbern" and the such will also be banned, right? Since they are trademarks.

Hehe I'm going to go report the person who chose Prince Rurik as their name. Hopefully he/she is a retarded W/Mo.

I suppose that does maker perfect sense, it is a copyrighted name, and like most things copyright, it isn't really allowed, even though it is in game. It could be worse, you could have named yourself Alesia [Healer Henchman] XD

Agreed, If this were true, then all would be gone.

HEY GUESS WHAT!!!

Each top 25 alpha tester had an NPC named after them...

Seeing how the Tester names werent registerd, coulen't GW ban them too

Can't a guy stay up 'till 12:01 to get a name?

right on the box it says GUILD WARS is a trademark of the company

in case you dont get trademark law

they have to protect their trademark at all times it comes to their attention (and in the game is pretty attention getting) or it can possibly be put into the public domain

This is a serious matter, uless you are over 18/lawyer/GW staff, do not reply.

I would surely hope that a development company is not "trying to figure out how to change names"......

"I cannot find where to issue a ticket for this matter, Please direct me how to."

Not, please tell me how you can flame me,

why does it matter where you can issue a ticket? they're not gonna give you the name.

for the fun of it i am not only over 18 but (unfortunately) more than 1 multiple of it.

oh yes i also remember my business law courses in college

this is one you will not overturn because they CAN NOT let you use their trademark

Loviatar, using the -character name- Guild Wars in ArenaNet's own game has nothing to do with trademark violation. Stop acting like an authority on fields you clearly know nothing about.

My guess is they took measures against the name because this is typically the name someone would choose to impersonate ArenaNet staff in order to extort money/items from gullible players. Taking preemptive measures against this sort of abuse is solid policy, but I do agree they should just change the name for you, or implement some way for you to change the name yourself - it's clear you did not intend to abuse the name in this fashion.

I don't see anywhere on the box the words "fiery dragon sword is a registered trademark of NCsoft Corporation". I do, however, see Guild Wars on there. So yeah, they have every right to ban that name.

It sucks, but it's legal.

Actually, quite a few testers did. And that's a separate topic, as the names were slightly modified.

Please keep this discussion constructive (and by "constructive," I mean actually have valid points to lay out instead of just following your #3 course of action ("cry like a baby, and rant")). Just email support clearly and politely stating your case, and wait. I know it's hard, and I'm sorry for your loss, but yelling in these forums won't help your case with any ANet employees that might be reading. Well laid out and well thought out arguments, however, might.