I was wondering if someone else already chose the same name I’ll pick for Classic and tried to create a toon with it on the stress test. Got a “This name is unavailable” error message.
First I thought another player got it, but then I realized this same name ended up with the same error message in Retail. By the way, there’s no player with that name in my server (Moon Guard) and the game won’t allow me to use it.
I then realized the problem is not the name itself, but a word it contains: “square”. I tried to create tons of variations like “Squareok”, “Squarea”, “Squareman”, “Squarebla”, etc… and it looks like “Square” is not allowed.
English is not my native language and then I’m wondering if “square” is offensive at some level. By the way, there are a few players under the name of “Square” if you search on worldofwarcraft(dot)com, including the same one I was planning to use.
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Nah, there’s a list of names no one can ever be. My favorite one: “warrior” is also blacklisted.
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It’s likely a name reserved by the game itself to keep players from using it because it may be related to the programming or for arbitrary reasons.
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My personal favorite blacklisted word is the word Yellow. Also interesting, the word Slayer is not allowed, but the word Killer IS allowed.
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I don’t think Square is offensive but it’s the name of a major software company. Bet that’s why it’s banned.
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While at a grocery store years ago I saw in their deli section they had Slayer dip. I was very confused. On a 2nd look I saw it really was 5 layer dip.
That being said, if Kirr’s logic about Square is right, then maybe Slayer isn’t allowed due to the band Slayer.
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Yellow could be a racial thing but black and white and red aren’t banned so … I don’t get it. I don’t get Killer either since you can name yourself many more violent things.
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My son tried naming his toon MrKrabbs, and it wasn’t allowed for some reason?
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And Square Enix makes WoW’s biggest competitor. So that makes sense imo
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Square is not really offensive, but used to be a put down in the 1960s? mean “plain” or not fun. Although in the 1980s , Huey Lewis and the News had a song called Hip to be square. So maybe its cool again.
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I tried to make a Human warrior named Trump, but it wouldn’t let me.
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wow.tools/dbc/?dbc=namesreserved&build=1.13.2.31402#search=&page=1
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the only forbidden one is the one i make, but that isn’t forbidden just excluded from list.
White is banned actually.
I made an Opheliadic once with success
what shade of light is ophelia?