Yes, language evolves and changes with each passing generation, much as I wish it would not sometimes.
As for the descriptive/prescriptive… were you saying that language is descriptive “instead of” prescriptive? That would be incorrect if so… language is both descriptive and prescriptive. Language evolves, yes, but there are also well-defined rules for language. Those rules are why I disagree with you on this. The meaning of words is important to the usage of words, and I could not imagine someone, with full understand of the meaning of the word, naming their child Incompetent.
But again, Incompetent is far less offensive than the names I have been calling for action against. I would report the name, yes, but I would not be offended by seeing the name a few weeks later as we go about our business. The same cannot be said of the disgusting names that are being reported that are clear violations of the ToU. Those are the names I care about.
He corrected your “you are” to “you’re” unnecessarily. So I typed out a sentence filled with them (I am, I’m… you are, you’re… he is, he’s… we are, we’re)
Say my peace regardless of your say-so. Amusing you think you can compel a corporation to do anything, but it tracks that you also think you can compel others to address you only in the manner you demand.
Entitlement is very silly.
That’s a whole lot of words to say nothing at all. By all means, lay out your plan. You can type sentence after sentence to attack me but you can’t seem to actually make me eat crow and disprove the position.
Pity.
bore*
Imagine thinking you have control over me? This will be the second time I believe you’ve claimed to simply ignore me so I’m pretty sure that just makes you a liar.
Blizzard’s view:
I’m not claiming unique power. Feel free to report my names on an RP server if you so choose.
Eschatology, the doctrine of the last things. It was originally a Western term, referring to Jewish, Christian, and Muslim beliefs about the end of history, the resurrection of the dead, the Last Judgment, the messianic era, and the problem of theodicy (the vindication of God’s justice). Historians of religion have applied the term to similar themes and concepts in the religions of nonliterate peoples, ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures, and Eastern civilizations. Eschatological archetypes also can be found in various secular liberation movements.
I did not claim to ignore you I made a statement of intent, which you should understand given your modest intelligence. Perhaps I misjudged.
Wrong again. My original statement…
His reply…
My statement is an epistemological statement. His Claim of eschatology is wrong. Your defense of his claim does not make it correct, I’m sorry to say.
Also from Britannica: Epistemology , the philosophical study of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge. The term is derived from the Greek epistēmē (“knowledge”) and logos (“reason”), and accordingly the field is sometimes referred to as the theory of knowledge.
Do you not ever tire of being wrong? You are arguing solely for the sake of argument, simply because I have, by all appearances, wounded your ego.
World of Warcraft Role Play (RP) realms are intended to provide players with an added level of immersion in the game world and must avoid being disruptive to the world. Examples of common unacceptable or disruptive RP names include (but are not limited to):
Non-medieval or non-fantasy names (For example: Slipnslide, Robotman, Discoinferno)
Names that reference well known people, characters, brands, places, or icons (For example: Britneyspears, Austinpowers, Mcdonalds, Georgewashington, Newyork)
Names that consist of multiple words (For example: Inyourface, Welovebeef, Howareyou, Sixtyseventy)
Blizzard reserves the right to assign a random name to any character violating our RP naming policy. For more severe or repeat violations, we may apply additional penalties to the account.
His claim is not wrong whatsoever, but you seem to insist on a Platonic Lexicon view of the world, which is simply silly. Eschatological ideas, concepts, and understandings are centered around the ultimate end of things, which includes, but is not limited to, truth. Epistemological statements can be eschatological, they are not mutually exclusive concepts, since neither logic nor language are so ridiculously constrained.
I’m sorry you only took a beginner’s course in philosophy where you now suffer from the false belief that the vocabulary list you were required to memorize was an exhaustive list of exclusively distinct terms. Almost nothing in philosophy can be defined in such a manner.
No one is impressed by poor use of terminology.
Rotface isn’t a violation of any of these.
Rotface is appropriate fantasy, and is particularly appropriate for Undead characters. This rule is broad. In the examples given, only “Robot” exists within Warcraft lore (the Homing Robots), and appending “man” doesn’t really help it. However a Gnome by the name “Robotica” or “Roboticus” would be perfectly fine, especially as a sur-name for RP purposes.
Rotface references no well-known people.
Rotface is two words, but is unlike the examples provided, thus is not a violation of this rule. With the exception of “Sixtyseventy”, the other examples are actual multiple words, that is three or more to form full phrases minus a spacing. The remaining example is just spelling out the literal words for numbers without any alterations that are not themselves descriptive or thematically appropriate.
On the flip side, we have examples of thematically allowable names from Blizzard themselves:
Nothing in the rules states the name we use for our character must be a first name or a last name. Every single one of the above NPCs has a two-word name for their last names, typically with some kind of adj-noun or noun-verb or other combination, just like Rotface.
Given the totality of their rules, it is unlikely a name like Rotface would be deemed RP-inappropriate. This is especially true when you consider the kinds of names that DK Ghouls were given. One of the names above, Dendrite, isn’t even a fantasy name, and it is given to a Night Elf of all races.
“you’re” not offering much substance to this conversation regarding RP names? Whats wrong with robotman theres robots in WoW? what if the parents of Discoinferno were big fans of the party in Caverns of time and wanted to name their kid after that lovely music being played?
I dont think you have any creativity when it actually comes to RP
Your inability to comprehend what I say has no bearing on the reality of what is being said. Do I need to explain this to you? I will happily do so if you need help.
What is silly is the belief that you clearly hold that by pigeonholing me into a certain worldview you are somehow going to be able to prove your correctness. My statement was an epistemological statement. Period. End of story. No amount of philosophizing is going to change that. Your inability to grasp that, once again, has no impact on the reality of that statement.
Ultimate truth. Not truth. If you are going to quote philosophical dogma, at the very least try to be thorough.
You enjoy making obvious statements don’t you?
I could say the same thing about your straw man tactics.
Your need to attack me has blinded you to so much of this conversation. I have addressed this repeatedly and at length. You can choose to believe that you are somehow saying something revelatory, but you are simply repeating what I have already said. Thank you for reiterating.
I know that in the core of your being you want to believe this but that is not how this works. Truth is truth. Misrepresentation of the truth does not suddenly change the nature of what is true.
So. Any other attacks you would like to try? Red herring? Ad hominem? False dichotomy? Oh, I know! A hasty generalization! No. You use that one too much already. Hmmm… I suppose I’ll just wait and see.
I try to because I like to RP and having the open world PvP is just more immersive to me.
I’ll take that over an RP realm where you see someone of the opposing faction just run by you and you can’t do anything about it. Or if you’re going into enemy territory, there’s just no risk.
If you read the very first original copy of RP naming rules from when WoW first launched back in 2004, they actually stated that they wanted you to use only the randomized names provided by WoWs random naming system if you did decide to play that way. That is how it used to be. People tell me it is not like that anymore.
Well, since you clearly have no interest in an actual conversation but would rather spend your time attacking me, we are done. Anything you say beyond this point that is not specifically related to the OT, that’s Original Topic in case you are unsure, will be reported as trolling and/or spam.
Ah. And since comprehension is something of a challenge for you, allow me spell it out so there are no misunderstandings. “We are done” means that I am now ignoring you, so continue your petty attempts at defending the indefensible as long as you like, and for as long as they stay true to the OT. Anything that is inappropriate or attempts to move the conversation away from the OT will be flagged.
Yeah, the original naming rules were great. Blizzard understood the importance of immersion and they wanted people to enjoy a medieval/fantasy game with medieval/fantasy names. Somewhere along the way they stopped caring and the result is that now we have children, or adults who act like children, naming themselves ridiculous, and quite often incredibly offensive, names.
Enforcement of the policies is the only thing that will bring order back to the chaos and that is why I created this topic.
I don’t care what people name themselves on non-RP servers but RP servers are special and I want Blizzard to give us players what they promised us. Promises made in very clear language in their ToU for RP Realms.
