My name Cabronaviruz was flagged for rename, which idk why cause its not inappropriate at all.
I’ve had the name since start of classic, no issues. My main on retail is the same and no issues for years, so why now all of a sudden?
Anyways, so it was flagged and I entered the world to attempt to change it, however I didn’t receive a prompt to change it at all. I just entered the world as PlayerGXTBTQ.
Now I can’t whisper or anything cause my name isn’t even a real name, however my name in guild roster is the same, but when I whisper it shows up as that
That is wierd, it should have prompted you to when you logged in. I would appeal, but add that this condition exists that you can’t rename either.
As far as the name, it’s inventive, but still leans too much on the pandemic in the room. It doesn’t matter really how long the character exists though, if your reported, and found to have a name that is not appropriate to the game, you will be asked to rename.
What did the email say? It might have asked you to submit names so they could see if the name you pick is not in violation and then if they accepted the name they would change the name for you
Making a reference to a virus that has killing millions around the world, and that continues to impact lives on a daily basis may be why. I don’t believe they considered it highly inappropriate though, it looks to just be a warning.
Are you still seeing the name as this? It seems to be the original name from what I can see.
All it says was that it’s going to be renamed or has been renamed, and that is very true. It’s been renamed to PlayerGXTBTQ with no prompt to change it when entering world.
The name on the forums is the same, the name on my character unit frame is the same, in the guild roster is the same.
When I click Character info however, its PlayerGXTBTQ, and the name above my head is PlayerGXTBTQ. When I try to whisper anyone or speak it comes up as PlayerGXTBTQ and nobody can whisper me or invite me.
That is the best way to handle it. If the appeal is successful, they’ll revert the name. If not, then at least you won’t get in trouble again for the same thing.
Just to save yourself from further grief - if the forced name change is upheld, you may want to self-report any other characters you’ve got with that or questionable names. Once, you get a warning and a forced name change. Any future reports in the same vein would just cause increased sanctions and people have been suspended for names alone.
I seriously don’t believe you can’t find why the name was inappropriate. The first part translated means “female dog” in several Spanish speaking countries.
