Obiwankenobi. Igoturback. Thelastjedi. Ribeyedgurl. Altarboy. Willferal. Bossmoney.
Every one of these, and dozens of others I’ve reported but couldn’t think of off the top of my head, has been on the server since launch. I’ve reported each one every time I see 'em. The only one that’s changed is the first one, who used to be Obiownkenobi. So, y’know, “success.”
We almost didn’t get an RPvP server. Now it seems to be one of the most successful in all of Classic - and thanks to server transfers it’s absolutely swamped with names which flagrantly violate the RP naming rules.
I’m sure there’s an automated system in place for dealing with name reports but it’s obviously not working here. I don’t feel like it’s asking for all that much to enforce your own damned rules.
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I think it is on us as a community to police ourselves, if we commit to reporting all non RP names we see I guarantee you we can effect real change in our server.
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Most of the people I know say they’ve been reporting all these names every time they seem them just like I’ve been doing. I’m not advocating anyone stop doing that, but it clearly isn’t enough. Blizz needs to start aggressively policing the server for naming violations and handing out bans to people who change their characters’ names to something equally inappropriate for an RP server.
Maybe if they do that we can get some of the queue refugees who obviously don’t care about RP to reroll on/transfer to normal PvP servers like they should have done in the first place.
The worst offender is “Dwarfpaladin”. Hands down the worst person in the server - human warrior.
I report that jack*** every chance I get.
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why… I mean if they arent offensive (e.g. sexist or racist or something) why…
The Larger guilds should come together and mass report. Even if not a hardcore Rp’er a lot of us joined this server to avoid the nonsensical names.
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5 or so people who comment on here arent going to change things. Im sorry but a silly non offensive name isnt bad. I go to a major city and see trade chat. RP names, no rp, just as bad chat/talk as retail. Worry more about griefers in action or non rpers that way, then names. Many non rp named people will still be nice or even rp back!
That’s exactly what someone with a non-RP name would say.
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If it breaks the naming policy that should be reason enough. Like I said in another thread, if you can’t take the time to generate an RP compliant name roll on another server
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Because it’s an RP server and those are the rules you agree to when you choose to roll here. If you aren’t interested in abiding by those rules, great; there are literally dozens of other PvP servers to choose from.
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Btw if you think using a third party addon to fix your non RP name makes it legitimate you’re completely wrong
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To you. I rolled on Grob because I want a PvP server with an RP atmosphere. Character names are part of that.
It’s entirely possible to deal with both at the same time.
All of which is entirely beside the point of their being in violation of the rules.
If I go to a fancy suit-and-tie restaurant dressed in a T-shirt and jeans I’m going to face pushback from the other patrons and probably be kicked out. It doesn’t matter how nice I am or if I only came here because my friends chose this place. I’m breaking the rules and will have to deal with the consequences.
The RP naming policy is effectively the dress code for RP servers. You may not care about that. You might even think it’s stupid. In which case, again, there are literally dozens of other servers for you to play on where no one will care about your character’s name.
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Then report it.
Chances are, if the name isn’t getting changed, then not enough people found it annoying enough to report.
Which basically means you’re being a tattle tale, just reporting people to get them in trouble rather than because their name actually is bad.
Pretty much every name I’ve reported and bothered to check up on has been changed.
I was looking to tank for a group yesterday. First group I find was for a dungeon I wanted to go to. The lead was Butstain.
I went for a different one.
Is Butstain an acceptable RP name or did I report it simply because I am a tattle tale?
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Good question. Stay tuned, in about 2 weeks you’ll know if it gets changed!
(For the record, I’d report that too)
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Hmmm… would our own discord help at all? Where we can find the worst offenders, mass report, then keep track when/if the name is changed?
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Every name I listed in the OP clearly violates the official Role Play Naming Policy. I’m not trying to get them in trouble, I just want them to meet Blizzard’s own minimum standard for playing on an RP server.
If only we had someone with your magic touch Horde-side. As I said, I’ve been reporting all these names since launch with no success.
Excellent idea. I’d absolutely go for something like this.
I’ll play around with discord later see if I can learn how to host and moderate one. Any technology after 2010 I’m finding harder to understand like I use to when I was younger.
Keep me in the loop about this potential discord please, sounds very interesting