Inappropriate character names

[Karistina]

How does one go about reporting inappropriate (vulgar or non-RP) character names? Would that require a petition, or a /report or here in the forums or what?

[Hatchnet]

Not sure how we should report them but I just tell whichever GM is on at the time.

[Karistina]

Since I haven\'t had a need to look for GMs in-game, how would I go about determining who is currently on?

[Keyaz]

type /who and anyone in the \'game masters\' is a gm or another good way is join #planeshift ion irc.freenode.net and tell there

[Platyna]

I asked same thing once, and I was told: \"Petition them!\". ;)

Regards.

[Karistina]

Thanks all

[Efflixi Aduro]

I hate the horrable names i saw when i was able to play cb. I some ideot named rolling stonz,yea, you\'re cool now ideot...

[discochimp]

i really don\'t see why theres such a big problem with non-rpg names? what skin is it off your nose? so what if a player wants to have some indaviduality and not conform? i\'m not talking about offensive names here. i fully aggree that they have no place in the game. however i do think that non-rpg names are no big deal.

frankly i\'m quite happy to RP, but i find the fantasy RP names dull and generic. alot of the time they\'re a mash of random sylables stuck together because they sound fantasy-ish. if a name has meaning to the player and represents something to them i think it\'s unreasonable to ask them to change.

i\'m sure i\'m going to get flamed for this but like the name it\'s my opinion and i\'m entitled to voice it. luckily i have the precaution of a flame retardent suit.

[Gentooligan]

I agree with discochimp. If the name isn\'t offensive, leave them alone.

Furthermore, nobody likes a snitch. Reporting someone b/c you don\'t think their name is \"RPG enough\" is childish. I had someone threaten to report me for this reason yesterday (I just ignored him). After stepping away from the keyboard for a minute, I came back to find this clown yelling \"Is there a GM? I found someone called \'Gentooligan\'!\"

Give me a break. It\'s a GAME. Anyone who gets that bothered over a name like mine really needs to get a life.

[Moogie]

We are trying to create a believable fantasy world and emphasis proper roleplay as much as possible. Real-world references detract from the feel of the game and remind us we\'re just playing on a computer- which is not what we want, if it means Yliakum would seem any less \"real\" or immersive.

Reporting bad/non-RP names is encouraged. The more players who have believable fantasy-medieval names that fit in the world of Planeshift, the better. It also encourages newcomers to look at their own character and consider it in a roleplay perspective. If everyone was allowed to have names like \"Chimp Banana\", \"Iam Cooldude\", or \"Pamela Anderson\", it would shatter the immersion that all roleplayers are trying to achieve in PS. Believe it or no, silly names affect everyone who comes in contact with them. And since PS is a RPG (purposeful emphasis on the RP there), Roleplayers\' needs are extremely important to us.

[Efflixi Aduro]

Originally posted by discochimp
i really don\'t see why theres such a big problem with non-rpg names? what skin is it off your nose? so what if a player wants to have some indaviduality and not conform? i\'m not talking about offensive names here. i fully aggree that they have no place in the game. however i do think that non-rpg names are no big deal.

frankly i\'m quite happy to RP, but i find the fantasy RP names dull and generic. alot of the time they\'re a mash of random sylables stuck together because they sound fantasy-ish. if a name has meaning to the player and represents something to them i think it\'s unreasonable to ask them to change.

i\'m sure i\'m going to get flamed for this but like the name it\'s my opinion and i\'m entitled to voice it. luckily i have the precaution of a flame retardent suit.

Well, you see. We don\'t care what you think and the devs and gms want everything their way.

Just get an rp name its not hard. The devs even made a god damn name gen for guys like you who still dont know that ps is for ROLE PLAYING. This is NOT like the other rpgs. You dont run around saying S>133t hammner or omfg help.d

As moogie said, ps wants to immerse people in a rp world and its a little hard when you have ideots coming by you and yelling things like S> ALMOST ANYTHING and stuff like that.

Just get over thew name thing and play ps how it was meant to be played. Yes, ps was meant to be played a certain way, and thats rp\'ing.

[Keyaz]

you could have put it a wee bit nicer Efflixi  :rolleyes:
but at least its honest on most peoples views, if you want to run around like a insane retard with a name like \'full-bong kenobi\' your gonna get your head kicked in :|

[Gentooligan]

And my name has been changed

My biggest problem with the whole scenario was the childish manner in which the other character threatened to \"tell on me\" (much like a 6 yr old crying to his mommy)

The GM that had me change my name, on the other hand, handled the situation politely and respectfully, and granted me the option of choosing another name.

If reporting other players is encouraged, it should be done so more subtly
No need to point and yell \"I\'m gonna tell on you! Nana Nana Nana!\" Just quietly report it to a GM instead.


Just my opinion.

[Efflixi Aduro]

Ok you think we would run around doing that? That person is probably a newbie who knows tone rule, the name rule, because he had his changed too.

I personally get quite b*tchy at people with non-rp names. Nothing i can do about it though. And, ofcourse, i talk it out in pm\'s because the general chat section is for rp chat
But the funnest thing to do is go by a group of non-rp\'s and start roleplaying. They eventually think you\'re insane and 1-run away or 2-constantly challange you
Man, i wish my updater worked

[Seytra]

Originally posted by Gentooligan
If reporting other players is encouraged, it should be done so more subtly
No need to point and yell \"I\'m gonna tell on you! Nana Nana Nana!\" Just quietly report it to a GM instead.

Maybe he was simply trying to give you the chance to ask for a namechange yourself, which would have made you look better than being reported does.
The shouting might have been due to him not knowing how to contact / recognise GMs, so it micht have had it\'s reason as well.

But yes, I simply silently report bad names.