Petition to Ask What is the Matter with Tarel/Game Policy

[AustinTylerDean]

 

So my in game name is "Kringle". I picked it because I could hear a dwarf say it, ya know? Kringle.. "ARHHH Kringle! Pull up a pint sir!" If I were to describe the word Kringle, I would say it is the sound paper makes when you squish it. Or maybe what a cinder looks like when it pops from the fire.... kringle. OR JUST MAYBE my dwarf looks a litlle like SANTA CLAUSE?!?!?!?

But my name is banned. Not for ANY of the possible notions above.


It was banned by Tarel because

IT IS A TERM IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY.

Can I just ask.... huh??

Thank you.

Austin

[Alphi]

spell it with a Y

as in Kryngle

same name but looks more exotic

also gets around the kris kringle similarity

[AustinTylerDean]

also gets around the kris kringle similarity

I think you are missing my point. That was NOT a reason Tarel had the epiphony (he/she) did.

If it were too close to SANTA CLAUSE, that would be FINE.

A TERM IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY!

[StarsAndBars_1018]

A TERM IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY!

I have to agree. . .I don't think many people would know that.

[Zan]

I'm a biomedical student and I never even heard of the word in that context .. however GM's have the permission to change names and complaining about it in public here will only do more harm than good. If you have a problem with a GM it is always best to argue about it in private. They do have a special IRC chatroom where those things can be discussed.

I'm afraid there won't be much discussion in this case though since you already gave a bunch of reasons why your name violates the policy.

[AustinTylerDean]

Please elaborate Biomedical student on the "bunch of reasons" I listed.



Is it that hard to see my point?

[AustinTylerDean]

OH

I also just found out it is:

"Kringle is a thin, delicate pastry developed hundreds of years ago in Denmark."

-Wikipedia

No mention though of Molecular Biology.

[Zan]

That was a reply to the post above ...

A TERM IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY!

I have to agree. . .I don't think many people would know that.

To which I elaborated by saying I practically live in the molecular biology field but never heard of it. So your point has been seen, however it doesn't really matter what excuse the GM used for changing your name, there were plenty available.

[AustinTylerDean]

Point taken. I guess lunacy is a common place in our example of authority.

 

Topic dead.

[lanser]

, however it doesn't really matter what excuse the GM used for changing your name, there were plenty available.

surely the reason given must be accurate and truthful or the whole system could just fall apart with names being changed for any made up reason

A quick google of most of the names in this thread can give a valid reason for change including the gm's.

[Karyuu]

This needs to be discussed with the appropriate personel, not on the forums. Please read our rules - even if something unfair happened, we can't allow people making public threads because it doesn't do you any good at all. The players here can't help you, but other GMs and the dev team can. The issue will be addressed, rest assured.

[Tarel]

I like to give my point of view, why i considered a renaming.

Kringle did not tell the complete story, that i told him.
I told him, that his name is a protein in molecular biology.
He also asked to change his name to Chris Kringle and I told him,
that i could allow that and would try to rename it.
Unfortunately the name Chris was already taken.
After asking who my Supervisor was, he logged out.
I have only been talking polite with him, like I do with everyone.

Now to show you my information, what Kringle is.

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/IEntry?ac=IPR000001

Kringles are autonomous structural domains, found throughout the blood clotting and fibrinolytic proteins. Kringle domains are believed to play a role in binding mediators (e.g., membranes, other proteins or phospholipids), and in the regulation of proteolytic activity [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. Kringle domains [ 4 , 5 , 6 ] are characterised by a triple loop, 3-disulphide bridge structure, whose conformation is defined by a number of hydrogen bonds and small pieces of anti-parallel beta-sheet. They are found in a varying number of copies in some plasma proteins including prothrombin and urokinase-type plasminogen activator, which are serine proteases belonging to MEROPS peptidase family S1A.

The name Kringle is discussed with the other Gm’s and the conclusion was, that we allow
the name.
The name is restored as it was before.