Name change policy complaint.

[zanzibar]

Bartholin,

Not changing names to avoid reputational consequences is one of the key ingredients of keeping a (somewhat) civil society in PS.  The longer you go with a character, the more time is invested, the more cost there is to starting a new character.  This means that the more advanced players have to live with the reputations they have earned, either through their IC or OOC playing.

In other MMO communities I've seen, this is taken to a much higher level, with forum-based blacklists of KSers and griefers, etc.

If we allowed you (or anyone) to change their name, we have effectively removed the cost of misbehaving and allowed the misbehaving person to get off scot free.  As it stands today, your choices are to keep playing and change your reputation, or start a new character and turn over a new leaf with it.  Those are both good choices, afaic, from the community's perspective.

The whole point is that he didn't earn this reputation.  Some jerk with an agenda is actively dragging his name through the mud.

[Narure]

Well there are ways of dealing with that such as /reports and GM pettitions before it gets out of hand. He failed to do them it seems.

[zanzibar]

Well there are ways of dealing with that such as /reports and GM pettitions before it gets out of hand. He failed to do them it seems.

Believe it or not, reports and petitions don't always make things better.  They're especially difficult once you involve the use of alts and activites which could be interpreted as in-character.

[Narure]

If they're Tarnish your IC reputation and you get upset you should go outside. If its harassment the GMs canhave a word with the person and i imagine if it persists they get a ban.

[zanzibar]

If they're Tarnish your IC reputation and you get upset you should go outside. If its harassment the GMs canhave a word with the person and i imagine if it persists they get a ban.

I think you're failing to comprehend the subtleties of the situation.  If it was as easy as asking the GMs for help, he would not be asking for a name change.

[Araye]

Well in real life people get stereotyped/cast into roles they wouldn't want to be in all the time.  I suggest you take lot that has been handed you and roleplay it.  Then if you don't like it, roleplay out of it.  If you truly don't deserve that being pinned on you, you'll do just fine.

Stop complaining and get to playing.

[zanzibar]

Well in real life people get stereotyped/cast into roles they wouldn't want to be in all the time.  I suggest you take lot that has been handed you and roleplay it.  Then if you don't like it, roleplay out of it.  If you truly don't deserve that being pinned on you, you'll do just fine.

Stop complaining and get to playing.

I'm sorry but this answer is simply insensitive.  Why would Bartholin want to go with people hating him OOCly?  This whole thing IS OOC afterall and not in character.

[.:ZEN:.]

I dont think saying this is alowed but why not try to be even worse, just join an evil guild such as the outlaws

[Vengeance]

It is not up to the Devs or the GMs to judge whether a reputation is 'deserved' or not, or 'OOC' or not.  We are not going to change a character's name to hide their identity.  Period.  Find another way to deal with it or make an alt and pretend to speak only Spanish.

[.:ZEN:.]

yeah, technically i think chinese would work better, you can type up random stuff and it should seem like chinese plus most americans know what sounds like spanish. but because there are so many different kinds of chinese its harder to know . hope it helps