Name changes by gm being against Naming policy

[Socius Rockus]

  Planeshift policies are very strict (And I support that, cause hey, I didn't made the game and therefor am not the one making the rules)
In fact they are even harder then RL, I know some people who have, very strange last names [in RL] translated to english "Born naked" [Naakt geboren]  "Change" [kleingeld] (like money change )"poo-digger" [schijtruimer]  And I'm sure there are more obscure lastnames in RL then there are offensive names in PS, they (the peoples of PS responisible for carrying this out) are doing a great job I would say! Remember, Even Superman could be eveywere to change peoples name all the time, he had important issues
 
And not all 'offensive' or 'policy-exceeding' name can be recognized by GM's... Cause Socius was first known as 'Knabbel' a famous dutch squirrel (one of these two two ) I mean, not EVERY GM knows 'Knabbel'is a famous Cartoon squirrel in Holland it took them more the 1.5 months to track me down But in the end I'm pretty happy they did  Socius rockus, is much nicer then Knabbel

[Earl_Listbard]

Ohh im going to make a dude named fletcher! seeing as tanner is already taken... and blacksmith is taken... or how about poletunnler? Or perhaps johnneey appleseed?


People need to get origonal with names I can run through 50 completely origonal names right here right now.

1. Garglathin
2. Slithoden
3. Venicras
4. Vanckamite
6. Uoldroc
7. Corganis
8. Leluonth
9. Spernatoli
10. Indegik
11. Tiglath
12. Shervodith
13. Enzydia
14. Cremadion
15. Shyvith
16. Dolatirigy
17. Izvarg
18. Boldon
19. Carkerica
20. Zephitho
21. Gorgimus
22. Shaluthti
23. Vangol
24. Ceptli
25. Cerlithol
26. Sezrenade
27. Gackvye
28. Victrith
29. Scevar
30. Odlyuis
31. Harlock
32. Whyve
33. Jevarl
34. Dannlith
35. Philiosus
36. Tyverkol
37. Enjardi
38. Quarckium
39. Soluthio
40. Jervaith
41. Kornadel
42. Midol
43. Sharvique
44. Sevarithoul
45. Kirlathye
46. Donolu
47. Chickvarthaya
48. Shurrolk
49. Hioldith
50. Derlaye

[One and only tanner]

Of course its taken im the one and only Tanner
and iv been playing for like over 200 hours and no one changed it 

[Earl_Listbard]

Tanning is also a proffession performed by a tanner, who skins cattle in order to form leather.

And the fact that the gms don't see this is proof of their never ending stu-....


*Listabrd gets snipped by a GM loyalist*

[LigH]

Are you sure you are not zanzibar? Uh, no, his endless complaints are a little more stylish!

[Karyuu]

Earl_Listbard: Are you sure you are comfortable sliding insults into your post at the people who are trying to give to the community? You know, just checking Our teams are far from perfect, but be careful how you word things. I don't want hurt feelings from anyone.

[Vengeance]

Karyuu,

Have you noticed how discussing GM actions with players solves absolutely nothing, and just creates many newer, smaller arguments about sub-aspects of the first argument?  :-)

This thread is a perfect example of why we (mostly) don't discuss GM actions.

- Venge

[Induane]

Have you noticed how discussing GM actions with players solves absolutely nothing, and just creates many newer, smaller arguments about sub-aspects of the first argument?  :-)

Well, the arguments would be there regardless, just less public they were not discussed on the forums. It doesn't always solve anything either, true, but that doesn't mean a discussion is worthless, though it often is for the most part.  It should be relatively easy to identify useless discussions and simply avoid taking part in them from a developer/mod/gm standpoint, aside from when moderator action becomes necessary through the course of monitoring some lame discussion.   

Sure some discussions are pointless, some are annoying, some just long diatribes of personal woes and blah blah blah. That said the overwhelming abundance of worthless discussions and arguments doesn't mean they all go nowhere and all create newer, smaller arguments.  I think you overgeneralize people a bit sometimes   Not all of us are DeathKillerZ_477 hanging out going lolz omg! Gm'z are teh suckz!!!

OK maybe I am but that doesn't mean everyone is

 

This thread is a perfect example of why we (mostly) don't discuss GM actions.

Thats really not unreasonable.  Players will discuss it amongst themselves or here on the forums and thats normal and fine so long as it doesn't get out of hand,   For the most part GM's and other authority within the community shouldn't have to defend every little action taken.  So long as the GMs are not an entity without any accountability to the community (there should be at least some) then there shouldn't be a problem. 

Naming policy has been discussed a ton anyways, and for the better in my opinion.  The rules loosened slightly which needed to happen, that or the GM's relaxed a bit, and for a while all was good. Now complaints tend to run the other direction, for not being strict enough.  Most discussions now really are mostly just good reading for GM's when the get the chance, if only to help gain perspective on balance.  To mosts eyes the scale will always be tipping one way or the other so long as there are no dead weights   Still I think the naming issue has improved a good deal and this I am fairly certain was brought on by discussion of GM actions.  GM's are here for the community I think, so when the community speaks and the team listens then its a good thing.  We're all one, just not one and the same

[Araye]

Aren't there better things to complain about?

The naming policy as I understand it is to prevent people from naming their characters "King Of All Media", "Killer Queen", "Linux Rulez", "1337 Haxors", and the like.  It also encourages unique names.  

Yes the list of 50 that was just made shows it is easy to be original, but most names in reality are NOT original names, but are taken from things Mommy liked or places or job functions: Ruby, Heather, Paris, Cooper...

In fact, one of the most popular books is 1001 Baby Names WITH THE DEFINITIONS OF THE NAMES!  "Let's name him Richard honey, it means stern ruler."

To name your character something that has no meaning is AGAINST real life naming conventions and just as unlikely to have occurred in Ylikum's society.  "The vigisemi hereby passes a law that ALL newborns must have totally unique names by penalty of death!"

I'm not saying the rule should be changed, I'm saying that if the player has made a reasonable attempt to use a "different" name, it should be allowed.  I also think the gm's understand this rule and do a good job of implementing it.

Find something new to complain about.

[Induane]

I'm not saying the rule should be changed, I'm saying that if the player has made a reasonable attempt to use a "different" name, it should be allowed.  I also think the gm's understand this rule and do a good job of implementing it.

Aye they do do a good job these days, I have not seen much to complain about in that department myself.  Of course its a subjective thing so people will always be a little taken aback from time to time but that is to be expected. 

There was a time when names like Ishita was considered offensive, and Eifell considered too close to the Eiffel Tower and were renamed and in my opinion that was being a bit picky.  Things have improved a lot though, many rules get stabilized and to a fairly accepted point through trial and error at times.  In the end it tends to work itself out