Getting Names Reserved Fast?

[Dynamix]

Is anyone who played in CB concerned they might lose their name when OB or Retail Launch starts?

It would really piss me off if I played with a certain name for entire Beta and then lose it to someone else.

Just for that reason Im buying the Game when it comes out first day. Going to Load it up and fill all my character slots with chars just so I can reserve the names.

[Oberon]

I have typed out my planned characters including several alternative names so even if one is taken I doubt they all will be taken.

[Blackmoore]

My plan exactly. I have to have Blackmoore. A Must have.

[Scorch_Hellfire]

Is anyone who played in CB concerned they might lose their name when OB or Retail Launch starts?

It would really piss me off if I played with a certain name for entire Beta and then lose it to someone else.

Just for that reason Im buying the Game when it comes out first day. Going to Load it up and fill all my character slots with chars just so I can reserve the names.

yeah thats what im going to do... i already have all the names picked out...

[I4Get]

Is anyone who played in CB concerned they might lose their name when OB or Retail Launch starts?

It would really piss me off if I played with a certain name for entire Beta and then lose it to someone else.

Just for that reason Im buying the Game when it comes out first day. Going to Load it up and fill all my character slots with chars just so I can reserve the names.

What is in a name that makes you love it so?
Is it due to identity?
Is it due to want?
Is another name problematic?
Or is it spastic?
All in all what truly is in a name,
Especially when that thing does not exists….

[Ifrit18]

Most people come up with simple names. Although a good number of names will be nerfed thanks to blizzard's naming policy.

I had no problem picking my name and no has my name on the closed beta servers.

[Hydro]

What is in a name that makes you love it so?
Is it due to identity?
Is it due to want?
Is another name problematic?
Or is it spastic?
All in all what truly is in a name,
Especially when that thing does not exists….

You want people you played with for 6 months or so (longer for others) to recognize you on release.

[I4Get]

You want people you played with for 6 months or so (longer for others) to recognize you on release.

And they can't by another name??
I would think a simple /tell or e-mail would fix that.

[XxNoObXx]

where did yall come up with your names for your characters? or are yall just very creative? heh

[Dooplanger]

I hope that all my usernames are original enough I wont have a problem with people taking them. Ive been using the same three since Diablo days.

[aartamen]

I still don't know what name[s] I'll use. Something simple three or four letter long maximum.

[Xinhuan]

And they can't by another name??
I would think a simple /tell or e-mail would fix that.

Not really. Let's say you have established yourself firmly with a strong reputation in the closed beta servers. Say best enchanter or something. You'll want to keep that name/legacy into release wouldn't you?

[Dooplanger]

My plan exactly. I have to have Blackmoore. A Must have.
*thinks about stealing blackmore and selling it on ebay*

[Blackmoore]

I'd actually pay for that. My name is actually that important to me.

[aartamen]

As far as carrying anything from CB into release. Given a 3k player limit on a server, there will be a hundred servers or more. The CB people will be spread pretty thin to go around recognizing each other.

[Dooplanger]

I'd actually pay for that. My name is actually that important to me.

waaay to convince me not to steal the name. :D

[XxNoObXx]

haha i agree blackmoore shall be mine!!

[Ifrit18]

There should be a LOT of servers. 3k people per server isn't that much at all.

Chances of getting the name you want are fairly good :thumbsup:. Just read the naming policy and hope the GMs are in a good mood. :)

[SaberPrivateer]

I've been putting thought into my names. I try and make sure they have some sort of relevance to the style or perhaps a double meaning (i.e. pun). In the case of my troll, I have one created with the purpose of putting it in a sentace ending in "mon."

[inatey]

i make them up on the spot or use the built in name randomiser

[Dooplanger]

i make them up on the spot or use the built in name randomiser

I can tell by your name ;).

[inatey]

I can tell by your name ;).
inatey happenes to be my last name in real life... lol but in wow i make them up

[Dooplanger]

inatey happenes to be my last name in real life... lol but in wow i make them up
ah ok, well you know I was just kidding right. For a last name its better than mine, which is Martinez(wouldnt make a good username).

[inatey]

lol its cool... but i use inatey as character names to... martinez would be a cool character name

[Dooplanger]

lol its cool... but i use inatey as character names to... martinez would be a cool character name
such lies you speak.

[inatey]

not realy dooplanger is cool, can i use it?

[Dooplanger]

not realy dooplanger is cool, can i use it?
Dooplanger is one of the 3 names ive been using since Diablo days so no :p, its like a trademark. If someone does take it I will not go as far as buying it back as blackmore would his name, instead I would have to resort to murder....*evil music*

[pjmosling]

My plan exactly. I have to have Blackmoore. A Must have.

Were you in CB? I don't keep track of who is and who isn't. In retail I bet you have 0% chance of being able to use the name Blackmoore. First of all, the profanity filter thinks "black" is a curse. Beyond that, I'll quote you something from WorldOfWarcraft.com's own story pages:

The chief warden of the internment camps, Aedelas Blackmoore, watched over the captive orcs from his prison-stronghold, Durnholde.

Naming yourself Blackmoore will be like naming yourself Tyra Banks, Einstein, or Ivan the Terrible. I hope you can pull it off, but don't be surprised if some GM pages you eventually and renames you to FuzzyBunnyHipHop.

[muteownz]

i read that names wont be unique throughout all servers... say you have the name "Remote" on server A.. someone could have the same name on server B and C. Tyren i think said it on the b.net forums i'm pretty sure he said "after a week it would be hard to find a unique name" so in this case the chances of someone having your name out of all the servers is very slim... and if they do.. pick a new server? i know of some people whom are gonna make their character name on EVERY server just so they are "super unique" cus of the b.net forums show their names... so you could see like 20 "remote"'s posting on their forums...

[Golem]

i i know of some people whom are gonna make their character name on EVERY server just so they are "super unique" cus of the b.net forums show their names... so you could see like 20 "remote"'s posting on their forums...

Cant be done, or at least not without multiboxing. Only 8-10 names per paid account. You might be able to grab "remote" on say all of the AVH USwest servers but if USwest is 30 servers and USeast is 30 servers it would get expensive quickly.

[I4Get]

Not really. Let's say you have established yourself firmly with a strong reputation in the closed beta servers. Say best enchanter or something. You'll want to keep that name/legacy into release wouldn't you?

Good point...

Counter Point... Having a reputation like that can be problematic lot of new players hounding for the keys to the greatness. A legacy is a double edged sword after all.

Counter Point... Will the character be the same even with the same name... though built by the same player it is difficult to keep true to the original as you see other possibilities present themselves? After all not all quest and items where in CB. Therefore would the character remain the same as the legacy?

Again what is in the Name?

[Xinhuan]

Good point...

Counter Point... Having a reputation like that can be problematic lot of new players hounding for the keys to the greatness. A legacy is a double edged sword after all.

Counter Point... Will the character be the same even with the same name... though built by the same player it is difficult to keep true to the original as you see other possibilities present themselves? After all not all quest and items where in CB. Therefore would the character remain the same as the legacy?

Again what is in the Name?

You also forget that many people have been using certain names over many many years in many games. And whereever they go from game to game, they use the same name. It's easy to find people that say "Hey Xin, are you the same Xinhuan I used to play with in so-and-so game?" And there you have it, an old friend found.

[Rhocky]

Well, someone taking your name with the intent of taking *YOUR* name, i.e. if you're established, is one thing. But otherwise... I don't plan on using any names that are common enough that someone else would take them. I'd rather be original. Let the 500 other people be Legolas, Legolus, Lagolas, etc. :)

edit: I might use Rhocky as one, the derivative Rocky being fairly common. Rhocky was a nickname of mine that only lasted for awhile, with a small group of friends, and the "h" was added in as a joke. Came from Rocky Raccoon, and that's a whole long story in itself.

So i guess... I can see where other people might have somewhat common names for reasons that even my benevolent scrutiny would find acceptable. ;)

[Sentinel]

i know of some people whom are gonna make their character name on EVERY server just so they are "super unique" cus of the b.net forums show their names... so you could see like 20 "remote"'s posting on their forums...

Considering the 8 char limit I would very impressed to see them take 20+ names.

[DarknessCrusader]

I be tha' MaDnEsS man'... nun' otta' shall taka' ma' name!

And actually all my other names where made on the spot... even DarkCrusader... only used it cause DarknessCrusader was too long. :P

My wife is hoping for Adria still tho' since that's her name in real life... she didn't get it on the BETA server but did on the PvP server... and then she messed up and made an Alliance character and had to start over as Horde since Alliance pissed her off... but she didn't want to delete her char which is why she made DeAdria, her undead mage. Originally was going to be DeadAdria, but running the words together was my idea.

[lordrolo]

ah ok, well you know I was just kidding right. For a last name its better than mine, which is Martinez(wouldnt make a good username).

I was actually thinking of naming my character Pedro ... (yes after that Pedro of course)

[LuxAeterna]

Were you in CB? I don't keep track of who is and who isn't. In retail I bet you have 0% chance of being able to use the name Blackmoore. First of all, the profanity filter thinks "black" is a curse. Beyond that, I'll quote you something from WorldOfWarcraft.com's own story pages:



Naming yourself Blackmoore will be like naming yourself Tyra Banks, Einstein, or Ivan the Terrible. I hope you can pull it off, but don't be surprised if some GM pages you eventually and renames you to FuzzyBunnyHipHop.

Blackmoore is pop culture reference and not allowed according to rules. To most people over their 20's Blackmoore refers to the legendary guitarist Richie Blackmoore guitarist of Deep purple, rainbow and blackmore nights for example. And is one of my greatest guitar inspirations so I hope blizzards strikes out that name.

[Rycan]

And they can't by another name??
I would think a simple /tell or e-mail would fix that.

how could they /tell if they didn't know your name and you didn't know theirs?

[Rhocky]

Blackmoore is pop culture reference and not allowed according to rules. To most people over their 20's Blackmoore refers to the legendary guitarist Richie Blackmoore guitarist of Deep purple, rainbow and blackmore nights for example. And is one of my greatest guitar inspirations so I hope blizzards strikes out that name.

Honestly I would hope that's not disallowed. It's not as common and likely-to-be-used a name as, oh, Britney. It may be recognizeable, but I would hope that's not a qualification for disallowing names. Otherwise... what are we left with?

[Rycan]

As far as carrying anything from CB into release. Given a 3k player limit on a server, there will be a hundred servers or more. The CB people will be spread pretty thin to go around recognizing each other.

Well some people have made a reputation outside of CB characters, like us non-Beta's who know the Beta Testers fromthe forums...trust me the reputation will be there

[Rycan]

i read that names wont be unique throughout all servers... say you have the name "Remote" on server A.. someone could have the same name on server B and C. Tyren i think said it on the b.net forums i'm pretty sure he said "after a week it would be hard to find a unique name" so in this case the chances of someone having your name out of all the servers is very slim... and if they do.. pick a new server? i know of some people whom are gonna make their character name on EVERY server just so they are "super unique" cus of the b.net forums show their names... so you could see like 20 "remote"'s posting on their forums...

I hate to tell you, but i don't think they'll have enough name slots for each server. If i'm not mistaken you can only have 8 (or 10) Characters total, not per server. They might, we'll see, I know that they wouldn't of had enough names for the ST. We'll see though!

[HR-Tecira]

I am not that worried about my names. Most of mine are not things that the majority of people would think of. Some are old AD&D char names that I liked like my Tecira name here.

A lot of the rest are Drow elven names from an old Dragon magazine that had a name making guide. I like that because I can give my characters names with a meaning behind them that typically is a bit humorous to me or has a relation to the class of the character :).

[I4Get]

You also forget that many people have been using certain names over many many years in many games. And whereever they go from game to game, they use the same name. It's easy to find people that say "Hey Xin, are you the same Xinhuan I used to play with in so-and-so game?" And there you have it, an old friend found.

I have not forgotten it. I have posted about it before in another thread a few months ago. Personally I have been asked that question many times, of course I choose the name at random.

But initial point was it is hard to talk about a character you have made when you have named them all the same it truthfully gets confusing. I am in no way exception. I have just learned that any name I was attached to would eventually get used by someone else and on many occasions did. Where they good names... no not really but none the less some one else used it or started to. Maybe they did so at random or saw it and liked it. Who knows but is losing a name really a cause to get up in arms about. I mean it is just a game and names are plentiful. That is what I'm trying to get at.

What is truthly in a Name...

[Xinhuan]

I have not forgotten it. I have posted about it before in another thread a few months ago. Personally I have been asked that question many times, of course I choose the name at random.

But initial point was it is hard to talk about a character you have made when you have named them all the same it truthfully gets confusing. I am in no way exception. I have just learned that any name I was attached to would eventually get used by someone else and on many occasions did. Where they good names... no not really but none the less some one else used it or started to. Maybe they did so at random or saw it and liked it. Who knows but is losing a name really a cause to get up in arms about. I mean it is just a game and names are plentiful. That is what I'm trying to get at.

What is truthly in a Name...

In any case, I've never found the name Xinhuan to be ever used by anyone other than me. Then again, Xinhuan happens to be my real name, it's not an alias or nickname.

When I meet players in real life (after arranging to meet in game), this also makes it very easy for people to remember me. My name is my name, you don't have to try and remember a "real name" and a "in-game name" and try to match them mentally.

The last time I went to a Diablo 2 outing, it was with a singapore clan. 40 over players turned up from ages 13 to 50 over, and we had a great barbeque. =)

[Taajstein]

A 1 or 2 day headstart COH style for people who pre-ordered would have been killer :thumbsup:

[Hydro]

how could they /tell if they didn't know your name and you didn't know theirs?

Thats exactly what I was wondering...

[Blackmoore]

Naming yourself Blackmoore will be like naming yourself Tyra Banks, Einstein, or Ivan the Terrible. I hope you can pull it off, but don't be surprised if some GM pages you eventually and renames you to FuzzyBunnyHipHop.
I took that into consideration. I doubt anyone would report me just for the sake of it. I decide to hide from all GM support. And, GM's allow you to change your name, it isn't forced upon you.

[Hydro]

I took that into consideration. I doubt anyone would report me just for the sake of it. I decide to hide from all GM support. And, GM's allow you to change your name, it isn't forced upon you.

Sad as it would be for them to force a name change, it would't be sad at all if they changed your name to FuzzyBunnyHipHop...

[Solaquin]

Wasn't Blackmoore also the human who raised Thrall? If they ban it for anything, it'd probably be that.

I've been using Solaquin as my name in games since my early MUDding days. I've never had a problem securing it, and it usually (though not always) winds up being one of my main characters. I have a couple other favourites, but I tend to make up a lot of new names in games like WoW where I will actually play multiple characters. I take special pains to make something as original as possible though, so that if I get really attached to the name I can use it over in the future. Here's a few tricks I've discovered over the years:

1. Never begin or end a female name with "A". This is the most common way of making a feminine-sounding name, and having the letter A in either of those positions shapes the rest of the name to a certain degree.

2. Avoid beginning a female name with "E" "I" "C" "L" or "S" or a male name with "D" "G" "T" or either sex with "R" or "M". Yeah that's a pretty good chunk of letters, and you can see that I break that rule myself. You can get away with this one if there is something unusual in the rest of the name; in my case a "Q".

3. Starting and ending a female name in consonants, or ending a male name in a vowel, greatly increases your chances of finding a name that is never taken.

4. Anything less than six letters that could be mistaken for a character name will be used at some point. One of my favourites actually breaks this rule, and though it's somewhat unusual I score it barely half the time.

5. The no-brainer rule: avoid anything too close to characters from popular movies, tele, and books, and avoid compound words. Also quickly scooped up are common names in languages other than English; Spanish is the worst offender here for English-language games. Common names in languages that aren't likely to be known by much of the server population are fair game.

6. If you can work a "J" "K" "P" "Q" "V" "X" or "Z" into the name, it helps considerably. This rule is somewhat mitigated if you start your name with "J" or "Z" and |_4/\/\x0|5z if you use "Z" where "S" would suffice.

[Blackmoore]

Yes. Lieutenant General Aedelas Blackmoore raised Thrall. They even have a quest relating to Blackmoore. They might get me, or they might not.

[Cursive]

such lies you speak.
LOL! Anyway it doesn't matter to me what name I want because
a) someone will have already thought of it and used it (I'm not very creative)
b) I won't be playing until December
c) I can't even remember other names I wanted anyway, I always forget what I was going to put in certain fields when it comes down to it actually counting. Kinda like doing the spelling bee, knowing how to spell everything, but screwing it up because you're a dipsh*t under "pressure."

[Shocked-X]

One of the reasons a lot of your names arent taken is becaues ( not trying to be rude just frank )

1) They suck
2) No one is unique enough to make such names and they make names like legolas and the such. These people are sheep.

The naming policy Blizzard has developed is Terrible, It allows only for the creation of names like John and James and James will probably be associated with James brown, so all in all blizz needs to change this policy. Terrible

[Dooplanger]

One of the reasons a lot of your names arent taken is becaues ( not trying to be rude just frank )

1) They suck
2) No one is unique enough to make such names and they make names like legolas and the such. These people are sheep.

The naming policy Blizzard has developed is Terrible, It allows only for the creation of names like John and James and James will probably be associated with James brown, so all in all blizz needs to change this policy. Terrible
did you sign up with these forums just to flame and complain?

[Shocked-X]

Flame and complain? What is your problem.

I gave you valid reasons about naming and trying to hold down names, and if u think the Blizzard naming policy is good then maybe you have been sucking too much of the corporate teat.

[Blackmoore]

Easy, we don't want this to turn into a flame war.

[Dooplanger]

Flame and complain? What is your problem.

I gave you valid reasons about naming and trying to hold down names, and if u think the Blizzard naming policy is good then maybe you have been sucking too much of the corporate teat.
I may have been overexagerating but when you tell everyone their names suck in your 2nd post on the boards... well I guess thats my problem.

[Dooplanger]

Easy, we don't want this to turn into a flame war.
I try my best to avoid a flame war.

[Shocked-X]

I may have been a little forward, but im not saying all your names suck im saying that maybe the reason that people dont ever take your namesi n any game is because they suck. There is a difference.

[Blackmoore]

What makes a name suck? How is Jason better than Josh? It's a matter of opinion.

[Dooplanger]

I may have been a little forward, but im not saying all your names suck im saying that maybe the reason that people dont ever take your namesi n any game is because they suck. There is a difference.
Ah ok then I apologise, the way I read it you were targeting everyone.

[Shocked-X]

no worries. Lets keep it civilized

[muteownz]

Considering the 8 char limit I would very impressed to see them take 20+ names.

what are you talking about? you can make 8 characters PER server. i know in beta people have characters on PVP and beta 2. if that was the case.. if you went PVP u could ONLY have horde characters.. and never be able to play alliance unless you bought another game box? i think not. the only reason they do that on PvP is so you cant go to your alliance character and see where raids will be so you can tell your horde friends. its 8 chars PER SERVER not 8 charcters total.

[BrimSt0ne M0nkey]

Ive got about 2 pages of alternative names if the ones I choose are taken. Of course you always want the first one you choose but shiat happens, Hell BrimSt0ne M0nkey wasnt my first choice for a forum name. Its the only thing I could come up with after 30 minutes of already taken names.

[Gerth]

what are you talking about? you can make 8 characters PER server. i know in beta people have characters on PVP and beta 2. if that was the case.. if you went PVP u could ONLY have horde characters.. and never be able to play alliance unless you bought another game box? i think not. the only reason they do that on PvP is so you cant go to your alliance character and see where raids will be so you can tell your horde friends. its 8 chars PER SERVER not 8 charcters total.

Here is the last bit of blue text on number of characters per account/per server. Had to use thott to show you since the main WoW forums are down. This, to me, makes it look like a per account set number of characters...

http://news.thottbot.com/?authors=-117&sidebars=Bliz&page=12#442635

[Khal'jur]

Flame and complain? What is your problem.

I gave you valid reasons about naming and trying to hold down names, and if u think the Blizzard naming policy is good then maybe you have been sucking too much of the corporate teat.

Arise! Arise!

Honestly, I have no problem with the naming policy. So, are you saying my opinion is wrong? Eh?

[Shocked-X]

Your opinion matters not, Your preference matters here. This system is simply too restrictive

Only 1 Capital Letter and must be at the beggining of the name?
No Hypens
And if you read the rest of the rules you pretty much cant make any cool name

the only names you can make are names of people

John James Eric Shaun (yes im sure its going to be exciting seeing a Horde tauren character with the name Fred) that really seems like it fits into the WoW atmosphere? lol

Way too restrictive of a name system, they want everyone to be equal?

This sounds a lot like communism. You lose

[I4Get]

In any case, I've never found the name Xinhuan to be ever used by anyone other than me. Then again, Xinhuan happens to be my real name, it's not an alias or nickname.

When I meet players in real life (after arranging to meet in game), this also makes it very easy for people to remember me. My name is my name, you don't have to try and remember a "real name" and a "in-game name" and try to match them mentally.

The last time I went to a Diablo 2 outing, it was with a singapore clan. 40 over players turned up from ages 13 to 50 over, and we had a great barbeque. =)

Sounded fun :surprise:

Also I really enjoyed our discussion thanks for speaking on it. :clap:

[Xorro]

I used Zorro for most of the ST because through a loophole in the naming policy i was allowed to (or so I thought).
but with around 3 days left, i got a message from a GM telling me to change it.

so i chose Xorro

and i'll be damned if I don't get Xorro come release.

[I4Get]

how could they /tell if they didn't know your name and you didn't know theirs?

This comment was made in referance to this quote:

You want people you played with for 6 months or so (longer for others) to recognize you on release

I not sure about you but if I'm going to be playing with someone that I have know for that long then I will have their e-mail or some other way of getting in touch with them. I mean after all with multiple servers unless you coordinate with them before hand how will you know if you both are on the same server?

[seethelight]

Naming yourself Blackmoore will be like naming yourself Tyra Banks, Einstein, or Ivan the Terrible. I hope you can pull it off, but don't be surprised if some GM pages you eventually and renames you to FuzzyBunnyHipHop.

Wow, you can't name yourself after historical figures? What about something like Virgil? Or Seneca? Or Plato? Would those be considered pop culture references, or do those violate Blizzard's naming policy in some other way?

[Shocked-X]

Wow, you can't name yourself after historical figures? What about something like Virgil? Or Seneca? Or Plato? Would those be considered pop culture references, or do those violate Blizzard's naming policy in some other way?

Here is an easy tool to determine if they wont allow it.


If you have any doubts about the name your gonna choose, choose a diff name

[Blackmoore]

For those who haven't seen the Naming Policy exactly:

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/policy/naming.shtml

And where would Blackmoore fit under?

[Xorro]

For those who haven't seen the Naming Policy exactly:

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/policy/naming.shtml

And where would Blackmoore fit under?

trademark'd maybe?

with the naht-zee naming policy, i'm sure it fits somewhere.... :scratch:

[seethelight]

trademark'd maybe?

with the naht-zee naming policy, i'm sure it fits somewhere.... :scratch:

The naming policy states that you'll be forced to change a name that is trademarked to somebody, if "the trademark owner protests its use."

On a side note, I suppose that means someone can name his character "Microsoft" or "Gatorade", as long as the relevant companies don't file a complaint with Blizzard. Cool.

[seethelight]

Real World References
This category includes both clear and masked names which:

* Are references to very well known people, characters, places, or things
* Examples: "Britneyspears", "Austinpowers", "Mcdonald's", "Georgewashington", "Newyork"

So what about characters named "Aeneas" or "Romulus"? These are both names being used by CB testers, and yet they're clearly very references to very well-known people.

[ixidore]

from what i got out of the nameing policy was that you couldent name ur characters after real ppl/places. they had to be pronouncable ie no hafvaaearf names. no drug/sex/racisim reffernces. and if u cant think of a name theres gona be a random name generator so click that till u find something that u like.

[Khal'jur]

Your opinion matters not, Your preference matters here. This system is simply too restrictive

Only 1 Capital Letter and must be at the beggining of the name?
No Hypens
And if you read the rest of the rules you pretty much cant make any cool name

the only names you can make are names of people

John James Eric Shaun (yes im sure its going to be exciting seeing a Horde tauren character with the name Fred) that really seems like it fits into the WoW atmosphere? lol

Way too restrictive of a name system, they want everyone to be equal?

This sounds a lot like communism. You lose

Oh no! We won't have people running around with names like Shocked-X!

"This sounds a lot like communism. You lose." This is a damn computer game, Blizzards computer game at that. Get over it.

[Shocked-X]

Oh no! We won't have people running around with names like Shocked-X!

"This sounds a lot like communism. You lose." This is a damn computer game, Blizzards computer game at that. Get over it.

who says i am going to make my name Shocked-X . Gotta love people who assume with no basis to do so.

This policy is communist simple as that it is my opinion. How am i supposed to be over it if i was never *under* it so i dont know wtf ur talking about. All i did was express my view, its blizzards game, good for them, we play it though so in a sense its our game as well.

[Squarebob Spongepants]

...its blizzards game, good for them, we play it though so in a sense its our game as well.
We don't actually buy the game. We just pay for the right to use the software.

_______________________________

The game is ready for lunch.

[Shocked-X]

We don't actually buy the game. We just pay for the right to use the software.

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The game is ready for lunch.

Sounds like something you would learn in a Intro To Computer Science (computer class for retards)

and ive never heard it actualy be you dont pay for the game you pay for the software

its you dont pay for the software itsself you just pay for the license to use it. Yup Yup

[Menethenes]

As far as carrying anything from CB into release. Given a 3k player limit on a server, there will be a hundred servers or more. The CB people will be spread pretty thin to go around recognizing each other.


As far as server numbers... Ive never seen any more then 15-20 servers on any game, and some have had MUCH less. Hundreds of servers? Not going to happen. What you need to realize is that even if 400,000 people are subscribed to this game, they never all play at exactly the same time. Its probably going to be 50,000-75,000 people playing at most at any given time, except for the usual rush at the beginning which might double the numbers for a few days.

But thats just my experience in EQ, AC, DAoC and CoH. Its possible this game will transcend the usual online numbers. It does look that good!

M.

[Hydro]

Sounds like something you would learn in a Intro To Computer Science (computer class for retards)

and ive never heard it actualy be you dont pay for the game you pay for the software

its you dont pay for the software itsself you just pay for the license to use it. Yup Yup

Sigh again. See what happens when Blizzard's horrible horrible forums close?

[Shocked-X]

Sigh again. See what happens when Blizzard's horrible horrible forums close?


Sigh again? what are you talking about

1) The post about the License thing is 100% correct and i am 100% correct.
2) i NEVER in my life posted on any of these blizzard forums you speak of. Try to find me on there lol.

Whats wrong with the post i posted.

The only thing you can find wr ong with it is i proved the guy wrong. Thank you

[J0xer]

well you could always try a different server if the name is taken on the one you first tried, assuming you can pick the server

also intro to computer science isn't for people with no computer experience, its for people with no programming experience. you don't need to know how to code to make a computer work, just if you want to know how a computer works, well if you take electronics/hardware classes too to know how the code is converted into commands

[Khal'jur]

Sigh again? what are you talking about

1) The post about the License thing is 100% correct and i am 100% correct.
2) i NEVER in my life posted on any of these blizzard forums you speak of. Try to find me on there lol.

Whats wrong with the post i posted.

The only thing you can find wr ong with it is i proved the guy wrong. Thank you

Oh, how pleasant these forums were a day ago.

[Hydro]

Sigh again? what are you talking about

1) The post about the License thing is 100% correct and i am 100% correct.
2) i NEVER in my life posted on any of these blizzard forums you speak of. Try to find me on there lol.

Whats wrong with the post i posted.

The only thing you can find wr ong with it is i proved the guy wrong. Thank you

I find arguing with people like you to be normally fruitless, so I won't respond, except to say that Blizzard and Vivendi are multi-billion dollar companies with teams of lawyers and developers. They don't arbitrarily make rules to piss people like us off, they are there for a reason. They know how to make immersive games, and if naming policies will help their endeavors, so be it, we should support it.
Communism by the way, does work in a system as simplistic as NAMING. You can look at it as everyone losing, or everyone winning, you chose losing, and revealed a lot about your character with that one post.

[Shocked-X]

Oh, how pleasant these forums were a day ago.

You must feel priveleged to be posting on such informative boards as these.

[Shocked-X]

I find arguing with people like you to be normally fruitless, so I won't respond, except to say that Blizzard and Vivendi are multi-billion dollar companies with teams of lawyers and developers. They don't arbitrarily make rules to piss people like us off, they are there for a reason. They know how to make immersive games, and if naming policies will help their endeavors, so be it, we should support it.
Communism by the way, does work in a system as simplistic as NAMING. You can look at it as everyone losing, or everyone winning, you chose losing, and revealed a lot about your character with that one post.

You arent aruging with me because so far you havent made an argument.

I was correct about the licensing topic, and the fact that i did not come from the battle.net forums.

Why do you take the fact that i said the naming policy is communist to heart. Its a policy that i will have to follow, and i accept it for what it is even though i may not agree with i HAVE NO choice. All i did was state what is the reality. Do not tell me that Arguing with me is fruitless, because clearly you have proved nothing.

[Squarebob Spongepants]

Whats wrong with the post i posted.

The only thing you can find wr ong with it is i proved the guy wrong. Thank you
Did you? I said:
We don't actually buy the game. We just pay for the right to use the software.
Let's take a closer look at those two sentences. We're talking about a computer game here, so game = software. In the second sentence, the word "right" could be substituted with "license". What do we get then?

We don't actually buy the software. We just pay for the license to use the software.

Isn't that what you said?

you dont pay for the software itsself you just pay for the license to use it.

Maybe you should improve your reading skills :uhhuh:

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[Khal'jur]

You must feel priveleged to be posting on such informative boards as these.

Since we most obviously do not meet your intellectual standards, why don't you go somewhere else?

[Hydro]

You arent aruging with me because so far you havent made an argument.
.

Exactly, I said I wasn't going to.
In wars of intellect and wit, I don't like to kill the unarmed.
End of Story.

[Shocked-X]

Did you? I said:

Let's take a closer look at those two sentences. We're talking about a computer game here, so game = software. In the second sentence, the word "right" could be substituted with "license". What do we get then?

We don't actually buy the software. We just pay for the license to use the software.

Isn't that what you said?



Maybe you should improve your reading skills :uhhuh:

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There is quite a difference between buying a license to use software such as MSword and playing a video game. Get your facts straight before you begin to aruge with me

[Shocked-X]

Exactly, I said I wasn't going to.
In wars of intellect and wit, I don't like to kill the unarmed.
End of Story.

With a name like Schlong its hard to take you seriously.


(look above in quote) this is very clever of you.

By typing this you assume u get the last word and hit me with a personal attack that i am without intellect and wit.

If i am without intellect and wit what are you? i dont even see how you could compare hahaha. You my friend are a joke.

I am willing to having a serious discussion with you about the naming policy but clearly you are scared because you try to end the argument with (you are stupid compared to me therefore i am ending this here and not posint anymore) however i can see through you as i am not stupid.

[Khal'jur]

With a name like Schlong its hard to take you seriously.


(look above in quote) this is very clever of you.

By typing this you assume u get the last word and hit me with a personal attack that i am without intellect and wit.

If i am without intellect and wit what are you? i dont even see how you could compare hahaha. You my friend are a joke.

I am willing to having a serious discussion with you about the naming policy but clearly you are scared because you try to end the argument with (you are stupid compared to me therefore i am ending this here and not posint anymore) however i can see through you as i am not stupid.

Watch out. Shocked-X sees all and knows all. Argument is futile.

[Blackmoore]

Please try keep it civilized in here please.

[Shocked-X]

Watch out. Shocked-X sees all and knows all. Argument is futile.

I love these people. Gosh it is really really easy to get people like you riled up eh. Im lovin this.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

I dunno.... over the years, I've tallied a list of hundreds of unique fantasy-style RPG names that I can just pull out on a whim. How could I have hundreds of names? Easy - I've been DM/GM'ing pencil & paper RPG's since I was 12. I have all the character sheets from every character anyone ever played in any of my games catalouged in a file drawer, along with all my notes, maps, and diagrams I had for them. I have my own personal campaign setting for a pencil & paper RPG, where I have the names of important and prominant NPC's, the gods, and of course, the afore-mentioned characters my players used - for all four worlds in that setting. I can tap into a wealth of names. Now, there's a handful of names, out of that list, which I tend to prefer - because it's basically ways for people to identify me, who know me. Like my forum name here, for instance - the only people who would choose this name, would be intentionally trying to impersonate me. Which would be moderately flattering, but I have many more names that aren't as well known. I can also generate a new, fantasy-sounding name on a whim, with various methods at my disposal.

Watch out. Shocked-X sees all and knows all. Argument is futile.

Which is why he's earned a place in my ever so coveted ignore list. Only the people not worth arguing with (or that I've grown tired of arguing with) end up there :P

[Wompo]

I love these people. Gosh it is really really easy to get people like you riled up eh. Im lovin this.Well now that we have cleared up your real motives behind all this argument we could just stop this quite ridiculous flaming. First time I've had to witness argument this bad on this forum. Sigh. :(

[Shocked-X]

Well now that we have cleared up your real motives behind all this argument we could just stop this quite ridiculous flaming. First time I've had to witness argument this bad on this forum. Sigh. :(

I posted one thing, not wanting to start a flame war. But when people attack me with bs arguments with no backup im no gonna stand by and allow it.
Also every point i have made has been ignored because they know that i am right, i have rebutled every point they put out there. They have not rebutled against my points so i think we see who is clearly the intellectual here.

[Squarebob Spongepants]

I love these people. Gosh it is really really easy to get people like you riled up eh. Im lovin this.
And right there he proved that he's nothing more than a troll. Say hello to Mr. Ignore :howdy:

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[Hydro]

And right there he proved that he's nothing more than a troll. Say hello to Mr. Ignore :howdy:

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Sadly, he became my first ignore ever on these forums. Lets hope he is the last.

[Oberon]

You want people you played with for 6 months or so (longer for others) to recognize you on release.
And they can't by another name??
I would think a simple /tell or e-mail would fix that.

It depends. At one time during the closed beta I was treking down a valley in Stonetalon Mountains when a gnome warrior passed by named Lidow. I knew a Lidow from WC3: ROC days and whispered him to see if he was the same guy - and he was. We were able to group together for a few quests which was nice and if he hadn't used the same name for WoW as he had for WC3 I would never have known it was him and wouldn't have whispered him when he passed.

[Khal'jur]

Sadly, he became my first ignore ever on these forums. Lets hope he is the last.

My first also :(

[Hydro]

It depends. At one time during the closed beta I was treking down a valley in Stonetalon Mountains when a gnome warrior passed by named Lidow. I knew a Lidow from WC3: ROC days and whispered him to see if he was the same guy - and he was. We were able to group together for a few quests which was nice and if he hadn't used the same name for WoW as he had for WC3 I would never have known it was him and wouldn't have whispered him when he passed.

Ahh.
You seem like such a nice fellow, then you go and group with a gnome... :(

[cmsciulli]

Ahh.
You seem like such a nice fellow, then you go and group with a gnome... :(
Where does it state what the character limits of names are. . . how many total characters, if numbers are allowed, hyphens, etc?

[Hydro]

Where does it state what the character limits of names are. . . how many total characters, if numbers are allowed, hyphens, etc?

Hmm... I think Blizzard's name policy is online.

[Squarebob Spongepants]

Where does it state what the character limits of names are. . . how many total characters, if numbers are allowed, hyphens, etc?
Hmm... I don't see why you quoted HydrO, since your question doesn't seem to have anything to do with what he said?

Anyway... Only alphabetic characters are allowed, as far as I can remember. Maximum number of characters in a name is 12... I think...

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[Hydro]

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/policy/naming.shtml

My bad, doesn't say anything about character limits.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Where does it state what the character limits of names are. . . how many total characters, if numbers are allowed, hyphens, etc?
I do't think it's stated - if anywhere, it's in the Naming policy, but I don't think it's there. Right now, only the Alphabet is permissable - no spaces, hyphens or anything else (not even apostrophes at this point in time, but hopefully they'll allow one apostrophe or one hyphen, considering the popularity of those two characters fantasy names, especially when considering the Troll names for WoW), dunno about characters, I'd hazard to guess 15 - 20 characters. There are no last names currently.

[Pinky]

Blackmoore -- just thought I'd point out a strong reason why I believe your name should be safe. Unlike other names referenced from real or copyrighted locations, yours happens to be a combination of two real words ("black" and "moore," of course), and as such you could reasonably claim at any time that your name is simply that combination. Moreover, the term "black moore" is fairly apt in a fantasy realm, and this only strengthens the reasonable nature of such claims on the origin of your name. As a counterexample: Blackmoore isn't like "Chewbacca," as that phrase has no sensible interpretation save as the name of a popular star wars character. Thought I'd bring that to your attention, in case naming troubles do ever arise.

[Shocked-X]

Temp banned for five days. -OMO

[Solaquin]

Of course gnomes, being so small, can't fit long names in the space over their heads, so they won't be allowed as many characters in their names as everyone else. :wink: I don't have any problem with the naming policy, in my opinion it doesn't get rid of anything that adds to the game. Killing the l33t type names and numbers will definitely add to the immersion for me, I'm tired of seeing names like that in RPGs.

One of the names Blizzard uses as an example of disallowed names does make me giggle though: Roflcopter. I don't know what there is about it, but every time I've loaded that page I giggle when I see it.

[Junyah]

My friends - by the third page, the flame war out to be over so why don't we all look forward to the game coming out. On the subject of keeping names vs other's taking your names, there is no question that someone taking a name of a closed beta character who posted constantly in these forums or with journals is a pretty caddish or ornery (in the South, that's on-ree) thing to do. I'd find my own, but it seems inevitable that common names will have some competition.

By the same token I think that starting this game again with 100x (maybe more, maybe less - how many were in the closed beta again?) would be the perfect opportunity to meet and come to trust a whole slew of new individuals - a good thing that would motivate me to start with a clean slate to avoid all of the dicks who might otherwise be looking for me.

I'll have no problem finding good names - the world is full of 'em - when I was in grad school I would use various diseases I was studying in the names I came up with . . . not much competition there (I did find that the social diseases were well represented in Diablo, oddly enough . . .)

See you all soon

[Blackmoore]

Blackmoore -- just thought I'd point out a strong reason why I believe your name should be safe. Unlike other names referenced from real or copyrighted locations, yours happens to be a combination of two real words ("black" and "moore," of course), and as such you could reasonably claim at any time that your name is simply that combination. Moreover, the term "black moore" is fairly apt in a fantasy realm, and this only strengthens the reasonable nature of such claims on the origin of your name. As a counterexample: Blackmoore isn't like "Chewbacca," as that phrase has no sensible interpretation save as the name of a popular star wars character. Thought I'd bring that to your attention, in case naming troubles do ever arise.
Thanks for the tips! I also have a friend whose middle name is such. We'll have to see how alert these GM's are.

Shocker-X, justice has been done. If you come back, read the rules.

[Hellmount]

Blackmoore -- just thought I'd point out a strong reason why I believe your name should be safe. Unlike other names referenced from real or copyrighted locations, yours happens to be a combination of two real words ("black" and "moore," of course), and as such you could reasonably claim at any time that your name is simply that combination. Moreover, the term "black moore" is fairly apt in a fantasy realm, and this only strengthens the reasonable nature of such claims on the origin of your name. As a counterexample: Blackmoore isn't like "Chewbacca," as that phrase has no sensible interpretation save as the name of a popular star wars character. Thought I'd bring that to your attention, in case naming troubles do ever arise.


The reason that Blackmoore will eventually lose his name if he plays long enough is that he is named after a WoW character. Obviously not the most prominent one, but still. It would be like me naming my orc character Thrall.

[muteownz]

famous names are not allowed obviously... but wouldnt that include single names? example the character name "chris"... its just chris right? but it could mean.. chris tucker.. or chris rock... or chris reeves? same with Steve... etc.

[FrozenYak]

Shocked-X ..after that last post you have really proven you need to go somewhere else or calm down, until you started posting i havent seen a thread here that has had this much flaming.

But as for the naming policy, heres my essential problem with it.

It seems that they are fine with allowing names like Coldform and Grindusk, etc. But if I try something like Frozenyak and certain people want it gone. Yes i realize my name doesnt have the same serious tone, but according to the rules what makes my name any different than those others?

[Hellmount]

Because yours isn't a name its more of a description. It would be like calling a Tauren warrior BigMeanCow.

[FrozenYak]

i realize that, but according to the rules there is no difference than those other names to get it changed(that i see) that does not also apply to names like grindusk

[Blackmoore]

I think some might refer to it as title or sentence.

[BTTT]

My names are usually pretty safe :surprise:
BTTT for example. (self-explanatory)
Always thought of having a seriouse name :P But Im just not a seriouse person.

[Hydro]

I think some might refer to it as title or sentence.

Blackmoore, I think you will be alright with your name.
If anything, you can just take the E off :)

[OneMadOgre]

I love these people. Gosh it is really really easy to get people like you riled up eh. Im lovin this.
You really are full of yourself. Take a few days to cool off okay? The more you respond the less coherent you become. If this truly passes for rational discourse for you then I would be pleased to send you a list of forums where you and other intellectuals of your caliber can "debate" anything you would like. I think maybe there is hope for you if you can learn to see more than one side of an argument and not have such a fragile ego. I hope that when we see you back after your ban, you are capable of that.

[Hydro]

My names are usually pretty safe :surprise:
BTTT for example. (self-explanatory)
Always thought of having a seriouse name :P But Im just not a seriouse person.

Bacon, tomato, tomato, and tomato ?
Mmmm...
That better be what your name means...

[FrozenYak]

I think some might refer to it as title or sentence.

yes, but like i said, so does something like coldform. So how is one fine and the other isnt according to the rules?

[Blackmoore]

I guess the little bit of fun throws it out of perportion. I, have no problem whatsoever with it.

[BTTT]

Bacon, tomato, tomato, and tomato ?
Mmmm...
That better be what your name means...

Its actually how I used to spell my name when I was knee-high to a grasshoppa (toddler).. As you can see things havn't changed much lol

[Harken_Dell]

Hold! Presently I bring thee a most pressing selection upon this vexatious topic from a most decorated scribe, indeed, a very scholar of human nature is he!

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet."
-From William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" (II, ii, 1-2)

So sit awhile and seek not to flame the fires of the tempest, or value not your sanity? Surely you can have no more of my pale and painful imitation of this fashion of speech. Begone, flamers and arguers, begone so that Shakespeare shall grip my tongue and make me spout spam no more!

Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

*Whereas before I was bored, now I am merely quite embarassed.

[Semidi]

" Oh happy dagger this is thy sheath; there rest, and let me die. " Yes I killed myself because I detest shakespear.

don't you dare take Semidi or I will be forced to name my character... Mercutio

[Khal'jur]

Wasn't a character from some James Bond movie named Baron Samedi or something?

[Hydro]

" Oh happy dagger this is thy sheath; there rest, and let me die. " Yes I killed myself because I detest shakespear.

don't you dare take Semidi or I will be forced to name my character... Mercutio


Hamlet was the best Shakespeare character ever, except perhaps the servant in Corialonus.

[Darkwinter]

I have used this name for years. I am probably older than most here. I used this name back in D&D when I was a teenager. Before that Salvatore? guy made some books with the name. I dont see how Blizz could possibly ban it, since it is made up of an adjective and noun, as was stated previously. I suppose I do have to worry about it being taken since, I have gotten mass email spam from these boards informing me of failed login attempts.

I think people are getting too worked up about the naming policy. I think it will be like fireworks in Florida. They are only authorized for scaring away wildlife. Yet, every holiday, you see people lighting off 5 pound rockets at every other house down the street. The law is fine, people can do what they want till they start acting irresponsibly, then the police can come and tell them to settle down, and have the law on their side.

[seethelight]

Darkwinter has almost certainly been trademarked, though. But luckily, the provisions of the naming policy say that trademark names are fine as long as the individual/company that owns it doesn't protest.

[Cursive]

Blackmoore! You changed your avatar yet again! Ahhh!!!

Khal'jur - Yeah, Baron Samedi was in "Live and Let Die."

[Blackmoore]

Cursive...it's been two weeks. Time to change!

[Squarebob Spongepants]

Blackmoore! You changed your avatar yet again! Ahhh!!!

Khal'jur - Yeah, Baron Samedi was in "Live and Let Die."
He's more than just a badguy from a Bond movie. (http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/bldefbaronsamedi.htm)

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[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Yup, Baron Samedi actually also shows up in White Wolf's Vamprie: the Masquerade. There's even an entire Samedi bloodline of rotting, corpse-like Vampires in that world, that look more like zombies.

[pjmosling]

I have used this name for years. I am probably older than most here. I used this name back in D&D when I was a teenager. Before that Salvatore? guy made some books with the name. I dont see how Blizz could possibly ban it, since it is made up of an adjective and noun, as was stated previously. I suppose I do have to worry about it being taken since, I have gotten mass email spam from these boards informing me of failed login attempts.

FYI for a lot of people concerning naming policy. To Darkwinter who is quoted above: your name is iffy according to Blizz standards. On one hand, it violates the "combination of words" standard laid out in the policy. BUT, your hope is that they allowed Stabface to keep his name, going so far as to explicitly SAY that his name was allowed.

For everyone, when you look(ed) at names for the Closed Beta, a lot of those names were grandfathered in before they started cracking down with the policy. Some existed long before the policy was mentioned.

My names are usually pretty safe :surprise:
BTTT for example. (self-explanatory)
Always thought of having a seriouse name :P But Im just not a seriouse person.
Sadly, you will have to come up with a serious name. "BTTT" is yet another brand of violation of the Naming Policy (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/policy/naming.shtml) (that's a link if you would like to look for yourself), which states: "Pure Gibberish. This category includes names which:* Consist of a string of letters which do not produce a pronounceable name."
Yes, I know, it sucks. Unfortunately, you can't continue to be silly by using random words instead of random letters. Oh no, Blizzard has a provision against that as well. Read on...

I think some might refer to it as title or sentence.
The issue with the name "Blackmoore" is threefold. One, Blackmoore is a character in Warcraft lore, and well-known in the game world. Two, as one particularly well-cultured poster mentioned, Blackmoore is the name of a famous guitarist (I forgot that when I made my post). Three, Blackmoore is a combination of words, more specifically this section (quoted in referene to DarkWinter as well): "Partial or Complete Sentences. This category includes names which:* Consist of multiple words strung together to create partial or complete sentences"
"Last winter was a dark winter." Partial Sentence. Near the end of CB, Blizz got really draconian about their Naming Policy. Maybe when people are paying for the game Blizz will give more leeway. I hope so. PJMosling is not pronounceable as one word (it's a two word name) and Mosling by itself is, I don't know, I'm sure there's some problem with it.

Sorry for the long post of counter points. No bans or flames please :innocent:

[FrozenYak]

Ya i agree with darkwinter on that,

My guess is that it will probably be like the "in case" policies companies always seem to have. "In case" there is something wrong with your name that they dont like, they will get rid of it and have a suitable reason to. But for a large part if blizzard did decided to get rid of every name that was against the policy half the names in game would be wrong, then half of the renames would be wrong as well.

"I'm sorry, but you cant use the name Sinter because on page 489 of xxxx book this character briefly references his friends mothers brother as also having that name"

[Darkwinter]

Yea, half the name names used in warcaft have that type of setup. Stormwind? Lightbringer?. I think they are concerned with names such as "MakeSevenUpYours" or "AllYourBase"

[Scytale]

My plan exactly. I have to have Blackmoore. A Must have.
My plan is too fast reserve all the names mentioned here and then blackmail the people who wants the names and get allllott of cash..

or just reserve my names (im not gonna tell) and be happy, but in european beta almost all my name alternatives were taken and i can say that they wasnt some common name exactly..

but i had a solution to that also, i put dots over the e:s on some names and changed the others slightly, i mean it looks wuite nice with scytalë with two dots, looks like elvish

anyway blackmoore is my first priority reserve

[FrozenYak]

heh, ive completely stopped expecting to get any names i want...even obscure ones i have seem to be used by other people. I even had a guy who came into the last mmorpg i played and asked if i was a frozenyak from another game i'd never played before...lol how many frozenyaks do you know?

I logged into lineage 2 a few hours after it started up (about 6am in the morning cst)...already 5/6 of the names i used were taken, and these are names that i had picked after playing other mmorpgs for years and no one else had used them in that time.