Morara

They were going after O'zkat!

Deludar

qft

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Zahne

They're banning for last names now?

Hrm, I had the last name "D`Bastard" on my berserker alt for a while. Someone reported me (Although, one would think the word Bastard would be fairly acceptable in a fantasy based MMO, seeing as how "Bastard swords" exist and whatnot).

I had my name mysteriously changed to "Dawnstrike". It morified me to have to walk around with such a gay last name for a week, that I was more careful the next time around.

Now granted the girlfriend and I changed our names to the following one night at a raid, and they just blanked them out on us:

Me: Zahne Does`Visii
Her: Visii Does`Zahne


This of course lead her to change her nick to "Visii Does`Norrath". They apparently didn't like that either.

But no bannings? Strange.

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Morara

Considering the episode of South Park in question, I can understand if the GM's are a bit humorless about it.

Argyuile

Yes because censorship always makes everything better.

Illuminator

I didn't see South Park and still have no idea what last name caused the strife here.

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Don't vote for Obama.

Panthera

While technically correct, there are contexts that make certain words illegal to say. The word itself may be legal but if you say "bomb" in an airport or "fire" in a theater, you will go to jail.

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Panthera

Censorship? So anything and everything should be allowed because to place limits is "censorship?" Again I use my bomb in an airport example. What would happen if such limits weren't in place? Technically, however, you are censored from using that word or even suggesting it. Is it still wrong?

The world isn't so sharply divided as to absolute right or wrong; black or white. The real world is quite grey.

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CoLDMTL

south park did an episode where a character changes the word 'naggers' into a racial slur by changing a single vowel, and then pays for his 'crime' the rest of the episode, so while it uses the n-word over 40 times it is actually seen as a positive since the 'offender' becomes an outcast for his offense. /shrug Freedom of Speech is very complex. I am adamantly opposed to censorship of any kind. (of course in the SoE world we all agree to a certain set of rules before we are allowed to enter, rule enforcement <> censorship) There is a picture on my page 2 of this thread of the scene that kicks the whole thing off in South Park.

Kajar I assume changed his last name to the n-word, which it seems SoE decided that dwarves can't use that language in their last names. My Grandmother used that word daily, but me, I like my job.

Now if someone goes over to Kevin Smith's "Clerks 2", and makes their last name "Porch Monkey" (which he is gonna reclaim), it would be the same thing. (That one I didn't know was a racial slur until I saw that movie. I guess I am not as deep south s I thought )

Although generally SoE only cares if someone reports you. It is unfortunate that his number came up in the middle of a raid.

I haven't seen the fury's last name mentioned.

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Neske

He didn't have one.
He just logged in the day after this happened... and he was banned, still doesn't know why.

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