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TyrantPotato
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia1541 Posts
August 07 2013 06:26 GMT
#41
Rd(loveheart)

Bitches love hearts
Forever ZeNEX.
MarlieChurphy
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States2065 Posts
August 07 2013 07:30 GMT
#42
Just make it something like xxRDxx or aReDee.
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MarklarMarklarr
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
Fiji226 Posts
August 07 2013 07:31 GMT
#43
i dont give a shit about peoples nicknames and people who do are weird
Hello there
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9175 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-07 07:42:19
August 07 2013 07:42 GMT
#44
On August 07 2013 16:31 MarklarMarklarr wrote:
i dont give a shit about peoples nicknames and people who do are weird

yeah such weirdos caring about what people call them -.-
Yhamm is the god of predictions
MarklarMarklarr
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
Fiji226 Posts
August 07 2013 07:47 GMT
#45
On August 07 2013 16:42 Scarecrow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2013 16:31 MarklarMarklarr wrote:
i dont give a shit about peoples nicknames and people who do are weird

yeah such weirdos caring about what people call them -.-


Hey scarecrow you been keepin those crops safe ? wow a scarecrow!!!!!
Hello there
Geiko
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
France2043 Posts
August 07 2013 07:59 GMT
#46
Well what do you know, they changed it
geiko.813 (EU)
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9175 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-07 08:10:49
August 07 2013 08:10 GMT
#47
On August 07 2013 16:47 MarklarMarklarr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2013 16:42 Scarecrow wrote:
On August 07 2013 16:31 MarklarMarklarr wrote:
i dont give a shit about peoples nicknames and people who do are weird

yeah such weirdos caring about what people call them -.-


Hey scarecrow you been keepin those crops safe ? wow a scarecrow!!!!!

Well if everyone used their real names I'd be one of 50+ Toms, so yes I prefer to use a nickname. It's also rare to get shat on for using one on the internet.
Yhamm is the god of predictions
MarklarMarklarr
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
Fiji226 Posts
August 07 2013 08:17 GMT
#48
On August 07 2013 17:10 Scarecrow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2013 16:47 MarklarMarklarr wrote:
On August 07 2013 16:42 Scarecrow wrote:
On August 07 2013 16:31 MarklarMarklarr wrote:
i dont give a shit about peoples nicknames and people who do are weird

yeah such weirdos caring about what people call them -.-


Hey scarecrow you been keepin those crops safe ? wow a scarecrow!!!!!

Well if everyone used their real names I'd be one of 50+ Toms, so yes I prefer to use a nickname. It's also rare to get shat on for using one on the internet.


I'm not shitting on nicknames i'm shitting on those that care way too much for them.
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FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
August 07 2013 08:58 GMT
#49
On August 07 2013 14:27 ChristianS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2013 13:12 MrRicewife wrote:
Geez everyone in this thread sucks... I agree with OP. It's silly to block two letter names, yet Blizzard allows 68 ||||||||||||| names on GM .

Stupid. Block names like "niggerbaby" or "yousuckdick" shit like that, but why block 2 letter names or allow retarded names like a barcode. Some people are so moronic they do a |||||||||| with a clan tag that makes it quite obvious who they are, defeating the original purpose.

I played against a guy like that and asked him about it. Apparently there's at least one clan whose members all use bar codes, so you can't tell them apart. Weird, right?


It's like playing Final Fantasy VII and renaming all your characters to "Sephiroth". That's just stupid (but funny).

I asked a friend so i don't know if it's true, but he told me that on their website (big big thing) username needs 4characters minimum because if someone is bruteforcing a login/password, he will enter before the system can track that there is a bruteforce going on. With a 4character name, the system have the time to react because it takes more time.

I don't know if it's true. Basicly it told me that when they didn't have the restriction. Especially for the user A. That's how he told me :p

- BruteForce Starting for user A
- BruteForce found password
-...
- Security system : "Hey there is a bruteforce going on on the server".

Yeah but it's already passed through..
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
739
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Bearded Elder29905 Posts
August 07 2013 09:22 GMT
#50
I have the same problem, no1 actually allows a name with numbers only :/ and I pretty much like 739 only.
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Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9175 Posts
August 07 2013 09:59 GMT
#51
On August 07 2013 17:17 MarklarMarklarr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2013 17:10 Scarecrow wrote:
On August 07 2013 16:47 MarklarMarklarr wrote:
On August 07 2013 16:42 Scarecrow wrote:
On August 07 2013 16:31 MarklarMarklarr wrote:
i dont give a shit about peoples nicknames and people who do are weird

yeah such weirdos caring about what people call them -.-


Hey scarecrow you been keepin those crops safe ? wow a scarecrow!!!!!

Well if everyone used their real names I'd be one of 50+ Toms, so yes I prefer to use a nickname. It's also rare to get shat on for using one on the internet.


I'm not shitting on nicknames i'm shitting on those that care way too much for them.

Well either way you're being a dick. What people care about is personal preference, I don't go around calling people stupid or weird for how they like to identify themselves.
Yhamm is the god of predictions
woreyour
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
582 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-07 10:03:37
August 07 2013 09:59 GMT
#52
1st world problems?

*insert stuff here* R *insert stuff here* D *insert stuff here*

what a lame problem and name really, can't you think of any name other than RD? really? You have managed to write a long ass rant but cannot think of a creative way to have 3 characters for a name? I pity you.

I remember something day9 once said, you should probably add "shadow" or "dark" to you name, makes any name sound cooler when you are 12. LOL

Or you can be PORNO_SATAN, Horsebanger, actionjesus, manbearpig, PigBenis or DigBick
I am so sexy.. I sometimes romance myself..
739
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Bearded Elder29905 Posts
August 07 2013 11:54 GMT
#53
actionjesus is the best nickname that ever existed, seriously <3
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Fuchsteufelswild
Profile Joined October 2009
Australia2028 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-07 12:30:07
August 07 2013 12:24 GMT
#54
On August 07 2013 06:46 TylerThaCreator wrote:
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On August 07 2013 06:40 rd wrote:
On August 07 2013 06:31 TylerThaCreator wrote:
there are more important things to worry about in life.

use the id arrdee


And this is precisely the problem. Because there are more important things to worry about in life, I don't get to have my desired nickname for no reason at all. No reason. At all.


the fact that you throw temper tantrums about not getting your two letter ID is pretty pathetic.

Or maybe you're a dull sort who has too little interest in customisation, identity, pointless rules that only inconvenience players and has no interest in sympathising with people who do. If you don't care, why the #@$% should anyone else, right?

I suppose you call it a tantrum because his very reasonably worded post was too long for your liking, or he actually showed some expression on the matter therefore
"Meh, I had to read that much just for someone complaining about something I don't care about? Quit your whinging!"
Maybe you should stop posting in threads about topics you don't care about.

On August 07 2013 18:59 woreyour wrote:
1st world problems?

*insert stuff here* R *insert stuff here* D *insert stuff here*

what a lame problem and name really, can't you think of any name other than RD? really? You have managed to write a long ass rant but cannot think of a creative way to have 3 characters for a name? I pity you.

I remember something day9 once said, you should probably add "shadow" or "dark" to you name, makes any name sound cooler when you are 12. LOL

Or you can be PORNO_SATAN, Horsebanger, actionjesus, manbearpig, PigBenis or DigBick

Not only is that all rubbish where you show how nasty you are, "pitying" someone for not having the same naming taste as you but at least one of the suggested names you listed wouldn't be allowed surely, so it's not like you are trying to productively help.
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Hertzy
Profile Joined September 2011
Finland355 Posts
August 07 2013 12:30 GMT
#55
On August 07 2013 17:58 FFW_Rude wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2013 14:27 ChristianS wrote:
On August 07 2013 13:12 MrRicewife wrote:
Geez everyone in this thread sucks... I agree with OP. It's silly to block two letter names, yet Blizzard allows 68 ||||||||||||| names on GM .

Stupid. Block names like "niggerbaby" or "yousuckdick" shit like that, but why block 2 letter names or allow retarded names like a barcode. Some people are so moronic they do a |||||||||| with a clan tag that makes it quite obvious who they are, defeating the original purpose.

I played against a guy like that and asked him about it. Apparently there's at least one clan whose members all use bar codes, so you can't tell them apart. Weird, right?


It's like playing Final Fantasy VII and renaming all your characters to "Sephiroth". That's just stupid (but funny).

I asked a friend so i don't know if it's true, but he told me that on their website (big big thing) username needs 4characters minimum because if someone is bruteforcing a login/password, he will enter before the system can track that there is a bruteforce going on. With a 4character name, the system have the time to react because it takes more time.

I don't know if it's true. Basicly it told me that when they didn't have the restriction. Especially for the user A. That's how he told me :p

- BruteForce Starting for user A
- BruteForce found password
-...
- Security system : "Hey there is a bruteforce going on on the server".

Yeah but it's already passed through..


That explatanion does not mak sense. Minimum password length should be long enough to detect an attempted bruteforce (especially since you are displaying the usernames for all the world anyway).
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woreyour
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
582 Posts
August 07 2013 12:51 GMT
#56
On August 07 2013 21:24 Fuchsteufelswild wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2013 06:46 TylerThaCreator wrote:
On August 07 2013 06:40 rd wrote:
On August 07 2013 06:31 TylerThaCreator wrote:
there are more important things to worry about in life.

use the id arrdee


And this is precisely the problem. Because there are more important things to worry about in life, I don't get to have my desired nickname for no reason at all. No reason. At all.


the fact that you throw temper tantrums about not getting your two letter ID is pretty pathetic.

Or maybe you're a dull sort who has too little interest in customisation, identity, pointless rules that only inconvenience players and has no interest in sympathising with people who do. If you don't care, why the #@$% should anyone else, right?

I suppose you call it a tantrum because his very reasonably worded post was too long for your liking, or he actually showed some expression on the matter therefore
"Meh, I had to read that much just for someone complaining about something I don't care about? Quit your whinging!"
Maybe you should stop posting in threads about topics you don't care about.

Show nested quote +
On August 07 2013 18:59 woreyour wrote:
1st world problems?

*insert stuff here* R *insert stuff here* D *insert stuff here*

what a lame problem and name really, can't you think of any name other than RD? really? You have managed to write a long ass rant but cannot think of a creative way to have 3 characters for a name? I pity you.

I remember something day9 once said, you should probably add "shadow" or "dark" to you name, makes any name sound cooler when you are 12. LOL

Or you can be PORNO_SATAN, Horsebanger, actionjesus, manbearpig, PigBenis or DigBick

Not only is that all rubbish where you show how nasty you are, "pitying" someone for not having the same naming taste as you but at least one of the suggested names you listed wouldn't be allowed surely, so it's not like you are trying to productively help.


Wait what?

Rubbish? LOL complaining for the ID limit is a great problem to have, RIGHT? hahaha

Where his problem is too small and can be solve by putting a 3rd character pre, in between or after the 2 letters, what did you suggest to help him? eh nothing.. I am thinking your RD in a different TL account LOL

I am not suggesting he copies them, but maybe he could try to think for a better character to add to his RD and then guess what? he has no problems.

PS all those names were allowed, I have seen them in ladder / forum. heck actionjesus played for a tourney so..
I am so sexy.. I sometimes romance myself..
OmniEulogy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada6600 Posts
August 07 2013 13:04 GMT
#57
jeez people I'd like to know a reason why a 2 letter ID isn't acceptable, if it's a security reason they could just add a warning in their terms of service that nobody reads and they would be covered for all and any complaints. lol I find it odd that people are perfectly fine with people using barcodes for their names but when somebody actually wants to use their nickname half of you want to crucify him for ever mentioning it. What a bunch of keyboard warriors.
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FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-07 13:09:32
August 07 2013 13:08 GMT
#58
On August 07 2013 21:30 Hertzy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2013 17:58 FFW_Rude wrote:
On August 07 2013 14:27 ChristianS wrote:
On August 07 2013 13:12 MrRicewife wrote:
Geez everyone in this thread sucks... I agree with OP. It's silly to block two letter names, yet Blizzard allows 68 ||||||||||||| names on GM .

Stupid. Block names like "niggerbaby" or "yousuckdick" shit like that, but why block 2 letter names or allow retarded names like a barcode. Some people are so moronic they do a |||||||||| with a clan tag that makes it quite obvious who they are, defeating the original purpose.

I played against a guy like that and asked him about it. Apparently there's at least one clan whose members all use bar codes, so you can't tell them apart. Weird, right?


It's like playing Final Fantasy VII and renaming all your characters to "Sephiroth". That's just stupid (but funny).

I asked a friend so i don't know if it's true, but he told me that on their website (big big thing) username needs 4characters minimum because if someone is bruteforcing a login/password, he will enter before the system can track that there is a bruteforce going on. With a 4character name, the system have the time to react because it takes more time.

I don't know if it's true. Basicly it told me that when they didn't have the restriction. Especially for the user A. That's how he told me :p

- BruteForce Starting for user A
- BruteForce found password
-...
- Security system : "Hey there is a bruteforce going on on the server".

Yeah but it's already passed through..


That explatanion does not mak sense. Minimum password length should be long enough to detect an attempted bruteforce (especially since you are displaying the usernames for all the world anyway).


Maybe. That's what someone told me. He was pretty serious so ... but i don't know anything about that so you may be right.

On August 07 2013 20:54 739 wrote:
actionjesus is the best player that ever existed, seriously <3


Fixed that for you
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endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
August 07 2013 13:44 GMT
#59
Do they still ban offensive words in SC2 names ? I think that for a while you couldn't pick "bass" or "class" as an SC2 name because it contains the string "ass".
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Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
August 07 2013 14:08 GMT
#60
On August 07 2013 22:04 OmniEulogy wrote:
jeez people I'd like to know a reason why a 2 letter ID isn't acceptable, if it's a security reason they could just add a warning in their terms of service that nobody reads and they would be covered for all and any complaints. lol I find it odd that people are perfectly fine with people using barcodes for their names but when somebody actually wants to use their nickname half of you want to crucify him for ever mentioning it. What a bunch of keyboard warriors.

I am 90% sure it is a security reason or their system needs the name to have at least three letters in the account. And although the complaint is valid, the tone of the complaint is very entitled. No one would care if he said "Man, this sucks, I wish it was like this". But the tone is "I should be able to do this and its wrong that I can't. I shouldn't have to characters to my name that I don't want to. Its wrong."

Most people are not objecting to the complaint, but the entitled tone the complaint.
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