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As you can see, my name is two characters long. There has been a precedent set on the internet where valid usernames are at least three-four characters long, or that various characters are restricted (no numbers, etc). Theres no real rationale behind it other than very few people such as myself actually have a nickname that falls within the affected user group, and even fewer probably care to get it changed for each and every community they register for. Even within the SC2 community, we comfortably address players like MC, sC, jd, or even to an extent Day[9] (Bear in mind I have no intentions of representing their opinions), who are indefinitely committed to wearing a tag or altering a name they use differently everywhere else. It's not the case for Blizzard's role-playing MMO World of Warcraft where a name is arguably more important than a hack-n-slash dungeon crawler like Diablo III, or an RTS like Starcraft II. Blizzard has advanced player comfortability by leaps with the battle tag system, allowing players to pick their name they want regardless of whether or not someone else uses it, yet they still have these arbitrary restrictions. 'rd' isn't an appropriate name, but a name like lIllIlIlIIlIIl is, a name with which you can't even begin to address someone by (though I won't judge them for it).
Of course, I try and lobby for this with each game or community I enter, but people approach this (miniscule) problem so irrationally. It doesn't affect them or anyone else that use the internet, but they're compelled to intervene and make it an issue that can't be approached. It SHOULD be the most minor first-world inconvenience, but for someone like me who invests a lot into how I'm known; how friends acknowledge me, it only becomes increasingly worse. With every new gaming endeavor, more and more of my friends know me by entirely different names, based on how a game or community casually overlooks naming conventions.
Theres a funny story where a group of friends I knew used Teamspeak. Being a veteran of other popular voice communication software such as Ventrilo, Skype, or Mumble, my two letter username was (thankfully) perfectly fine to use in those programs. Of course I stumbled into Teamspeak to find that a minimum character restriction was enforced. The developers (or at least some guys with the developer title) are surprisingly vocal and engaging with the community regarding suggestions on their forum. So I requested that they remove the minimum character restriction. Their response: "In our opinion it's just too short for a nickname," and henceforth TeamSpeak will never get anything from me. I'll give TS the benefit of the doubt though, and I'll try reviving the topic and seeing if they're able to accommodate my name yet, or if they still believe the opinion of one man should dictate how mutual friends address one another.
I'm at a loss. I have no idea what more I can do. Since Beta I have waited for the day Blizzard removes random naming restrictions from battle tags such as the three character minimum limit, or the restriction of alphabetical-only characters. With every new free name change, I've ended up sending a support ticket to request my name change be reverted after the disappointment of finding out that nothings different. Then I start a new thread on the battle-net forums to try and lobby for removing the restrictions but it has been entirely futile.
What is there left to do? :/
  
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On August 07 2013 06:15 Enema wrote:
pick a new name
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rd_SC
You can slightly alter on your name on places that require it, and you will always have same name. I put accents in my name if it is already taken, and my friends still call me by the same name (rather than attempt to repronounce it using the accent in a strange way). Unless your friends are mentally handicapped in a way that only allows them to speak words exactly as they are written (some extreme OCD or something), but otherwise this should be fine.
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-rd
.rd
)rd
You know, get creative.
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Yah, I hate these things too. I kinda understand removing special characters (obviously there are some technical difficulties if you let people use the entire unicode character set) but 2 character names should be allowed. Honestly, they should allow anything you can easily type with your keyboard that fits on the screen. I kinda feel your pain. Whenever I can't get jrkirby as my account name, it irks me.
But you could try to phoneticize your name, like ardee or something.
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On August 07 2013 06:19 dcemuser wrote:
rd_SC
You can slightly alter on your name on places that require it, and you will always have same name. I put accents in my name if it is already taken, and my friends still call me by the same name (rather than attempt to repronounce it using the accent in a strange way). Maybe your friends are mentally handicapped in a way that only allows them to speak words exactly as they are written, but otherwise this should be fine.
The question isn't my name, the question is why the fuck do those places require it to be different in the first place. Also SC2 doesn't allow underscores nor accents. Everyone can have any name they want UNLESS it's two characters long. Then fuck those players we aren't accommodating them.
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there are more important things to worry about in life.
use the id arrdee
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Spend the next few months training up so you can go pro, and then your handle can be EGRDRC
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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.
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On August 07 2013 06:40 rd wrote:Show nested quote +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.
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On August 07 2013 06:46 TylerThaCreator wrote:Show nested quote +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.
I wasn't aware temper tantrums could be transmitted through text. Is there anything else irrelevant you'd like to add, or has it become clear to you this is something you're unable to empathize with?
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I think something that affects more of us is the dis-allowance of short passwords and passwords that "require at least 2 of the following: capital letters, numbers, symbols". Those really piss me off. Case sensitivity in passwords is fucking retarded.
I also hate it when you can't put your password as the answer to your recovery questions. ARRRGH! (lol, yes, I've tried that).
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my friend (last name yi) is invalid according to skype
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if you think you're in the minority of people who are affected, then you're just wrong. Most people can't pick the usernames they want because they've already been taken. Use the opportunity to get creative and come up with something better if you want, or just add a number to the end and be done with it.
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Hong Kong9153 Posts
make sure to pick something better than 'itsjustatank'
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On August 07 2013 06:52 rd 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. I wasn't aware temper tantrums could be transmitted through text. Is there anything else irrelevant you'd like to add, or has it become clear to you this is something you're unable to empathize with?
i mean he's just saying that theres more important things to get snarky about, even online. I mean i think most dudes would just type their name different or something.
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On August 07 2013 07:13 Erik.TheRed wrote:
if you think you're in the minority of people who are affected, then you're just wrong. Most people can't pick the usernames they want because they've already been taken. Use the opportunity to get creative and come up with something better if you want, or just add a number to the end and be done with it.
You don't have to be creative in SC2. If more devs followed the blizzard model of just letting you have any name you want with an invisible number attached then most people wouldn't have a problem picking names. But that isn't my problem.
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I dont see why people dont agree with OP. A minimum requirement is stupid. imo rd is a totally valid nickname, and I understand OPs frustration.
In the end none of us can do anything about it though, you wont get anything done with this blog.
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On August 07 2013 06:46 TylerThaCreator wrote:Show nested quote +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.
Funny how the most angry, immature post in this thread is yours. His argument is coherent, reasonable and calmly delivered. Although it`s never affected me I agree that minimum character requirements for gaming id`s are pointless.
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Reallydumb
probably taken.
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United Kingdom14103 Posts
On August 07 2013 07:54 solidbebe wrote:
I dont see why people dont agree with OP. A minimum requirement is stupid. imo rd is a totally valid nickname, and I understand OPs frustration.
In the end none of us can do anything about it though, you wont get anything done with this blog.
imo this, and I doubt op believes anything will happen, more a vent of frustration?
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Does anyone know why minimum character limits are usually put in place? If I had to guess I'd say its to prevent too many people from trying to choose the same names, since more characters -> more permutations -> less overlap. But I don't know how much of a problem that would be, anyway; if you get more than 1000 people trying to register "a" you can just say too many people have that name and you have to choose another one.
Or maybe devs generally think short names like "a" are boring and want to force people to be more creative, but that would seem pretty silly.
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Your question starts with "Why..."
The answer is "Money".
Probably with technical undertones, and possibly hints of security.
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So I thought about it for awhile and decided to seriously respond to your post.
Yes, it's stupid and they should let you have rd. does steam?
Also, rather than arrdee or aredee you should just double the rd one way or the other.
So either:
Rd
(doesnt work)
Rdrd
(doesnt work)
Rdrdrd
Or:
Rd
(doesn't work)
Rrdd
(doesnt work)
Rrrddd
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On August 07 2013 09:27 Bippzy wrote:
So I thought about it for awhile and decided to seriously respond to your post.
Yes, it's stupid and they should let you have rd. does steam?
Also, rather than arrdee or aredee you should just double the rd one way or the other.
So either:
Rd
(doesnt work)
Rdrd
(doesnt work)
Rdrdrd
Or:
Rd
(doesn't work)
Rrdd
(doesnt work)
Rrrddd
Steam works, along with all of the games for it. Suggestions are nice but they're beside the main point. I've contemplated and have resorted to using alternate variations for years. I shouldn't have to. :/
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if you think you've got it bad, think how O(+> feels
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On August 07 2013 09:34 rd wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2013 09:27 Bippzy wrote:
So I thought about it for awhile and decided to seriously respond to your post.
Yes, it's stupid and they should let you have rd. does steam?
Also, rather than arrdee or aredee you should just double the rd one way or the other.
So either:
Rd
(doesnt work)
Rdrd
(doesnt work)
Rdrdrd
Or:
Rd
(doesn't work)
Rrdd
(doesnt work)
Rrrddd Steam works, along with all of the games for it. Suggestions are nice but they're beside the main point. I've contemplated and have resorted to using alternate variations for years. I shouldn't have to. :/
Life is hard, get a helmet? There are 1000 was around this issue and crying about isn't one if them. There are bigger problem everywhere than this one. Like I have a bug bite on my leg, a way bigger problem.
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On August 07 2013 11:05 Plansix wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2013 09:34 rd wrote:On August 07 2013 09:27 Bippzy wrote:
So I thought about it for awhile and decided to seriously respond to your post.
Yes, it's stupid and they should let you have rd. does steam?
Also, rather than arrdee or aredee you should just double the rd one way or the other.
So either:
Rd
(doesnt work)
Rdrd
(doesnt work)
Rdrdrd
Or:
Rd
(doesn't work)
Rrdd
(doesnt work)
Rrrddd Steam works, along with all of the games for it. Suggestions are nice but they're beside the main point. I've contemplated and have resorted to using alternate variations for years. I shouldn't have to. :/ Life is hard, get a helmet? There are 1000 was around this issue and crying about isn't one if them. There are bigger problem everywhere than this one. Like I have a bug bite on my leg, a way bigger problem.
If you don't like a discussion, you don't have to post in it. I, for example, think the ABL thread is retarded. That means that I don't read it or post in it. Same thing with My Little Pony thread or the kpop thread. If you don't want to participate in a discussion, don't post.
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On August 07 2013 11:05 Plansix wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2013 09:34 rd wrote:On August 07 2013 09:27 Bippzy wrote:
So I thought about it for awhile and decided to seriously respond to your post.
Yes, it's stupid and they should let you have rd. does steam?
Also, rather than arrdee or aredee you should just double the rd one way or the other.
So either:
Rd
(doesnt work)
Rdrd
(doesnt work)
Rdrdrd
Or:
Rd
(doesn't work)
Rrdd
(doesnt work)
Rrrddd Steam works, along with all of the games for it. Suggestions are nice but they're beside the main point. I've contemplated and have resorted to using alternate variations for years. I shouldn't have to. :/ Life is hard, get a helmet? There are 1000 was around this issue and crying about isn't one if them. There are bigger problem everywhere than this one. Like I have a bug bite on my leg, a way bigger problem.
There isn't a single way around this issue, I either have the name or I don't. It's black and white. What do you propose in my situation? Am I supposed to just lay back and accept it because it's a small issue that would be the single most simple fix ever? You don't have to be such an ass.
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rd____
rd_____
rd___
rd__
rd_
Do any of these work? Are they even acceptable?
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On August 07 2013 12:36 rd wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2013 11:05 Plansix wrote:On August 07 2013 09:34 rd wrote:On August 07 2013 09:27 Bippzy wrote:
So I thought about it for awhile and decided to seriously respond to your post.
Yes, it's stupid and they should let you have rd. does steam?
Also, rather than arrdee or aredee you should just double the rd one way or the other.
So either:
Rd
(doesnt work)
Rdrd
(doesnt work)
Rdrdrd
Or:
Rd
(doesn't work)
Rrdd
(doesnt work)
Rrrddd Steam works, along with all of the games for it. Suggestions are nice but they're beside the main point. I've contemplated and have resorted to using alternate variations for years. I shouldn't have to. :/ Life is hard, get a helmet? There are 1000 was around this issue and crying about isn't one if them. There are bigger problem everywhere than this one. Like I have a bug bite on my leg, a way bigger problem. There isn't a single way around this issue, I either have the name or I don't. It's black and white. What do you propose in my situation? Am I supposed to just lay back and accept it because it's a small issue that would be the single most simple fix ever? You don't have to be such an ass.
Yes. Accept what you cannot change and does not matter. It is a virtue we should all try for.
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On August 07 2013 12:43 Plansix wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2013 12:36 rd wrote:On August 07 2013 11:05 Plansix wrote:On August 07 2013 09:34 rd wrote:On August 07 2013 09:27 Bippzy wrote:
So I thought about it for awhile and decided to seriously respond to your post.
Yes, it's stupid and they should let you have rd. does steam?
Also, rather than arrdee or aredee you should just double the rd one way or the other.
So either:
Rd
(doesnt work)
Rdrd
(doesnt work)
Rdrdrd
Or:
Rd
(doesn't work)
Rrdd
(doesnt work)
Rrrddd Steam works, along with all of the games for it. Suggestions are nice but they're beside the main point. I've contemplated and have resorted to using alternate variations for years. I shouldn't have to. :/ Life is hard, get a helmet? There are 1000 was around this issue and crying about isn't one if them. There are bigger problem everywhere than this one. Like I have a bug bite on my leg, a way bigger problem. There isn't a single way around this issue, I either have the name or I don't. It's black and white. What do you propose in my situation? Am I supposed to just lay back and accept it because it's a small issue that would be the single most simple fix ever? You don't have to be such an ass. Yes. Accept what you cannot change and does not matter. It is a virtue we should all try for.
It can and has been changed before. There is no reason whatsoever not to change it. It's just a matter of getting their attention and just too few people are affected by this to get their attention.
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On August 07 2013 12:47 rd wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2013 12:43 Plansix wrote:On August 07 2013 12:36 rd wrote:On August 07 2013 11:05 Plansix wrote:On August 07 2013 09:34 rd wrote:On August 07 2013 09:27 Bippzy wrote:
So I thought about it for awhile and decided to seriously respond to your post.
Yes, it's stupid and they should let you have rd. does steam?
Also, rather than arrdee or aredee you should just double the rd one way or the other.
So either:
Rd
(doesnt work)
Rdrd
(doesnt work)
Rdrdrd
Or:
Rd
(doesn't work)
Rrdd
(doesnt work)
Rrrddd Steam works, along with all of the games for it. Suggestions are nice but they're beside the main point. I've contemplated and have resorted to using alternate variations for years. I shouldn't have to. :/ Life is hard, get a helmet? There are 1000 was around this issue and crying about isn't one if them. There are bigger problem everywhere than this one. Like I have a bug bite on my leg, a way bigger problem. There isn't a single way around this issue, I either have the name or I don't. It's black and white. What do you propose in my situation? Am I supposed to just lay back and accept it because it's a small issue that would be the single most simple fix ever? You don't have to be such an ass. Yes. Accept what you cannot change and does not matter. It is a virtue we should all try for. It can and has been changed before. There is no reason whatsoever not to change it.
But you can not change it, which is what you must accept. Or you can wait and may never get what you want.
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It's funny that a lot of replies are missing the point entirely. The OP isn't whining or complaining about why his particular name isn't accepted, he is trying to stimulate a discussion on why there are restrictions in most communities while many of them give little to no reason as to why. This is in the blog section where a lot of people post opinion/personal style articles of interest to them. Attacking the OP is really beside the point and makes it seem to me that you missed the meaning of the post almost entirely.
While I don't really think it is a big deal (I don't even think rd thinks its a huge deal) I understand what he is trying to get across and he doesn't deserve to be attacked for trying to start a discussion. You look silly if you reply in an investigatory manner.
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On August 07 2013 12:51 Plansix wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2013 12:47 rd wrote:On August 07 2013 12:43 Plansix wrote:On August 07 2013 12:36 rd wrote:On August 07 2013 11:05 Plansix wrote:On August 07 2013 09:34 rd wrote:On August 07 2013 09:27 Bippzy wrote:
So I thought about it for awhile and decided to seriously respond to your post.
Yes, it's stupid and they should let you have rd. does steam?
Also, rather than arrdee or aredee you should just double the rd one way or the other.
So either:
Rd
(doesnt work)
Rdrd
(doesnt work)
Rdrdrd
Or:
Rd
(doesn't work)
Rrdd
(doesnt work)
Rrrddd Steam works, along with all of the games for it. Suggestions are nice but they're beside the main point. I've contemplated and have resorted to using alternate variations for years. I shouldn't have to. :/ Life is hard, get a helmet? There are 1000 was around this issue and crying about isn't one if them. There are bigger problem everywhere than this one. Like I have a bug bite on my leg, a way bigger problem. There isn't a single way around this issue, I either have the name or I don't. It's black and white. What do you propose in my situation? Am I supposed to just lay back and accept it because it's a small issue that would be the single most simple fix ever? You don't have to be such an ass. Yes. Accept what you cannot change and does not matter. It is a virtue we should all try for. It can and has been changed before. There is no reason whatsoever not to change it. But you can not change it, which is what you must accept. Or you can wait and may never get what you want.
And as I wait, I will continue to bring up the discussion. Nothing wrong with that.
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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.
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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?
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You are clearly personally invested in your username, and I respect that. People who say two letters is too short for a nickname are mistaken. But as this thread shows too well, not many people become as attached to their username, so I can't really blame Blizzard for not thinking about a hypothetical situation in which someone just won't let go.
On a different note, requiring numbers in a password is just as bad, if not worse.
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Rd(loveheart)
Bitches love hearts
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Just make it something like xxRDxx or aReDee.
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i dont give a shit about peoples nicknames and people who do are weird
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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 -.-
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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!!!!!
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Well what do you know, they changed it 
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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.
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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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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..
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Bearded Elder29903 Posts
I have the same problem, no1 actually allows a name with numbers only :/ and I pretty much like 739 only.
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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.
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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
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Bearded Elder29903 Posts
actionjesus is the best nickname that ever existed, seriously <3
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On August 07 2013 06:46 TylerThaCreator wrote:Show nested quote +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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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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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..
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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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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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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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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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On August 08 2013 00:32 Sated 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). If you rename Red XIII as Nanaki then you get some pretty funny conversations at Cosmo Canyon...
True. But try the Nibehleim passage with all you characters as Sephiroth. (Also i encourage you to try the same thing with "Zack" as character name).
But we are offtopic
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On August 07 2013 23:08 Plansix wrote:Show nested quote +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.
No, you're definitely projecting entitlement. But it's pretty easy when you don't place as much stock into a name as I do. And because you don't understand, I can't word this as being problematic because it would imply the requirement of a solution and thus entitlement, because this isn't something you consider a problem. At least not for you. And because it's a fairly insignificant problem I can't act like it's a problem at all.
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On August 08 2013 04:09 rd wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2013 23:08 Plansix wrote: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. No, you're definitely projecting entitlement. But it's pretty easy when you don't place as much stock into a name as I do. And because you don't understand, I can't word this as being problematic because it would imply the requirement of a solution and thus entitlement, because this isn't something you consider a problem. At least not for you. And because it's a fairly insignificant problem I can't act like it's a problem at all.
No I cannot claim it is not a problem, as that would require you to not care about it any more. That is correct. I will say that it is a problem that is so minor that the issue solely exist within your mind. It does no limit your ability to play games or interact with people. There are a number of ways that you can convey the exact same information with 3 letters as you can 2. And by stating that problem out loud and making other people aware of it, you open the issue up to be assessed by others. If they assess that that your problem and feel it is not very important, that is their decision. And if they respond saying “That is really your problem and I don’t think anyone should spend any time attempting to fix it” that is a totally valid response.
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It just occurred to me that the login name Battle.net uses isn't even the character name", it's your email. The character name is merely cosmetic, as far as security is concerned, and it isn't even unique to you.
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It is quite silly in some ways. People should be allowed to have whatever ID they want. Then again, I think the main purpose of it is to ensure that IDs have some sort of ingenuity to them. You can't really accomplish that with a 1 or 2 character ID I think (unless you're JD, but that's an exception imo).
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I miss illegal names back on bw  there was a dude who drew out an alligator on east and i really wanted that! nostalgia...
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Yeah I have to agree, that is stupid. What harm is done with names like yours and day9s? I hope you eventually get your way.
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On August 09 2013 11:35 Poo wrote:
It is quite silly in some ways. People should be allowed to have whatever ID they want. Then again, I think the main purpose of it is to ensure that IDs have some sort of ingenuity to them. You can't really accomplish that with a 1 or 2 character ID I think (unless you're JD, but that's an exception imo).
Really depends on what you define as ingenuity when making a name. You can argue that 1-2 character ID's rarely make creative and meaningful names, and you'd probably be right most of the time, but that doesn't change the fact that you can have equally uncreative and meaningless names at any span of characters, eg. barcodes; asdfkg. Given that it's subjective to the user what makes a name meaningful, and that the length of the name has no tangible bearing on this, you can only then ask whether or not enforcing quality names is a realistic and beneficial goal at the cost of freedom.
edit: and im really leaning towards the limit having nothing to do with name quality, but just following the general precedent of enforcing -some- kind of minimum.
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This is a fucking outrage. You should get to have the name rd anywhere and I can't understand what these fascists have to lose by letting you get your ID. Such utter bullshit.
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