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On May 20 2010 03:21 NoUShutUp wrote:
One of my teacher's last name in high school was Dopeman. So... I really don't find that name offensive. Sorry to hear that happened to you. Anyways, beta will be over soon :p... just wait for the real game to come out. :D
Crazy. Given that, I say make up a story about how your uncle or w/e was your hero, and his last name was Dopeman and you adopted it as your online alias. But then again since the beta ends in less than 2 weeks it may not be worth it to you at this pt.
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Almost literally any policy would be better than this. Changing the player's ID to 3252398423.23847634 would be better.
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It's not our decision on what words/names qualify as offensive or not, but I expect that they will just do namechanges once the game goes retail and not ban you.
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Posted an update in the OP, blizzard responed to me.
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I highly doubt they will care about this thread. It's a name that goes against their policy so just make up a new one and move on with life.
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Well I dunno, in my division there was a guy named ShowMeUrTits and the #1 in 2v2 div was named asstwins. So I'd say it's ridiculos to start banning at Dopeman.
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I think this is absolutely ridiculous
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Vatican City State1872 Posts
i never got banned for having the name inebriated
is that a bad name? what's the big deal with dopeman
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Why do I see everyone associate dope with weed...where I'm from dope is heroine and the only people who think dope is marijuana are old people like my parents. The first time my dad found a joint in my car he ran in the house holding it screaming, "are you smoking dope son!?" I burst out laughing...who the hell calls marijuana dope?!
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On May 20 2010 05:02 omg.deus wrote:
Why do I see everyone associate dope with weed...where I'm from dope is heroine and the only people who think dope is marijuana are old people like my parents. The first time my dad found a joint in my car he ran in the house holding it screaming, "are you smoking dope son!?" I burst out laughing...who the hell calls marijuana dope?!
it just means drugs
and most people don't hang out with many people who do heroin
so they wouldn't be using it to mean something other than marijuana
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Germany2896 Posts
Cardinal Richelieu wrote:
If you give me a username written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in it which will ban him.
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snip..... In particular, you may not use any name: - (i) Belonging to another person with the intent to impersonate that person, including without limitation a "Game Master" or any other employee or agent of Blizzard;
- (ii) That incorporates vulgar language or which are otherwise offensive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
- (iii) Subject to the rights of any other person or entity without written authorization from that person or entity;
- (iv) That belongs to a popular culture figure, celebrity, or media personality;
- (v) That is, contains, or is substantially similar to a trademark or service mark, whether registered or not;
- (vi) Belonging to any religious figure or deity;
- (vii) Taken from Blizzard's Warcraft products, including character names from the Warcraft series of novels;
- (viii) Related to drugs, sex, alcohol, or criminal activity;
- (ix) Comprised of partial or complete sentence (e.g., "Inyourface", "Welovebeef", etc);
- (x) Comprised of gibberish (e.g., "Asdfasdf", "Jjxccm", "Hvlldrm");
- (xi) Referring to pop culture icons or personas (e.g. " "Britneyspears", "Austinpowers", "Batman")
- (xii) That utilizes "Leet" or "Dudespeak" (e.g., "Roflcopter", "xxnewbxx", "Roxxoryou")
- (xiii) That incorporates titles. For purposes of this subsection, "titles" shall include without limitation 'rank' titles (e.g. , "CorporalTed," or "GeneralVlad"), monarchistic or fantasy titles (e.g., "KingMike", "LordSanchez"), and religious titles (e.g., "ThePope," or "Reverend Al").
You may not use a misspelling or an alternative spelling to circumvent the name restrictions listed above, nor can you have a "first" and "last" name that, when combined, violate the above name restrictions.
This is much too strict. It's much stricter than restrictions on real names. It's much stricter than Blizzard holds themselves to for the content of their games. Blizzard could make a more tolerant policy if they wanted to. They have a legal department.
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United States22883 Posts
On May 20 2010 03:36 mOnion wrote:
they should ban him its a childish name.
its not about being offended its about creating a respectful environment. there is NO reason to create a juvenile name other than going "teehee my name is xxx"
make a real ID and get over it.
Being juvenile is part of the appeal of the internet and gaming. It's a bad policy; at the very least you should receive a warning first.
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They wouldn't let me use "LordWeird" i'm guessing because the word "Lord" is in it. This is no surprise and even though it was harsh I believe it was an okay decision.
edit: yep, just saw the post slightly above mine...
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On May 20 2010 05:07 Liquid`NonY wrote:Show nested quote +snip..... In particular, you may not use any name: - (i) Belonging to another person with the intent to impersonate that person, including without limitation a "Game Master" or any other employee or agent of Blizzard;
- (ii) That incorporates vulgar language or which are otherwise offensive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
- (iii) Subject to the rights of any other person or entity without written authorization from that person or entity;
- (iv) That belongs to a popular culture figure, celebrity, or media personality;
- (v) That is, contains, or is substantially similar to a trademark or service mark, whether registered or not;
- (vi) Belonging to any religious figure or deity;
- (vii) Taken from Blizzard's Warcraft products, including character names from the Warcraft series of novels;
- (viii) Related to drugs, sex, alcohol, or criminal activity;
- (ix) Comprised of partial or complete sentence (e.g., "Inyourface", "Welovebeef", etc);
- (x) Comprised of gibberish (e.g., "Asdfasdf", "Jjxccm", "Hvlldrm");
- (xi) Referring to pop culture icons or personas (e.g. " "Britneyspears", "Austinpowers", "Batman")
- (xii) That utilizes "Leet" or "Dudespeak" (e.g., "Roflcopter", "xxnewbxx", "Roxxoryou")
- (xiii) That incorporates titles. For purposes of this subsection, "titles" shall include without limitation 'rank' titles (e.g. , "CorporalTed," or "GeneralVlad"), monarchistic or fantasy titles (e.g., "KingMike", "LordSanchez"), and religious titles (e.g., "ThePope," or "Reverend Al").
You may not use a misspelling or an alternative spelling to circumvent the name restrictions listed above, nor can you have a "first" and "last" name that, when combined, violate the above name restrictions. This is much too strict. It's much stricter than restrictions on real names. It's much stricter than Blizzard holds themselves to for the content of their games. Blizzard could make a more tolerant policy if they wanted to. They have a legal department.
We call it CYA at work. Cover Your Ass.
Blizzard wants the policy on record so that if they want to they can inforce it. I believe they have the same naming policy in WoW and they don't strictly enforce it their. If I was the OP I would email every "offensive" name on ladder to them and be the bitter loser. Take everyone down with me. Blizzard should really have just done a name change, or this should have never been an issue.
With rules the biggest issues arise with a lack of consistency. Blizzard isn't consistent in how and who they punish.
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Germany2896 Posts
I think every single nick I've ever used anywhere on the Internet violates at least one of these policies.
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Terrible ban imo. Heck, I've had way more offensive names in WoW and never got banned.
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On May 20 2010 05:06 travis wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2010 05:02 omg.deus wrote:
Why do I see everyone associate dope with weed...where I'm from dope is heroine and the only people who think dope is marijuana are old people like my parents. The first time my dad found a joint in my car he ran in the house holding it screaming, "are you smoking dope son!?" I burst out laughing...who the hell calls marijuana dope?! it just means drugs and most people don't hang out with many people who do heroin so they wouldn't be using it to mean something other than marijuana
totally wrong...dope doesn't mean just drugs...it was slang for weed decades ago and nowadays exclusively refers to heroine. doesn't matter if u hang out with heroine users or not, it's irrelevant...unless ur sheltered or grew up in the 60s u know dope as heroine and heroine only.
b/c of this I can see why blizzard doesn't want any heroine related user names
EDIT: did some research and I guess there are some places like Kansas where heroine isn't around so people say dope to refer to crystal meth. Still, I found that the vast majority of people thought as I did that dope only refers to heroine.
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I hope mine doesn't get the boot (getdead).
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