Beta Access Revoked - Dopeman - Page 20

On May 20 2010 01:25 iCCup.Nove wrote:
Another problem that no one seemed to address is where should blizzard then draw the line if they allowed names such as dopeman to exist? It's obvious names such as fuck.you or any racial slurs deserved to be banned. The policy may be strict but that's the way I think it should be. Not because they are trying to 'keep the children safe' or maintain face but because people online will CONSTANTLY push the boundaries of any rules that you set.

If dopeman is ok shouldn't drugman be ok? Drugman may not even refer to illegal drugs it could be a name someone who works in a pharmacy likes. Rxman in my opinion is an acceptable ID to have while Drugman is not.
Give someone an inch and they'll take a whole mile.

The questioning of such language censors on a game with 'killing' and 'light drug usage' is a strong argument to have but as I previously stated they have to draw the line somewhere. I wouldn't be surprised if there was cursing during the campaign. Such as Raynor saying 'Damn'. This however doesn't mean that Damn.Damn is an appropriate name to have.

It's wrong that they banned you from beta and it's likely that instead of banning you post release you'll probably get notified of a name change.

And as I previously stated, you probably fucked up somewhere and BMed the wrong person who then reported you. Blizzard isn't just looking for excuses to ban people from their beta.

On May 21 2010 03:45 Risu wrote:
A kid sees your name while playing starcraft and goes to his parents and asks "mommy whats dope?" and she says "its a drug that can be harmful to you". Not satisfied with this explanation the child goes to school and asks the other children, one very knowledgable child tells the curious child about how his big brother does dope and if he wanted to meet up with him. Curious child meets up with said person, tries it for the first time, gets addicted, ruins life, dies.

On May 21 2010 05:13 Trap wrote:


Coincidentally, my ID on both EU and US is damnit.damnit , and I have yet to receive a notice from Blizzard.

On May 21 2010 05:52 bodysnatcher21 wrote:
Hmm, I wonder if "Alcoholman" would be banned. After all, alcohol kills more people than every illegal drug combined.

Honestly I think it's just a business decision by blizzard, they don't really care themselves. They just want to avoid mothers sending them angry letters and boycotting the game etc..

It's pretty clear that alot of blizzard employees smoke weed...just look at Trolls in WC3/WoW...

On May 21 2010 03:45 Risu wrote:
I feel that the banning of the name "dopeman" is justified as the thing that comes to most peoples heads when someone says "dope" is that of an illegal(in most places) drug. I feel that this is different to such a name as "speedman" because the most common use of the word "speed" is for the "rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing" (thanks dictionary.com). When you made the name "dopeman" I assumed that you made the name in the context of the illegal drug and that is the reason why I voted that banning the said name was not unreasonable.

A kid sees your name while playing starcraft and goes to his parents and asks "mommy whats dope?" and she says "its a drug that can be harmful to you". Not satisfied with this explanation the child goes to school and asks the other children, one very knowledgable child tells the curious child about how his big brother does dope and if he wanted to meet up with him. Curious child meets up with said person, tries it for the first time, gets addicted, ruins life, dies.

A different child sees "speedman" while playing starcraft and then thinks "Wow speedman, he must be super fast like Sonic The Hedghehog, awesome" and continues to voidray rush him.

Obviously this is exaggerating a little but the justification is there in my opinion.

TLDR; I think that choosing said username indicates lack of thought on your part when creating a name for yourself.

On May 21 2010 06:46 DreaM)XeRO wrote:

you're kidding right? not even funny

On May 21 2010 06:53 Risu wrote:
What I said was just to point out the differences of "Dopeman" and "Speedman". Dopeman is a bad name choice however way you look at it. I don't know how you would justify calling yourself Dopeman, it is not a funny or creative name by any stretch of the immagination and thinking for a second before he made that name would of stopped him getting banned.