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Mikau
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Netherlands1446 Posts
April 19 2011 14:04 GMT
#21
Care to post how you did it so others know as well?
Drake
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany6146 Posts
April 19 2011 14:09 GMT
#22
i think he already done pm him xD
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starsucks
Profile Joined January 2011
233 Posts
April 19 2011 14:12 GMT
#23
CoR is right. If I have a solution I will most definitely write a detailed post on how to do it.
Brainyac
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany199 Posts
April 19 2011 14:16 GMT
#24
Yeah i would appreciate it starsucks
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NepTuniO
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom57 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-19 14:30:06
April 19 2011 14:20 GMT
#25
I made an account called ƽƺǁƬheǾneǁ for practising:

http://www.sc2ranks.com/eu/2022129/ƽƺǁƬheǾneǁ

It's pretty easy to do actually. See my post couple responses down
legatus legionis
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands559 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-19 14:34:01
April 19 2011 14:26 GMT
#26
On April 19 2011 23:20 NepTuniO wrote:
http://www.sc2ranks.com/eu/2022129/ƽƺǁƬheǾneǁ

A profile I made for practising

It's pretty easy to do actually


Then I'm sure you wouldn't mind explaining it a bit even though it might seem excessive to you. I have no idea how you did it and what you found out, for example what the boundaries are etc. I'm sure many would be delighted to hear

I've been wondering for a long time if it's possible to make a name in Korean letters on the NA or EU servers. The reason why is because it obivously works on KR, but also because you can actually type Korean in any chat in the game and other people can read it I believe, on the EU client and server that is.
Also just like in the windows environment when you switch locale this button comes up indication you are using a different character set. The exact same thing happens in pretty much every single field in the blizzard client, looks like this btw [가] if I'm not mistaken.

Would love to hear if it's possible <3

Edit: Thanks again NepTuniO
NepTuniO
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom57 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-19 14:31:20
April 19 2011 14:28 GMT
#27
Just go to Microsoft Word, Insert -> Symbols


Anything from Latin Extended B is usable. Just insert into your document, then copy across when you make your character name and it shows up in game. Korean letters do not work.

I'm not certain, but I think Latin Extended A *might* work too. Some might not work in Latin Extended B, and some others might work. Just play around with it!

I copied them one at a time into my name and saw if they showed up or not
starsucks
Profile Joined January 2011
233 Posts
April 19 2011 14:32 GMT
#28
Hm, thanks. Sounds good. Unfortunately I don't have Microsoft Word but maybe it is possible with openoffice, too.
nihlon
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden5581 Posts
April 19 2011 14:52 GMT
#29
This is definatly not intended. I remember one from millenium team stating that blizzard contacted them to ask how they did it and then sort of allowed them to keep the symbol. He didn't say how they did it but if a lot of people start to use this (if it works) I'll bet my ass off that blizzard will patch it away.
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starsucks
Profile Joined January 2011
233 Posts
April 19 2011 14:54 GMT
#30
I'm experimenting at the moment and found this very helpful site.

http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/index.html

The double dagger can be found under Latin Extended B. So this problem is solved. But µ is greek symbol and the greek unicode table doesn't seem to work. But since there are people with a µ in it I deduce that it can be found under some different table. Searching......
Tiazi
Profile Joined February 2010
Netherlands761 Posts
April 19 2011 14:59 GMT
#31
Some symbols work. Most symbols dont.

The heart symbol works. alt + numpad 3.

<3
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starsucks
Profile Joined January 2011
233 Posts
April 19 2011 15:03 GMT
#32
http://www.sc2ranks.com/search/contains/eu/ǂ/100

@Nihilon. Over a hundred people seem to have the double dagger. So indeed it might be possible that it will be "fixed". The µ seems really rare. I can only find three people and the normal unicode µ doesn't seem to work.
Ikuu
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom97 Posts
April 19 2011 15:17 GMT
#33
On April 19 2011 23:59 Tiazi wrote:
Some symbols work. Most symbols dont.

The heart symbol works. alt + numpad 3.

<3

How do you get that to work? Alt + 3 doesn't work in-game or do you need to do it in Word and paste?
starsucks
Profile Joined January 2011
233 Posts
April 19 2011 15:22 GMT
#34
♥
Doesn't work for me either.
dafnay
Profile Joined May 2010
Angola375 Posts
April 19 2011 15:24 GMT
#35
♥ worked for me last week and now not , how can you explain that? My poor hearts .. (
KevinIX
Profile Joined October 2009
United States2472 Posts
April 19 2011 15:34 GMT
#36
On April 19 2011 23:20 NepTuniO wrote:
I made an account called ƽƺǁƬheǾneǁ for practising:

http://www.sc2ranks.com/eu/2022129/ƽƺǁƬheǾneǁ

It's pretty easy to do actually. See my post couple responses down


lol. That is the most epic user name I've ever seen.
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starsucks
Profile Joined January 2011
233 Posts
April 19 2011 15:41 GMT
#37
@dafnay:

You mean the heart as part of your character name? Are you trying to change it now?
Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-19 15:49:19
April 19 2011 15:48 GMT
#38
On April 19 2011 23:54 starsucks wrote:
I'm experimenting at the moment and found this very helpful site.

http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/index.html

The double dagger can be found under Latin Extended B. So this problem is solved. But µ is greek symbol and the greek unicode table doesn't seem to work. But since there are people with a µ in it I deduce that it can be found under some different table. Searching......


µ is Alt-230 or Alt-0181 and even on the normal German keyboard as AltGr-M since DOS times. On your Unicode page it is under Latin-1 as character 181 and is called "micro sign" and is not "greek small letter mu" from the Greek page.
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starsucks
Profile Joined January 2011
233 Posts
April 19 2011 16:05 GMT
#39
Thanks Ropid, but I tried all of theses solutions (and yes the Latin-1, too) It does not work. No symbol is displayed, not even an empty square. This leads me to believe that the three people who have it either asked Blizzard specifically for it (which seems unlikely as they are pretty low level player who don't play a lot, so why should they care) or they are using a formally different symbol which just looks like that Latin mu.
Zaphid
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Czech Republic1860 Posts
April 19 2011 16:15 GMT
#40
On April 20 2011 01:05 starsucks wrote:
Thanks Ropid, but I tried all of theses solutions (and yes the Latin-1, too) It does not work. No symbol is displayed, not even an empty square. This leads me to believe that the three people who have it either asked Blizzard specifically for it (which seems unlikely as they are pretty low level player who don't play a lot, so why should they care) or they are using a formally different symbol which just looks like that Latin mu.

There's also a third option that Blizzard has blocked it now
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