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I'm sorry if this may have been posted before but this is ridiculous
Battle.net is banning people for "offensive" names. Now I'm not that pissed about losing beta, I had a great time and I'm grateful to blizzard for answering my prayers. What I'm worried about is that this may be a sign of things to come. I'm scared that battle.net 2.0 will be a totalitarian type of atmosphere, with less focus on freedom and community (chat channels?).
"Character Name: Dopeman#dopeman
The character name being used for the StarCraft II character on this account has been determined to be highly inappropriate. As a result, beta access for StarCraft II is being revoked from the account"
Does anyone think Dopeman is offensive? I mean are people going to be banned for using songs as a namechoice?
Poll: Do you find Dopeman offensive?No (1555) 78% Mildly (180) 9% Yes (172) 9% Dont care/See the results (97) 5% 2004 total votes Your vote: Do you find Dopeman offensive? (Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): Mildly
(Vote): Dont care/See the results
Poll: Do you think this is a bad policy?Yes (1097) 67% No (487) 30% Other/See the results/Dont care (52) 3% 1636 total votes Your vote: Do you think this is a bad policy? (Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): Other/See the results/Dont care
I mean any name can be construed as offensive? Names like "Demon" may be offensive to religious people. "Demuslim"? What about if a player is openly gay and shows it in his name? Will he be banned?
Recent edit: I responded to blizzard and they replied, I sent them this thread so we'll see if they respond again. I will update if they do
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to beta.accountsu.
show details 5:26 PM (22 hours ago)
Seriously? Dopeman?
beta.accountsupport@us.battle.net
to me
show details 7:34 PM (20 hours ago)
Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to contact us regarding the StarCraft II Beta account you are using. We appreciate and understand your point of view, yet have to reiterate Beta testing access is considered a privilege and access can be terminated under the discretion of Blizzard Entertainment at any time.
While these repercussions may seem harsh, we feel very strongly that these names have no place within our games. Therefore, we regret to inform you that we are unable to reverse the account action previously issued.
We thank you in advance for your time and for respecting our position
I sent them a link to this thread and asked for a response, we'll see!
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Lol, I don't find Dopeman offensive at all. And to be honest, I don't really care what people use as nicknames...but I guess it's a good policy, even though banning "Dopeman" is a bit overkill.
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Maybe I'm not understanding something, but what exactly is offensive about that name?
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People associate Dope with Weed (rightfully) and ignorantly are offended by it.
It's just another case of people being fearful of things that are out of their mental grasp, and reacting.
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On May 19 2010 06:51 RRated wrote:
Maybe I'm not understanding something, but what exactly is offensive about that name?
Prolly something along the lines of dope being slang for drugs. Or possibly an insult to mentally challenged members of society. leaning towards the first one.
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lol they should atleast warn people... this is plain stupid by blizzard.
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Drug reference, but this is overdone. Still I understand why Blizzard would do it, if they thought it was necessary to implement a filter, they can't let usernames skirt that censorship. Blizzard wanted to make sure this game won't cause any controversy among the nanny culture that we live in. I don't support this ban, but it is a reflection upon our PC culture backed by ridiculous litigation and inane media obsession.
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I'm surprised White-ra didn't get his account revoked for his obviously racist name.
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It's not that it's offensive, it's that it's inappropriate. It's like calling your character Marajuana. How do you think it would work out if everybody was running around with names like "Cocaine," "Weed," "Dope," etc.?
It's a justified policy.
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my online name is afghan madman....am i in danger???
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The filter censors "backdoor" and "came." I hope that insanely strict approach towards ambiguous interpretations isn't used with names :s
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Is it within their rights? Yes.
Is it still incredibly stupid? Yeah, pretty much. I hope the people voting "yes" or "mildly" are joking, lol.
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I don't find it offensive but I'd still report you.
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On May 19 2010 06:56 Zeke50100 wrote:
It's not that it's offensive, it's that it's inappropriate. It's like calling your character Marajuana. How do you think it would work out if everybody was running around with names like "Cocaine," "Weed," "Dope," etc.?
It's a justified policy.
Are you serious? Did you just obtain the internets?
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On May 19 2010 06:55 Aphelion wrote:
Drug reference, but this is overdone. Still I understand why Blizzard would do it, if they thought it was necessary to implement a filter, they can't let usernames skirt that censorship. Blizzard wanted to make sure this game won't cause any controversy among the nanny culture that we live in. I don't support this ban, but it is a reflection upon our PC culture backed by ridiculous litigation and inane media obsession.
This, and it's beta so they're quicker to throw out bans. When the game is live they'd make your change your id, not just instantly ban you.
Ultimately silly, but I can't fault blizzard for this.
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This is absolutely ridiculous. Blizzard's censorship of non-swear words in a game where miniature people are being burned, blown up, and shredded seems hypocritical. Why don't they rename STIM while they're at it? Or is that not supposed to be a drug that the marines take so that they can kill a bit more before they get slaughtered?
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How is this more offensive than feeling pity for them choosing such a lame name..
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I appreciate the banning of very offensive names, but this one certainly doesn't seem bad enough to be woth a ban. It is quite a bad name imo though 
Blatantly obvious racist etc names should go for sure.
On May 19 2010 06:56 Tsagacity wrote:
The filter censors "backdoor" and "came." I hope that insanely strict approach towards ambiguous interpretations isn't used with names :s
Really? In a game where every second map has a backdoor? "came"!??!!? This is mad.
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On May 19 2010 06:57 I_Love_Bacon wrote:Show nested quote +On May 19 2010 06:55 Aphelion wrote:
Drug reference, but this is overdone. Still I understand why Blizzard would do it, if they thought it was necessary to implement a filter, they can't let usernames skirt that censorship. Blizzard wanted to make sure this game won't cause any controversy among the nanny culture that we live in. I don't support this ban, but it is a reflection upon our PC culture backed by ridiculous litigation and inane media obsession. This, and it's beta so they're quicker to throw out bans. When the game is live they'd make your change your id, not just instantly ban you. Ultimately silly, but I can't fault blizzard for this.
I agree, however, "Ultimately Silly" is definitely fault-worthy. ^_^
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It is absolutely bad policy. There's no question about it. Dopeman? Dope? So now I have to worry about Blizzard crawling up my ass about dope? Gaahh! If it bothers blizz so much, dissallow the words for use in names and identifiers.. don't ban the person.. it's your systems fault!
The blizzard from the past we all love is being replaced by a monster corporation.
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