Character Names?

[Nachtkinder]

So I'm gonna be hitting 80 on my 3 shammys (main is 80 already) either late tonight or tommorow.



I'm trying to decide if I should keep their current names, or do something weird like IIIlllIllIll

The only time I've ever fought a mulitboxer in 5s (Aellie incidentilly, back when he was in Reckoning BG) I remember the confusion amongst the members of my team "okay so we're gonna kill 'lie' then" and still one of the dps mistargeted.

At the same time, its also fun naming your guys interested things like elements or planets.

So anyway...thoughts?

[mikekim]

i did something like that in a pvp server with my hunters, named them variations on lilililil - looked like barcode

[heyaz]

I thought you had 5 shaman?

I think that may work in arenas. I know after playing a team more than once they will target Zoobox, in which case I'll usually switch to another. But even if Zoobox is in the back it'd be nice if he didn't get instagibbed.

I'd hate to have to type any of my toons names if they were something like lilialielaieia, though.

[Nachtkinder]

Heh, one of my dudes got one shot by you in WG today at lunch ^_^.

I had 5, but I left one behind behind. I only have 3 monitors at the moment and couldn't find an aesthetic way to level four guys at once with that set up lol. I might end up powerleveling the last eventually.

Anyway, I look forward to some epic WG battles against you once I'm fully geared ^_^

[Dominian]

Weird names can be countered with assist and focus.. It could work on totaly retarded teams tought.

[heyaz]

Weird names can be countered with assist and focus.. It could work on totaly retarded teams tought.

Team would still have to be prepared for that and would not work if you rushed (which may be viable in 3.1 with thunderstorm + 4 aoe roots).

I'm really debating it though, I like having real names but I know it's going to make a difference somewhat.

You'll get retarded teams up until the 1800s... which is plenty of rating to get yourself geared out :)

[Herr Schmit]

btw my shaman team is named

Xyntiz (main)
Xýntiz
Xyntíz
Xyntìz
and Xyntîz

just to get the allies a little confused and hard to focus the right target... it yet works quiet fine but i just did some open pvp... lets see how arena works when i'm 80 :D

[Die_Pastafaris]

totally bs names that makes nonsense are not allowed through blizzards terms

one toon of mine was called "llcpsrbstrds" but @ ~ lvl 75 i had to rename her

[Tizer]

I find the way i name mine works well enough, it confuses people in towns etc so on the battlefield it should do the same :>

[KvdM]

totally bs names that makes nonsense are not allowed through blizzards terms

one toon of mine was called "llcpsrbstrds" but @ ~ lvl 75 i had to rename herIt's fine as long as the name can be pronounced.

http://www.wow-europe.com/en/policy/namingp2.html#q


Pure Gibberish
This category includes names which: Consist of a string of letters which do not produce a pronounceable name (i.e. Asdfasdf, Jjxccm, Hvlldrm

[Khatovar]

totally bs names that makes nonsense are not allowed through blizzards terms

one toon of mine was called "llcpsrbstrds" but @ ~ lvl 75 i had to rename her

I'm going to guess they got you because of masked vulgarity/partial or complete sentances, since that can be read as "Il cops are bastards".

[shaeman]

Maybe showing my ignorance of Arena here - but couldn't a team mark up a kill order on an opposing team in the same way you can mark up mobs in instances.

No mucking about with player names - kill skull, then cross etc.

Still I guess they would have to think of that.

[RobinGBrown]

I have a suspicion that naming your toons all the same but for accented letters could be constreud as 'against the spirit' if enough people were to complain about it. would probably never happen in real life though, unless you got a pissed off opposition team.

[Die_Pastafaris]

totally bs names that makes nonsense are not allowed through blizzards terms

one toon of mine was called "llcpsrbstrds" but @ ~ lvl 75 i had to rename herIt's fine as long as the name can be pronounced.



you are absoluteley right, i try to express myself clearer next time

this advice should refer to this quote

I'm trying to decide if I should keep their current names, or do something weird like IIIlllIllIll







totally bs names that makes nonsense are not allowed through blizzards terms

one toon of mine was called "llcpsrbstrds" but @ ~ lvl 75 i had to rename her

I'm going to guess they got you because of masked vulgarity/partial or complete sentances, since that can be read as "Il cops are bastards".

you saw my intention but the gm said it because you cant pronounce the name -.-
I have experiences with the above mentioned term violations but THIS TIME it was sth. else ^^

[Hellraiser]

It depends mostly on the gm's mood. We had a guild on our server which was named "Yacuza". They had to change their guildname after existing almost 2 years. "The guilds name is too close to the name of a crime syndicate" was the reason for this action.

I am trying to name all of my chars identical. The char with the most unusual name is my main so the enemy won't expect that name to be the boxing-main.

Just pick a name (i.e. the name of your favourite DJ/Artist) and just write it different. Most of the names will work as long as they don't offend nether having a title as sir or king.

[Starbuck_Jones]

You can use any name you want unless its already in use, a protected in game name, or till your reported.

My slaves all have the letter x at the end. I call the group Starbuck Jones and the ex's

[Ulta]

Also accent marks aren't allowed. If you have 1 just dont piss of a GM

[Allestaria]

(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.

[Allestaria]

Otherwise don't use artist you like or DJ's either.

You are supposed to pick a name that goes with the lore of the game without taking something from blizzard or anyone else. Becareful. I am notorious for reporting people who use things like Roflcopter and such. Iownjoo. Etc. Those are annoying names and show no creativity in coming up with a unique name. I reported someone who was 78 with the name Iluvopium. Another was Lililililia and his 3 boxed toons. They are now different names.

It is against the naming policy. Someone tried to get me once for my name of Jessianna claiming it was a first and last name. They didn't get away with it =).

Keep in mind I'm not the only "asshat" out there that will get you for naming your toons against the naming policy.

[Dominian]

Otherwise don't use artist you like or DJ's either.

You are supposed to pick a name that goes with the lore of the game without taking something from blizzard or anyone else. Becareful. I am notorious for reporting people who use things like Roflcopter and such. Iownjoo. Etc. Those are annoying names and show no creativity in coming up with a unique name. I reported someone who was 78 with the name Iluvopium. Another was Lililililia and his 3 boxed toons. They are now different names.

It is against the naming policy. Someone tried to get me once for my name of Jessianna claiming it was a first and last name. They didn't get away with it =).

Keep in mind I'm not the only "asshat" out there that will get you for naming your toons against the naming policy.

Do you actually care what people call themself if its not offensive?

I actually feel sorry for you but that might just be me!

[Hairball]

You are supposed to pick a name that goes with the lore of the game without taking something from blizzard or anyone else. Becareful. I am notorious for reporting people who use things like Roflcopter and such. Iownjoo. Etc. Those are annoying names and show no creativity in coming up with a unique name. I reported someone who was 78 with the name Iluvopium. Another was Lililililia and his 3 boxed toons. They are now different names. I would say your theory would fly on a role playing server.....maybe. But on any other server? Nope. ROFLCopter FTW!

[Allestaria]

If you can't play by the rules then don't play. Its pretty simple. The naming policy doesn't state. RP only or Oh you can but no one else can.

You can pity yourself all you want. Its not cute, funny, or even interesting to see names that don't fit the game. I know those who do it think.. OMG this is like soo cool. And yet its not. Its just like the stupid chuck norris jokes that went out years ago. People who spam them think they are being funny and cute and "LOOK AT ME I"M COOL" crap but they are non of the above.

It comes down to the lack of being able to be creative. It proves childish and lame. Anyone can do Llalalalala yep lots of thinking went into that one. Might as well sell gold while your at it. You know how people LOVE those spams.

I even went as far as having blizzard remove one of their own names they came up with. Succubus Jhorny.... Removed it from their list of names but my pet is STILL stuck with that stupid pet name.

Oh and the last guy I seen with Roflcopter had to change it. Which reminds me another one did it gotta get him in place too.

[Ulta]

lol, you’re pretty ridiculous.

Blizz needs to realize there are millions of people who play this game who have many toons we can't all have names like Spot, George, and Sally. ffs if it’s not offensive then stfu. Allestaria I pity you.

[Allestaria]

ahh I pity you to. Learn to be creative. I mean its really really hard to do I understand.

But do give it a try..you can be amazed what you can do.

[Eloxy]

obvious troll is obvious

[daviddoran]

I run a mostly PvE oriented group, but on a PvP server, and in the pvp encounters i've had, they always try to take out my priest, as soon as they realize I have one. My 4 alts are all variants of my wife's name, Christine with different letter "i" characters. Their character models are also identical, so other than gear, you can't really tell them apart. But i guess they just tab through and wait for the white color priest bar or something. But this is just against 4-5 horde who know what they are doing. I can usually nuke one right off the bat with 3x AP PoM Pyros, and some arcane barrages, but I can't really maintain too much. I usually get fear bombed, or a hunter thermo nukes one mage before I can even find him (with whatever those flaming arrows that explode, MAN they hurt)

I came to assist some alliance that was getting camped, and one was a resto sham that spammed chain heal on me and I just totally pwned the 5 hordies (I was freshly dinged 80 and had just blues and greens, and a few lvl 70 epics) PvP is so mobile, my priest is a bit under used. Other than my insta cast Hots, and AoE heals, I can't do much while running. I need to macro some better per toon healing, Up to now I've managed with focustargettarget for general healing, with dedicated tank healing buttons, and AoE heals for the rest. But It would be awesome if I could figure out how to throw a shield on whoever is getting targeted.

Back on topic, I think the character names help a bit on PvP, but not to the extend of giving you too much of an advantage. It only really works on shitty teams, which you could probably take out without the name advantage anyway. I am considering changing my priests name so I can more easily identify (and macro for) because in some raids, the boss does something to random toons, and I have no idea which one...

[Ualaa]

Back prior to the paid name changes, one of the things they did not allow was a trademarked name.
A friend was given an account by a different friend and tried to get the name of the mage changed.
So he did a ticket on another account complaining that it was a trademarked (drug).
The GM said you need to get the trademark holder to complain in writing.

Same friend asked a GM about ascii symbols in names, specifically accents over letters.
As of this month, the reply was to the effect... they were prohibited characters at one point.
But currently there's nothing against accents over your toons name.
Éñäñà is currently an allowed name, that's purely an example name though.

[Tizer]

I was about to post saying about it being a load of crap regarding banned accents over letters...you try playing on a euro server where half the population use these accents in every day life :P

[Multibocks]

I named all my druids some combination of ILLIMATIC, cause that name is cool yo. So I had ILILMATIC, IILLIMATIC, etc. It's really hard to read when its lower case Illmatic vs Ilimatic.