Lost my Main Character

#2 - Oct. 29, 2012, 5:29 p.m.

I am just checking with you. You had a character named P Y R O and that character was flagged as having an unacceptable name, correct?

#15 - Oct. 30, 2012, 12:32 p.m.

FlamingFoxx.1305:

I realise my 2 cents probably isn’t warranted.
But if you guys did flag his character because the name is “inappropriate” then you’re being kind of ridiculous.

There is absolutely nothing inappropriate or unacceptable about the word pyro.
Especially considering both GW1 and GW2 have armour, weapons and items that uses the word (e.g. Pyroclastic Axe, Pyromancer’s Armor, Pyromancer’s Alacrity etc)….

You’re right, this comment isn’t warranted. Obviously I’m looking into this and side discussions really aren’t of value.

Manoa.5897:

I realise my 2 cents probably isn’t warranted.
But if you guys did flag his character because the name is “inappropriate” then you’re being kind of ridiculous.
There is absolutely nothing inappropriate or unacceptable about the word pyro.
Especially considering both GW1 and GW2 have armour, weapons and items that uses the word (e.g. Pyroclastic Axe, Pyromancer’s Armor, Pyromancer’s Alacrity etc)….

It’s likely due to a copyright issue…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyro_

Pryo when included as a part of a a descriptor (such as Pyroclastic Axe, etc) is okay. Pyro as a name isn’t because the name is copyrighted. Saw this kind of thing all the time when I played City of Heroes.

No, I very strongly believe that it is not a copyright issue. I could be mistaken, but I believe it is not related to copyrights.

#16 - Oct. 30, 2012, 12:34 p.m.

Pyro.1069:

Hi Gaile,

It would seem so yes. I was enjoying my Mad King Dungeon and left because of the party issues, my game crashed/network issues and upon logging back in and selecting my char i was told to rename my character. I cant see this being a copyright issue as

py·ro/?p?r?/
Noun:
A pyromaniac.

It has no links to any other media other than my love of fire. You can look at the naming of all my other characters which also contains the word Pyro…. if i am going to lose my Char name P Y R O i don’t think i will continue playing GW2.

Please advise if this is just a bug perhaps?

Thanks for that information. Yes, I call that a bug. I know of about…oh… four bugs with names in Guild Wars 2, and as much as we’ve looked into them, we’ve not been able to figure out why a specific name is unavailable. The thing that is fascinating about your situation is that you used the name and then it was flagged. That’s just bizarre, and I’m going to look into it. I will tell you straight up that we may not be able to address this right away, because the bug is so infrequent and cannot easily be identified.

I’m truly sorry for the inconvenience and will get back to you as I find out more.

#17 - Oct. 30, 2012, 12:41 p.m.

djmckie.4876:

The restriction on names is getting out of hand, its hard to pick a name thats 1) not already taken or 2) inappropriate in some obscure dialect.

if you ask me, Anet needs to lower the profanity filter, and allow the community to decide whether certain names are inappropriate.

Which portion of the community? The player who uses a NannyMonitor on his family? The player who swears like a sailor in front of his grandmother? The minister? The gang member? The 2nd grade teacher? The truck driver? A retired member of the ESR-something or other? (Sorry if I offended anyone with those examples; I’m just trying to show scope here!)

Then, who is it who gathers all the input — from all over the globe and from all across our player demographics — and tallies the votes to see if a name is ok or not?

Let’s be realistic: ArenaNet owns the management of the community, the setting of standards, and the enforcement of those standards in as fair and realistic manner as possible. Most names that are blocked are blocked because they were reported. So that truly is our community setting the standard, no?

#19 - Oct. 30, 2012, 2:14 p.m.

Haelis.9426:

I have a idea. How about banning names like " fEDIevmOle" or “FLFLFllsld”. That would knock out about 90% of the gold farmers. Hmmmm Oh yeah in case ya didn’t notice, gold farmers now have freakin guilds.

Man I would love that! But you can imagine the filter would be 10 gazillion “names” long, with all the random characters.

And yes, I noticed about guilds. Not amused, but we’re working on it!

#20 - Oct. 30, 2012, 2:15 p.m.

Paging Pyro — Paging Pyro!

Check your account, I think you’ll find everything is in order now.

This was a case of simple human error, and we are very sorry for the inconvenience. (We’ve also developed a means to try to prevent this sort of thing in the future.)

Please do let me know if your name and account is clear now.