#0 - May 4, 2009, 9:56 p.m.
Name violation?
#10 - May 4, 2009, 10:14 p.m.
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The guild name has not changed since it started in Jan 2008.
Which means the guild was not reported for a review, Dyavi, just because a name has existed for awhile does not mean it does not violate our Terms of Use. Our policies are reactive in nature which means that possibly offensive names must be reported to us before we will take appropriate actions.
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No warning to the guild master, just gone.
Correct, if a name is found to be in violation we act immediately. No warning necessary. An e-mail was sent informing your Guild Leader of what happened and asked for 5 appropriate names that they would like us to rename the guild.
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I am guessing the word "krack" in the name is where the violation comes in, fine. However, there are 5 other guilds on other realms with the exact same name as well as 6 players. All exactly the same as ours. Over 111 people named just "krack". All are still active except ours. Did one of us kill a cranky GM's alt or what?
Your guild wasn't named "Krack", you had a two word guild name which made it inappropriate for the World of Warcraft.
Using the Armory as your search tool would be unwise. Some names found there may be out of date and thus already changed, deleted or inactive. It does not give an accurate assessment of the names actively on a realm.
Regardless, if other guilds or characters have inappropriate names, they need to be reported via an in-game petition. If you see a name that you believe may be in violation of our policies, Dyavi, feel free to submit an in-game petition and it will be reviewed.
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Did one of us kill a cranky GM's alt or what?
We respond to petitions, Dyavi, not only do Game Masters not take petitions on realms where they have active characters but any in-game action must be as the result of a report.
#12 - May 4, 2009, 10:15 p.m.
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Ok thank you for info. Our guild master also got an ingame mail saying HIS name was in violation. His name is Ratlehead, and he just recently paid for a name change, that had to go through an approval process.
No, I'm sorry, Dyavi, but your Guild Leader misread the e-mail that was sent to him.
The first part of the e-mail said:
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The name selected for this guild has been deemed as inappropriate for the World of Warcraft by the In-Game Support staff of Blizzard Entertainment, as a result your guild name has been changed.
#30 - May 4, 2009, 11:01 p.m.
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Now, another GM says its not the 'krack' (a non-word) that is offensive until it is paired with the term "horde" (a blizz term). So i dont follow the logic there between combining a non-word and a blizzard term and coming up with something that is not OK.
Non-word or not it is a sound alike word, which can be just as inappropriate as if it was spelled correctly. Just like a four letter very inappropriate word does not necessary have to be spelled correctly for you to understand what word is being used and that it is not appropriate. You know that, otherwise why would you use a "non-word" that sounded so much like a correctly spelled one.
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In any event, admin states I was sent email and asked for 5 alternate choices....yeah, this (based off time stamps) was occuring roughly the same time in game GM was coercing guild members into providing a name on the spot if they wanted to log back on.
Yes, a Game Master sent you information on the violation and a request for you to provide us with 5 choices of a more appropriate name for your guild.
We don't contact members of your guild to ask them for a name, Ratlehead, if a name is found to be in violation of our policies we temporarily change it to "<Guild Leader's Name Guild> like we did with yours. No one was coercing guild members into providing a name on the spot, in fact no one was spoken to.
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Excuse me Blizz for being in bed at 11:15 on a worknight...thanks for the reasonable amount of time for me to address this.
Our goal is to remove the inappropriate name as soon as it is determined that it is a violation of our policies, Ratlehead. That is why we send an e-mail asking for possible new names. Reply to the e-mail that was sent to the registered address, well reply with the requested choices. The only reply I see thus far is your explanation the Krack is a non-word and therefore not inappropriate. O.o
#33 - May 4, 2009, 11:06 p.m.
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/roll eyes OK, whatever fine. So some allies got ganked, reported the guild name, and got lucky with a alliance leaning GM. I can maybe even entertain the idea of the problem with guild name...though it is quite obviously a matter of technicality.
however, I still dont see how the toon name is even in question at all.
We don't look at the faction involved, Ratlehead, we look at if the name is a violation of our policies.
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..another question here then....if it is so unreliable, why do the avatars on this site point to the Armory?
Unreliable as the basis of reporting someone for a possible violation.
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..yeah ok. ....ooh 'Addiction' sounds like a pretty risque word to have in a guild title to me!!!
And if it contained your "non-word" it would probably be found to be inappropriate. It doesn't reference that and therefore is perfectly fine.
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They still fail at explaining how the toon name is inappropriate.
Read my previous post, Ratlehead. O.o