Naming Policy?

#0 - May 11, 2010, 4:52 a.m.

Blizzard Entertainment has published an official naming policy, which can be found here: http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=20368&pageNumber=1&searchQuery=name

What's the deal with this?

Is this policy being enforced? Or not?

I recently posted a ticket regarding a name that (I felt) was a clear violation of several of the clauses, including Real World Reference, Partial or Complete Sentence and "Leet" or "Dude" speak.

I was told that the decision had been made to NOT change this name.

What the .... "heck" ... is the point of the policy then? I'm honestly a little baffled as to why I should even bother to try to report anything if such a clear violation (to my mind) is going to be ignored. Clarify your stance. Either enforce your existing policy, or stop pretending your have one.

Malkorix

#54 - May 12, 2010, 7:38 p.m.

Q u o t e:
It doesn't say "guidelines". Eilethalua's comment is to the point: Blizzard reserves the right to enforce or not enforce those rules at their sole discretion. But that's not the same thing as only being "guidelines" at all.

Guideline is not an inappropriate choice of words, actually. It is ultimately at our discretion whether a given name will be changed in a given circumstance, and our enforcement of potential naming violations differs between RP and standard realms. We recognize that, rationally, there is a substantial difference in 'culture' between the realm types, and to an extent, we've allowed our players to shape their own experience.

I can certainly recognize why this might have been a bit frustrating, and we've been investigating the possibility of updating this policy to provide greater clarity.

Leaving aside our policies completely: For my own edification, may I ask why you personally found this name so upsetting?