#0 - July 18, 2007, 2:44 a.m.
My characters name!
#10 - July 18, 2007, 3:46 a.m.
Although unfortunate that you do not care for the name that was selected when you transferred please remember that you are responsible for all actions taken on your account and that includes someone other then yourself gaining access to it.
I can only recommend that you take greater care in protecting your account information from family members, who should not be accessing your account, in the future.
If you believe this policy should be changed please post in our Suggestion Forums where those who make such decisions will review your request.
#14 - July 18, 2007, 6:21 a.m.
Q u o t e:
its simple wat u do is "accidently" delete ur chatacter make a nother character w/ that name, same realm then tell a gm that oops u deleted ur chatacter and ud like it restored
Yes, because Game Masters are completely unaware of that trick and we don't deal with 8.5 million players who, far more then I would like to admit, try to come up with an original idea to pull one over on us. As my mom used to tell me there isn't anything that you can think of that I haven't already done, tried or thought of years before you.
Trust me the only thing you will accomplish by trying that little stunt is you will burn up one of your limited restorations to get the character back and you will in most cases still retain the same name.
The really bad thing would be if you were out of restorations and you lost your level 70 character because of it.
#19 - July 18, 2007, 7:15 a.m.
Remember that these policies are guidelines if you decide to name your character something that falls under one of these categories it may be changed, there is never a guarantee that it will. Our goal is to change obviously offensive names or names that make interaction with a character difficult like names with ASCII characters in them.
#54 - July 23, 2007, 11:17 p.m.
Q u o t e:
I think you missed my point.
Which was?
Names = Reputation in MMO's, we will not allow players the ability to gain a new identity whenever they'd like. Customer Service is very important to us but that does not mean that it will over write game integrity.
If your name is not in violation is does not matter how many people report it, or you get to report it; it will not be changed unless it is found to be in violation.
#61 - July 24, 2007, 12:39 a.m.
Q u o t e:
I've seen less offensive character/guild names be forced to change because of one person's complaint. However, when it's the owner of the name that is complaining, it seems that no effort is made to help them.
Without knowing the names I couldn't judge but I find that most misunderstanding on why one name is changed and not another comes down to people simply not understanding the policies that we must follow. Every name that has ever been made "could be found offensive" to someone but our jobs are to remove obviously inappropriate names as well as names that make interaction with the character difficult such as names containing special characters.
As I've said before the naming policy should be used as a guideline when selecting a name, if you select a name that may fall under one of those categories it may be changed in the future if reported to us. There is no guarantee that it will be changed, that is at our sole discretion.
Q u o t e:
under special circumstances, such as this? Just one even?
What special circumstances? We have someone who used the Paid Character Transfer system and expected to be granted a name change, when the system was never intended to circumvent our naming policies.
Allowances are made if that character's name already exists on the realm they are transferring to but it is not a guarantee that you will be able to select a new name. We also have a claim that someone else gained access to the OP's account, which is a clear violation of the Terms of Use remember you are responsible for all actions that occur on your account.
I am sorry but we can not make exceptions, beside the fact that we have no way to prove their story and believe me there are some very elaborate ones out there; it would be unfair to everyone else.
If you wish to see our policy changed as Thunderwulf said please post on our Suggestion Forums.
#79 - July 24, 2007, 1:43 a.m.
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Report the name, it is against ToS anyways, 2 words put together to create 1 name. Should let you change it because of the report, if you don't want to report it have a friend do it for you.
No, it is not against our Terms of Use, two words put together is perfectly fine.
I'm going to have to quote it again it seems.
Q u o t e:
Consist of multiple (generally more than 2 words )strung together to create partial or complete sentences (i.e. Inyourface, Welovebeef, Howareyou)
http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowgm/?id=agm01723p#pis
#103 - Dec. 3, 2007, 3:02 a.m.
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Get acouple people to report your name, then they will let you change it.
Incorrect. A questionable names may fall into a category that requires further review but getting a bunch of people to report a name as a violation when it has already been determined it is not will not result in the name being changed.