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THX-11 · 01-05-2005, 07:09 AM

Zanthyna wrote:
I went thorugh my screenshots and saw a few more funny names:
Fluffytomahawk
Hildalgo
Felato
a huge male barbarian named Analpounder
a green ogre named Hulksmash
a ratonga named Squeaky
a half elf named Darkelff

Everquest, like all other games, has a naming policy so they can deal with legitimately problematic names, not so they can micromanage every character's name choice. I'm all for enforcing the naming policy on racist/sexist/homophobic/vulgar names, but just because a name is funny doesn't make it bad. Even SOE sometimes uses silly names--look at "Sergeant Quackers," the NPC duck in Queynos Harbot that leads a flock of ducks around in formation. That is far more distracting then seeing a ratonga named "Squeaky."

Think of the naming policy like the spead limit--we need it to keep people from going 120 mph, but that doesn't mean that police should be dogmatic about it and write you a ticket if you go 66 in a 65 zone.
Message Edited by Zanthyna on 12-29-2004 11:58 PM

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Met "buzz lightyeer" tonight. almost wet meself

01-05-2005, 07:09 AM	#191
THX-11 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5	Zanthyna wrote: I went thorugh my screenshots and saw a few more funny names: Fluffytomahawk Hildalgo Felato a huge male barbarian named Analpounder a green ogre named Hulksmash a ratonga named Squeaky a half elf named Darkelff Everquest, like all other games, has a naming policy so they can deal with legitimately problematic names, not so they can micromanage every character's name choice. I'm all for enforcing the naming policy on racist/sexist/homophobic/vulgar names, but just because a name is funny doesn't make it bad. Even SOE sometimes uses silly names--look at "Sergeant Quackers," the NPC duck in Queynos Harbot that leads a flock of ducks around in formation. That is far more distracting then seeing a ratonga named "Squeaky." Think of the naming policy like the spead limit--we need it to keep people from going 120 mph, but that doesn't mean that police should be dogmatic about it and write you a ticket if you go 66 in a 65 zone. Message Edited by Zanthyna on 12-29-2004 11:58 PM [Removed for Content] :smileyvery-happy: Met "buzz lightyeer" tonight. almost wet meself __________________ *THX-1138 "ABUSING THE DEAD SINCE EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND THREE"