TerokNor
09-25-2007, 09:22 AM
These are NOT RP specific... these are the general naming rules for all server types.
"In particular, you may not use any name:
1. Belonging to another person with the intent of imitating that person, including without limitation a "game master" or any other employee or agent of Blizzard; ((Naturally.))
2. That incorporates vulgar language or which are otherwise offensive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, or racially, ethically, or otherwise objectionable; ((Duh.))
3. Subject to the rights of any other person or entity without written authorization from that person or entity; ((No copyright violations... This one gets broken pretty often.))
4. That belongs to a popular culture figure, celebrity, or media personality;
5. That is, contains, or is substantially similar to a trademark or service mark, whether registered or not; ((WTF... I've seen "cocacola" and so many other retarded names, particularly gold farmers...))
6. Belonging to any religious figure or deity; ((Not seen this one so much...))
7. Taken from Blizzard's Warcraft products, including character names from the Warcraft series of novels;
8. Related to drugs, sex, alcohol, or criminal activity; ((This one depends entirely on interpretation, but could mean no "Drunk" dwarf names, or organized crime syndicates, etc.))
9. Compromised of a partial or complete sentence (e.g., "Inyourface" or "Welovebeef", etc.); ((This one is SO violated... I mean insanely violated.))
10. Compromised of gibberish. (e.g., "Asdfghj", "Accxxfg", etc.); ((Also frequently violated...))
11. Referring to pop culture icons or personas (e.g. "Britneyspears", "Austinpowers", "Batman");
12. That utilizes "leet" or "dudespeak" (e.g. "Roflcopter", "Xxnewbxx", "Roxxoryou"); ((Ever been on a PVP server? Dear god...))
13. That incorporates titles. For the purposes of this subsection, titles shall include without limitation 'rank' titles (e.g. "CorporalTed", or "GeneralVlad"), monarchistic or fantasy titles (e.g. "KingMike", "LordSanchez"), and religious titles (e.g. "ThePope", "ReverendAl").
You cannot use misspelling or an alternative spelling to circumvent the name restrictions listed above, nor can you have a "first" and "last" name that, when combined, violate the above name restrictions.
"In particular, you may not use any name:
1. Belonging to another person with the intent of imitating that person, including without limitation a "game master" or any other employee or agent of Blizzard; ((Naturally.))
2. That incorporates vulgar language or which are otherwise offensive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, or racially, ethically, or otherwise objectionable; ((Duh.))
3. Subject to the rights of any other person or entity without written authorization from that person or entity; ((No copyright violations... This one gets broken pretty often.))
4. That belongs to a popular culture figure, celebrity, or media personality;
5. That is, contains, or is substantially similar to a trademark or service mark, whether registered or not; ((WTF... I've seen "cocacola" and so many other retarded names, particularly gold farmers...))
6. Belonging to any religious figure or deity; ((Not seen this one so much...))
7. Taken from Blizzard's Warcraft products, including character names from the Warcraft series of novels;
8. Related to drugs, sex, alcohol, or criminal activity; ((This one depends entirely on interpretation, but could mean no "Drunk" dwarf names, or organized crime syndicates, etc.))
9. Compromised of a partial or complete sentence (e.g., "Inyourface" or "Welovebeef", etc.); ((This one is SO violated... I mean insanely violated.))
10. Compromised of gibberish. (e.g., "Asdfghj", "Accxxfg", etc.); ((Also frequently violated...))
11. Referring to pop culture icons or personas (e.g. "Britneyspears", "Austinpowers", "Batman");
12. That utilizes "leet" or "dudespeak" (e.g. "Roflcopter", "Xxnewbxx", "Roxxoryou"); ((Ever been on a PVP server? Dear god...))
13. That incorporates titles. For the purposes of this subsection, titles shall include without limitation 'rank' titles (e.g. "CorporalTed", or "GeneralVlad"), monarchistic or fantasy titles (e.g. "KingMike", "LordSanchez"), and religious titles (e.g. "ThePope", "ReverendAl").
You cannot use misspelling or an alternative spelling to circumvent the name restrictions listed above, nor can you have a "first" and "last" name that, when combined, violate the above name restrictions.