Still wondering why I play this game.
I'm a Rogue and I also made a spreadsheet for the Order Hall that is updated for BfA.
Still wondering why I play this game.
I'm a Rogue and I also made a spreadsheet for the Order Hall that is updated for BfA.
The GM's cannot police every single character, just as us mods don't have the time to view every single post made, every day. They rely on us to report things. Just because there are people named that now doesn't mean that we should say "Oh, it's okay, go ahead and keep your name as it is". We should report these names.
The name change is justified, sorry bro
To the bold text.. I don't want to sound anal now, just trying to help..
You've created 2 threads, not 2 forums. Forums contain threads. To be exact, Sub-Forums do. A Forum is the head term for all sub forums within. Opening a second thread when your first one got shut down is a violation of the forum rules over at Blizzard.
Back to your point. Even tho the name change is justified (to be honest, these kind of names are a bit immature in my opinion), I do see your point of hypocrisy executed by Blizzard. Their list of names against the TOU is extensive. While at the same time, the game itself is flooded with references to other things.
The Klaxxi Achievement - Stay Klaxxi.
All sub achievements are classic kick ass hard rock songs/bands.
Angel of Death - Slayer
Painkiller - Judas Priest
Raining Blood - Slayer
Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Seek and Destroy - Metallica
Iron Mantid - Double reference to Black Sabbath - Iron Man, or Iron Maiden, the band.
Speed King - Deep Purple
Battle Hymn - Manowar
Further more we are digging for Mithril Ore...... Mithril is part of the Tolkien works, and therefore even copyrighted.
Copyright is a main concern here. Blizzard is reliable if they do not prohibit any kind of violation in that regard.
We don't know how much royalties Blizzard pays for using terms that are under copyright by others.
But we players for sure don't pay any. Hence why we aren't allowed to use such names.
We are also not allowed to use names that violate "the good taste" of the society, including cuss words, profanity and the like.
Yet I still see your point
Last edited by Wildtree; 2012-12-06 at 02:28 PM.
Still wondering why I play this game.
I'm a Rogue and I also made a spreadsheet for the Order Hall that is updated for BfA.
So after years they suddenly stumble over a name that is in violation because of:
Trademarks
This category includes both clear and masked names which:
Are trademarked/licensed by a company or an individual
Then the person changes his name saying the exact same thing but shortened and then do nothing about it. They have a list they randomly pick players from to change their names? You think they are going to spend time and money on making people change their names while no one ingame cares about it?
You really think someone reported that name because it uses a trademark?
Last edited by Gilian; 2012-12-06 at 02:28 PM.
You must wear your tin foil hat as you spot hypocrisy across all of life. I think what you are missing is that life is not fair. We don't get to make most of the rules, except in your home and even then the law supercedes. Blizzard isn't a democracy. You don't get a say in their policies or creative choices.
Still wondering why I play this game.
I'm a Rogue and I also made a spreadsheet for the Order Hall that is updated for BfA.
Boy, this thread escalated quickly...
You're comparing apples to oranges.
You're talking about a concept, not a name. Blizzard has, as the designer of the game, every right to put in whatever themes they feel are necessary to tell the story. If that involves picking herbs to satiate the fel magic addictions the Blood Elves suffer from...so be it. That doesn't give us the right to violate the naming conventions of our characters, then point the finger and say "but you have drug themes!" If you want to play the game, you need to play within the rules.
Still wondering why I play this game.
I'm a Rogue and I also made a spreadsheet for the Order Hall that is updated for BfA.
No, it's not. No more than orcs, elves, dwarves, spellcasting and the like is. Mithril is used in piles of books, games, and mythologies. In fact:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithril
Still wondering why I play this game.
I'm a Rogue and I also made a spreadsheet for the Order Hall that is updated for BfA.
Maybe it was reported, maybe a GM noticed it in game, maybe an employee saw it from playing. Who knows? It doesn't matter. That's like arguing that it is ok to break the law until you get caught, but how dare the police not catch you instantly when you try to hide your activities better the second time.
The name "mithril" or similarly spelled variations (mith, mithral, mythril, and others) is present in other fictional contexts like role-playing games such as RuneScape, Chrono Cross and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion—despite that Mithril® is a registered trademark owned by The Saul Zaentz Company. The Saul Zaentz Company owns all trademark and certain other rights derived from the names of places, characters and things described in J.R.R. Tolkien's novels The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit,[7] as well as in the highly successful[citation needed] feature films based on those books. The Saul Zaentz Company has used the mark Mithril® for many years in connection with a variety of things, including for example, collectible figurines, online role-playing video games and entertainment services. Mithril metal is also frequently mentioned in many of the original 1st edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game books and adventure modules written by Gary Gygax and published by TSR.
Since 2003 mithril has been the "inspiration and metaphor for the MIThril project", a "next-generation wearables research platform"[8] at MIT.
I'm surprised Runescape and Chrono Chross is on that list but not World of Warcraft and the thousands of other games that have Mithril as a mineral.
Still wondering why I play this game.
I'm a Rogue and I also made a spreadsheet for the Order Hall that is updated for BfA.