Last edited by strangebreed; 2012-08-26 at 09:15 AM.
I'd torture a thousand souls just to see her smile.
You are reading way to much into this. I completely understand why I got banned. I understand the name is "racist" and it can offend people. I have also had 100's of people message me on games saying how they love the humor in my name. I do think a permaban is harsh for just a name but shit happens and If they don't change their mind i'll just have to live with it.
Personaly i fully suport this ... being WAY harder on the * LULZ I CAN SAY Í WANT AND BE A PLAGUE* kinda people that find it fun to *troll* around this includes the * i-am-so-smart-i-can-swear-or-name-my-toon-what-ever-i-want-if-i-just-move-the-letters-around-or-spell-it-studiply* players many many of these people are the base of whats wrong with the playerbase of any online game.
with everything im hearing im glad i didnt buy the game. ill stick to wow where i can be insanely offensive and get a slap on the wrist at worst, it's the internet, people need to lighten up.
Deserved? You've got to be kidding me. Perhaps he deserved a warning or a flagged name change. That is not anywhere close to deserving of any kind of ban though, especially not permanent.
In the end, only in the US is this stuff actually an issue. People need to move on.
Last edited by Keldrath; 2012-08-26 at 09:43 AM.
If you seriously think someone deserves to be permanently banned from playing a video game because he named his character something offensive then I highly suggest you get your head checked. A warning and a name-change are appropriate punishments. Perma ban is not. To draw a real life example that's like saying someone who committed a misdemeanor deserves the death penalty.
I guess arenanet can be heavier handed on their bans since, unlike wow, they have no subscription, so they have already got all the money you're ever going to pay them
so you'll just buy another copy (and I know you will!) and then they get your money twice
and in the extremely unlikely event you do not buy a copy, they have got rid of a little child from being a prick in game - win win
Wow, sounds like they're going way OTT on these bans. Permabanned for a name? Jeez. What's wrong with a simple enforced name change? And banned for swearing? Don't they have a mature language filter?
Nice job comparing a ban from a video game to the death penalty, genius. Why don't you think a bit before you share your "thoughts", spare yourself some grief.
In real life any good establishment will ban you for life if you walk inside wearing a T-shirt with a racial slur on it. This is the example you were looking for I think.. I hope.
How is it different? A perma ban is the most severe punishment you can get in game. In real life the death penalty is the most severe punishment you can get. Both of them permanently remove you.
There is some serious problems with your "thinking" if you think a minor infraction is deserving of the most severe punishment.
A temp ban feels appropriate to me.
But a *perma* ban on first offence does seem harsh.
Edit: harassing and threatening would be a good candidate for perma ban without warning IMO.
But not an offensive name (unless the person keeps choosing offensive names). A week of ban should be enough to make them think again.
Last edited by mmoce6d6578c3b; 2012-08-26 at 10:07 AM.
...how on EARTH is it possible to get banned on the first day? Are they so incredibly strict with names? Well...I suppose it's needed since I've seen people with zero imagination and creativity name their toons "Irn''ga" (black male norn) and all sorts of things that just do not belong in this game or any other...but especially not this one!!!
I've never been banned from any online game and I plan to keep it that way. Been banned temporarily once from the official WoW forums, infracted and banned from these forums (not permanent obviously...) and those experiences taught me to improve the way I form my responses to idiotic posts.
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You're in for a nasty surprise. If enough people report your name, and you then get another name of the same sort, you'll get banned in WoW too. Hell I even know a Guild master who got his guild flagged for rename and himself banned because of how he named it...and I shall not utter those words here.
/knows plenty of people getting temporarily banned and then permabanned because they were too stupid to make up a proper name without profanity in it. Of course they, given the personality, often had other wrongs in their record as well.
Last edited by Queen of Hamsters; 2012-08-26 at 10:17 AM.
I.. don't... even... I'll throw you another one.
For a child misbehaving in a sandbox, throwing sand into other children's eyes, the most severe punishment a child can think of is being banned from that sandbox.
I guess the person that got banned also considered this "a minor infraction", hey it's just a game right? Lets start taking responsibility for what we babble about on the internet, especially if we are doing it on accounts that have our real name on file. If you consider throwing around racial slurs in a video game not a big deal though, how about you apply the same logic to your opinion about bans in said game.
Last edited by mmoc8c51ebc480; 2012-08-26 at 10:17 AM.