Hypocrisy by a Blizzard GM?

[xwolf1989]

my rogue was called shadowmaker once... now his name is shadowzap... yeah had to name change cause fuck... i dont know....

[Seefer]

You clearly have not had a whole lot experience with Blizzard customer support. They often (not always) reply like an average gamer.

I have, and sure they talk like an average gamer but not with the level of horrid spelling and constantly typing "it" instead of "is" whenever "is" should be put, leaving out the "s" in words that are plural. I have had many dealings with GMs and not ONE has given me the impression that they have a vocabulary of a 10 year old.

Oh and 1 more thing to make me believe it's fake, they won't kick you out to force rename, they wait until your next log in for it to say it (2 of my friends have had it happen).

You guys got trolled pure and simple.

[Vespian]

...and with that action you'd have to accept the potential ban that comes your way. End of story.

But why was that a bannable offense? Nothing about that in the TOS. It's not like a speeding ticket in which you know you're speeding and thus breaking the law..

[Deleted]

I have, and sure they talk like an average gamer but not with the level of horrid spelling and constantly typing "it" instead of "is" whenever "is" should be put, leaving out the "s" in words that are plural. I have had many dealings with GMs and not ONE has given me the impression that they have a vocabulary of a 10 year old.

Oh and 1 more thing to make me believe it's fake, they won't kick you out to force rename, they wait until your next log in for it to say it (2 of my friends have had it happen).

You guys got trolled pure and simple.

I think I got kicked out of a game to rename, though this was either in Vanilla or TBC. I too had childish names when I was 15. :P

[Charge me Doctor]

"Gender identity not being for kids 12 and under"

That's true

are contradictory to the fact, that this game has "suggestive content"

That doesn't contradict anything, gender identity is still not for 12- kids.

Oh wait no, twogenders actually goes against their belief in 63 genders!

against whose believes exactly and why blizzard should care about someones believes?

Basically, if you do or say anything against their beliefs you will have action taken against you.

Yeah, if you break ToS you'll have actions taken on you.

So, someone got flagged for a name change for using a ToS-breaking name (just a reminder: blizzard both write ToS and enforce them, if you don't like it- don't play), made a conscious decision to dodge the name change (here i can only say that blizzard should explain why the name is flagged for a change to avoid confusion) and got 24h ban. Up to this point everything is working as intended.
A friend of mine had his name changed too, he used a "Клеопадла" nickname, which sounds similar to Cleopatra, but the last part was changed to sound like [kliːəʊˈpædlæ], and in Russian language, second part of his nickname can be interpret like (well, it actually is exactly that - the word "падла", which is a curse word (падаль>падла, which basically translates to equalizing someone to a piece of carrion meat). He didn't actually intend to do so, he just thought that it sounds funny and had this nickname for years (before even WoW was released), and used it on EU servers without a problem - but after transferring to a fresh released Russian servers it became a problem.

And back to the question - i don't think that GM was a hypocrite, he was simply following instructions and enforcing the ToS. Too bad that people in modern world make all this bullshit drama over genders (sexes), and basically unleashed this "problem" upon themselves, i bet anything that this nickname wouldn't be flagged 10 years ago

[Chemii]

But why was that a bannable offense? Nothing about that in the TOS. It's not like a speeding ticket in which you know you're speeding and thus breaking the law..

Do you even know what you are talking about?

1. Rules Related to Character Names. Each user will either select a character name or allow the World of Warcraft software to automatically select a character name at random. Additionally, users may form "guilds" and such guilds will be required to choose a name for the guild. When you choose a character name, create a guild, or otherwise create a label that can be seen by other players of World of Warcraft, you must abide by the following guidelines as well as the rules of common decency.If Blizzard Entertainment finds such a label to be offensive or improper, it may, in its sole and absolute discretion, change the name, remove the label and corresponding chat room, and/or suspend or terminate your use of World of Warcraft.

[Charge me Doctor]

Do you even know what you are talking about?

It became a new fad - saying that "nothing about that in XXX" without even reading this shit or ctrl+f-ing it. I think it naturally evolved from "well there is evidence", "scientists say that ..." and "majority of people think ..." arguments

[Gamer8585]

Dude was told his name was not allowed and given a free name change to fix it. He changes one character without really changing the content, Blizzard see it again and bans him. Contempt may get you fined or thrown into prison in any court, Blizz GMs are just operating on the same principle. He wasn't banned because of the name, he was banned because he tried to be a little smartass to the GMs.

Anyway, what Blizzard puts into its game is content they can control and will take responsibility for. Blizzard has a policy of requiring players to keep controversial real world debates out of the game to minimize toxicity. Your individual opinion of the issue is moot, Blizzard wants players to keep that shit out of game.

[-Joker-]

https://eu.battle.net/support/en/article/34530

Violations

Severe Violations
Severe violations include any names that:

Have any racial or ethnic connotations.
Have any national connotations.
Refer to extreme or violent sexual acts.
Refer to extremely violent real life actions.
Negatively refer to any aspect of sexual orientation pertaining to themselves or other players.
Are inappropriate references to human anatomy or bodily functions.
Are pornographic in nature.

While the option above it could also be used as part of the reasoning, human anatomy should not be the basis of a character name in a ROLE PLAYING GAME. I would imagine other anatomy names like Bigboobs or Largecock are also inappropriate. Player was obviously a younger individual (late teens early twenties) and fails to see the adult side of the argument.

Name deserved to be changed and Ban was warranted as the first name change was the warning. Making the name similar is obviously a lack of respect for the rules, or the authority of the GMs who have to tolerate shitheads like that all day long (I imagine).

[DarkAmbient]

Maybe because the rules for forum names aren't the same as the rules for in-game names.

I wasn't aware a WoW character could have a different name on the forums.

[ReleaseDay]

Violations
Minor Violations
Minor violations include any names that:

• Are trademarked or licensed by a company or an individual.
• Consist of a string of letters which do not produce a pronounceable name (e.g. Asdfasdf, Jjxccm, Hvlldrm).
• Consist of language existent only in online communication (e.g. Roflcopter, xxnewbxx, Roxxoryou).
• Consist of any title prefix attached to a character's name, fantasy-based or not (e.g. Kingmike, Presidentsanchez).
• Consist of any references to the real world, including people and places (Britneyspears, Newyork, Austinpowers).
• Consist of a partial or complete sentence contained within the name (Hihowareyou, Ilikebeans).

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The GM is basically just doing his/her job after the name has been reported X amount of times for it to trigger an automated name change. Then the player just trolled and added another letter which triggered a reason to investigate the name change.

Bollocks. If they were to follow these rules, they'd have to ban 50% of the playerbase. Gl & hf.

[Lochton]

Bollocks. If they were to follow these rules, they'd have to ban 50% of the playerbase. Gl & hf.

That isn't how it is working. You have to report every single one of them you see. There is no auto-cluster ban, or anything. The report name system is mostly automated unless in this case, where a player just took the douche method and added one letter - making the case open for investigation. And yes, you can follow these rules quite easily but in the end it is down to the others, will they report it?