Forced to Name Change my Argonian Eats-Small-Children in a game featuring cannibalism?

S1ipperyJim

Although my character has been around for a while now, I am being forced to change the name of my Argonian warden Eats-Small-Children because support says the name is not allowed to ensure "a respectful and secure atmosphere".

The name was a little joke about the lack of children in ESO, and it's ironic that a game which features quests that graphically depict cannibalism numerous times.

For instance 'Keepers of the Shell' a Shadowfen quest in which AD soldiers are eating Argonian hatchlings, 'A Bitter Pill', a quest in Deshaan, which has human flesh roasting on fires, the quest 'A Questionable Contract' in which a mage is under contract to clear out the woods and if he doesn't complete this he has to eat his wife Alanya. 'The Right of Theft' quest in which an entire village was eaten and in turn killed their murderers by poisoning their own bodies... I could actually go on and on with the gruesome and disturbing activities ZOS put in their quests...

Further to this the game gives players a human flesh eating intractable momento, which lets your player eat human flesh and then throw up, and has an entire race known to be cannibals, as detailed in in-game books such as "Pocket Guide to the Empire, First Edition: Aldmeri Dominion" which graphically describes entire Bosmer families feasting on an enemies flesh.

There are also many actual official characters in ESO named things like 'eats more hearts' 'bathes in blood' 'stabs through hearts'.

Not sure if this all adds up to a 'secure atmosphere' in ESO.

idk

And you are surprised? The big surprise to probably most of us is you came to the forums expressing surprise about this.

JaZ2091

Someone was probably offended, it is 2018.

klowdy1

Someone cried about it. All it takes is one person.

S1ipperyJim

idk wrote: »

And you are surprised? The big surprise to probably most of us is you came to the forums expressing surprise about this.

Most of us? Yours is the first comment - who are you speaking for? Are you some kind of chairman of the board here?

DamenAJ

Have you noticed there REALLY are no children in ESO?

There are issues with certain places where harm to children is a huge issue, and can get video games banned. So. I assume it's to do with that.

Reverb

You offended some delicate flower, and they hold all the power, wielding their offence like a weapon, cutting people down left and right. They lack both reason and humor, just like most Customer Service agents.

radiostar

Probably they should make char names like pet names, only visible to its owner. Everyone else sees your @name, which is public.

Problem solved!

Sixty5

In the grim darkness of 2018 there is no humour, only offense.

I miss the days of being able to put profanity in character names, and being able laugh over the resulting terrible puns.

Minyassa

I'm on your side, that strikes me as an overreaction. It's not even graphic, and it's nothing that isn't in tons of children's books. Sheesh.

hmsdragonfly

Argonians don't eat eat children.

Wood Elves do.

So I say your name is not immersive and not lorefriendly.

Jhalin

In Hansel and Grettle the witch was going to eat them. That is a children's book and this is a rated M game. Why is it this platform that has the problem with it

S1ipperyJim

Minyassa wrote: »

I'm on your side, that strikes me as an overreaction. It's not even graphic, and it's nothing that isn't in tons of children's books. Sheesh.

IKR, the gingerbread house and all that haha

zyk

It's pretty offensive that your name clearly discriminated against large children as if they might be less tasty or wholesome.

Next time try thinking about how that might make someone feel.

S1ipperyJim

hmsdragonfly wrote: »

Argonians don't eat eat children.

Wood Elves do.

So I say your name is not immersive and not lorefriendly.

It's a name not a job description my character would never actually eat children (if in fact they existed) he merely likes to pretend to be scary.

Also, since you are apparently an Aldmeri Dominion Loyalist, it's worth mentioning that AD soldiers also eat small children for instance when they gobbled up Argonian hatchlings in Shadowfen.

ArchMikem

Sixty5 wrote: »

In the grim darkness of 2018 there is no humour, only offense.

I miss the days of being able to put profanity in character names, and being able laugh over the resulting terrible puns.

Ironic how you call this "grim darkness without humor", when a name playing on devouring children is itself, grim humor.

I call it a sad time when there can't be any humor if it doesn't contain controversy, expletives, or sexual innuendo.

idk

S1ipperyJim wrote: »

idk wrote: »

And you are surprised? The big surprise to probably most of us is you came to the forums expressing surprise about this.

Most of us? Yours is the first comment - who are you speaking for? Are you some kind of chairman of the board here?

Nope, but most likely would not bother posting in a thread trying to defend that name. Granted, some go along with things like this which seems to be what we are seeing. Entertaining to see.

CiliPadi

Funny that. Isn't ESO rated M ... does have severed heads, smoking, etc ...

I'm guessing you probably got reported by a snowflake. Gotta love 2018.

mb10

My character had to be changed to. Balances-Like-Wrobel will be missed

Vapirko

This is hilarious simply because of all the insanely racist and sexist *** that gets spouted in this game every day along with people being harassed in and outside the game and ZOS does nothing about those.

Ohtimbar

How stupid. Logic and consistency are not in ZOS' playbook.

S1ipperyJim

CiliPadi wrote: »

Funny that. Isn't ESO rated M ... does have severed heads, smoking, etc ...

I'm guessing you probably got reported by a snowflake. Gotta love 2018.

I've been playing a lot of PVP lately with that character, it was almost certainly someone in the other faction in Cyrodiil that I killed too many times and they wanted their petty revenge.

Numerikuu

I'm offended that someone found your characters name offensive.

paulychan

I’m offended that the dude above is offended or even slighted in some minor way due to someone finding your name offensive.
When will it stop?

Magpie_26

Not a good idea to eat children anyway given their fat content.

yiasemi

I wouldn't have looked twice, I like attempts at lore names much better than anything else. However, you only had to rename your character, so not a big deal. If I had used this name, I would have an idea someone would object and wouldn't bother about it. I did think of the eggs quest in Shadowfen straight away, thought you were some Sithis vigilante.

S1ipperyJim

yiasemi wrote: »

I wouldn't have looked twice, I like attempts at lore names much better than anything else. However, you only had to rename your character, so not a big deal. If I had used this name, I would have an idea someone would object and wouldn't bother about it. I did think of the eggs quest in Shadowfen straight away, thought you were some Sithis vigilante.

Name changes also come with a 24 hour suspension from the game which also sucks since I play every day and kinda wanted the extra free crate plus all my crafting writs and dailies will get neglected

haelene

That's just sad! It's a good name.

RIP Eats-Small-Children

Yolokin_Swagonborn

Another victim of the name change Gestapo. There seems to be no reasoning with them once they arbitrarily decide that your name is out of line.

This game features violent, sexual, and drug based themes. But apparently that's only for the game.

I wonder if a name like "Kills People" would be force name changed. In a game where there are rotting corpses hanging from trees on nooses. Cant have a violent name. Now excuse me while I sneak up behind someone and slit their throat.

We have books like the Lusty Argonian Maid, yet my lvl 3 nightblade named "Pelvic Sorcery" was named changed without me even taking them out of the load screen. How is that consistent. This is a question we have been asking ZOS for a long time but it just seems like its up to the temperment and complete arbitrary bias of whoever poor soul has to read all the "report user" complaints.

SydneyGrey

There was probably a single person who was offended.
*Sighs*
Yeah, I think that the vast majority of people here wouldn't find that name offensive.

swippy

hey, at least it sounds like you're handling it well.

maybe the person who reported it is still a blubbering mess.

or maybe they just claimed they'd withhold some money. y'know, like the folks who don't want their craft bag anymore because Cyrodiil has lag. that usually works...