ESO Lore Names in character names not allowed anymore

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Masel
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I made this post as a warning: as of now, it is not allowed to name your characters after ESO lore characters. I logged in this morning to find this:
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I asked the devs through our discord, and apparently I was not allowed to call my character sheogorath. Next time I log in I have to rename him. I've had the character for at least half a year, I made it because I wanted to make him like uncle sheo and now I was told that it's not allowed.

I want to prevent that others experience this too, so be aware!
Edited by Masel on September 11, 2018 4:35PM
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  • Reistr_the_Unbroken
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    Man that must suck. Guess I can’t make a humanoid Molag Bal then-

    Haven’t had that experience yet, but mostly because I used generators to name my characters.
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    I've heard of this in other games, where the developers will sometimes 'take control of' an NPC (basically create a character who looks exactly like them) so they can interact with players directly. They stop players from using NPC or lore names so they can't be mistaken for developers (or deliberately pretend to be developers).

    But as far as I know ZOS have never done that, so I'm surprised they don't allow players to use lore names.
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  • BWS2K
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    Very sorry to hear that - thanks for the heads-up.
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    I was made aware of that a few years ago by a fellow player, when I made a "Stibbons Version Two". ZOS doesn't allow it apparently
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    Masel92 wrote: »
    I made this post as a warning: as of now, it is not allowed to name your characters after ESO lore characters. I logged in this morning to find this:
    Screenshot_20180911_124657.png

    I asked the devs through our discord, and apparently I was not allowed to call my character sheogorath. Next time I log in I have to rename him. I've had the character for at least half a year, I made it because I wanted to make him like uncle sheo and now I was told that it's not allowed. I don't understand that, especially since they released a SHEOGORATH COSTUME in the crown store.

    I'm very disappointed and want to prevent that others experience this too, so be aware!

    Oh Masel :) I saw you at the Valenwood respec shrine a few days ago and noticed your character and account name. Didn't know you are a class rep. I remember telling my friend "Look, he really looks like Sheogorath"
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  • Kalik_Gold
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    Can't use the word Naga also... was trying to incorporate it into my Argonian name.

    http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Naga

    I think it was removed due to real world racial issues.
    Edited by Kalik_Gold on September 11, 2018 3:43PM
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    Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar, the Vestige

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    Cacique the Sage of Ius a Redguard Warden
    Jux Blackheart a Redguard Nightblade
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    Ras Kalik the Vestige, a renown Redguard warrior; He has been blessed to save Tamriel from Molag Bal’s destructive Planemeld while reuniting the Five Companions. His further accomplishments after defeating Molag Bal, has been to stop the destruction of Morrowind, the Clockwork City, return order to the isle of Summerset and create a new king in Wrothgar and a queen in Elsywer. These events have made him a living legend and continue to lead him into new adventures throughout Tamriel, as well as into the hearts of many ladies including the Elf Queen, Aryenn. Over many years of adventurous travels, Ras Kalik had become a loner, until he re-visited his homeland of Alik'r.

    Alik'r and it's cities were overrun by the undead Ra-Netu and therefore he made an allegiance with Alik'r's own Ash'abah tribe. These Ash'abah with his help, cleansed the city of Sentinel in Alik'r desert and it's surrounding areas of the undead brought to life by the Withered Hand. After rescuing Sentinel from the undead zombies, King Fahara’jad’s personal bodyguard the Goliath of Hammerfell, who was given this name by Imperials in the region; was asked to assist the tribe after learning of the defeat of the Withered Hand to the Ash'abah. Kalik promised Goliath he would task him with fighting living enemies on the battlefield if he so desired. Goliath being a Yokudan warrior wields a massive sword in respect to the Ansei, a gift given by the Imperial, Cinan Tharn. Not many soldiers are able to wield double two handed weapons, but Goliath loves to get up and personal in a fight, so he also carries a giant maul, both weapons laced with magical flames.

    Jux Blackheart is a master thief that masquerades as a Bard at the Sisters of the Sands inn, with his younger sidekick Lucky Hunch for pilfering and gambling during this time. Jux was known to infiltrate any towns bank vault he came across and even delved into Ayelid ruins without detection. Kalik can vividly recall the night he met the famed thief. Jux found himself rummaging thru a slightly inebriated Kalik’s pocket for too long, on a full-mooned night and because of his greed and the glimmer of his golden armor in the moonlight. He lost his left pinky fingertip as a lesson! But in return, he gained a new friend, as it was his first time since a child being caught red-handed...

    Upon arrival back in the Alik'r after many moons of adventuring, Ras Kalik ventures to Bergama. Visiting The Winking Jackal, he runs into Jux Blackheart, who introduces him to the coin game Crowns vs Forebearers (Heads vs Tails) and Golden Dwemer (RBG).... Jux constantly takes gold from the unfortunate thru theft or gambling, his biggest gambling victim is actually his partner in crime known as Lucky Hunch the Gambler. Lucky doesn't mind losing any gold coins to Jux... as Jux saved him from Altmer slavers in Summerset, by stealing a key and sending him on a boat to the mainland years prior. Lucky spent years in slavery with Khajiits in Summerset and picked up the art of subterfuge, using illusion magic disguises and stealing there.

    Kaotik Von’Daemon an outcast, and a half-caste between a Breton mother and a Redguard father. Kaotik become a pariah due to his conjuration of Daedra pets. He was taught healing magic during his childhood years by his Breton mother. His father due to Redguard customs exiled him from the desert, sending him by wagon caravan to be a soldier in the war in Cyrodiil. He happened to meet Kalik while traveling from Alik'r, during this long caravan ride the caravan he was in was ambushed in Bangkorai by a group of bandits. Kalik by chance was also traveling thru this area on his Auridon Warhorse (which was bestowed to him by his friend, Darien Gautier). During this ambush, Kalik was able to rescue five hostages from the bandits. Kaotik was the first rescued, and Ras Kalik also recruited him to be in the Ash'abah tribe. These core Ash'abah tribesmen may never be seen together in travel as they partake in their own adventures but they always know what each other is doing; as they frequent a hideout in northern Bankorai. Their hideout an old Orc castle ruin, is kept watch by Nuzhimeh and she passes messages written between them, and frequently they also enjoy her company and her bed.

    The other men rescued were a Dunmer banker, an Imperial mercenary and two other soldiers, an Imperial and a Breton Knight, stating proudly he was an Akavir descendent. One of the Imperials, Cinan, claimed to be related to Abnur Tharn the Battlemage of the Imperial Elder Council (One of Ras Kalik's mentors in the Five Companions). Cinan Tharn was really Abnur's drunkard treasure hunting illegitimate son. He was caught smuggling artifacts out of the Ayleid ruins in Cyrodiil and the elder of the two Imperials was Tyrus Septim a retired Imperial navy battle-mage (now a Lycan mercenary living in the city of Rimmen) and guard to the Tharn family. As much as Abnur Tharn hated his half-sister Euraxia, he dislikes his bas†ard son Cinan more. Tyrus now a ruffian and privateer had been paid by Abnur Tharn to watch over Cinan as much as possible. Cinan Tharn a drunkard, loves to drink at least a quarter barrel of Nord mead before he raids various delves and dungeons for relics to sell on the black market. Cinan also plans to one day, run an illegal gambling ring... which he thinks will net him more gold for his wares.

    The Dunmer captive shackled to the Imperials looked familiar to Kalik from his time in Morrowind.... and he recognized him as Tythis Andromo a House Telvanni slave-owner and banker from Vvardenfell. During a rough interrogation to Tythis, Ras Kalik learnt why the bandits accosted him. The racist Dunmer was providing slaves as soldiers for the Three Banner War. The bandits were trying to negotiate a lucrative ransom for Andromo and the Imperials.... Kalik did not need any of this gold and he could never set Tythis free as he did with the two Imperial soldiers. His past involvement with slavery and war crimes, made Kalik's blood boil. He chose not to execute Tythis, as he figured the worse punishment for this former rich and opulent slave owner, is to now be an imprisoned servant for Ras Kalik and the tribe.

    Herzog Zwei the Genesis a reknown Imperial/Akavirri battle-mage. His roots going back to Akavir through his mother’s bloodline. (His mother is descended from the Akaviri, through Versidue-Shae, and his Imperial father met her in Hakoshae, while traveling) Herzog earned the nickname "the Genesis" from his father as a child, as he was his mother's first born child, and last, as she tragically died in child-birth.

    Herzog was seeking to purchase an artifact from Cinan Tharn, before their capture and was meeting Tyrus while in Rimmen, who introduced him to Cinan. This artifact being the Ayelid artifact; the sword Sinweaver. After their rescue and the exchange of gold to Cinan for the sword he decided to slip away before Ras Kalik could question who he was, and why the Akavir descendant really wanted that sword. Herzog was headed to Nagastani — An Ayleid ruin in eastern Cyrodiil. He had read in scrolls that the Sword would give him magical powers to meet his mothers spirit, if he performed an Ayleid ritual at an old shrine hidden there. Equipped with the artifact sword, he was off to start his own adventure but Ras Kalik, did indeed notice the sword however and instead sent a letter to Jux Blackheart (whom also was interested in Ayleid treasures), to attempt to find Herzog and acquire the sword. (*Azani Blackheart in Elder Scroll's Oblivion is Jux's descendant some 747 years later)

    And so the Redguard, Imperial and Akaviri men parted ways ... While Ras Kalik went off to Elsweyr to encounter the latest threat to Tamriel, with Abnur Tharn and Sai Sahan - - DRAGONS!! Little did Ras Kalik know a few people were awaiting him in Senchal besides Sai. A necromancer survived his attack on the Withered Hand, while in Alik'r. The necromancer known as Auriek Siet'ka is also following him to the land of the Khajiits and Cacique the Sage of Ius a Shaman mystic who has become attuned spiritually with Tu'whacca (a Redguard God) and Ius (the Animal God), after being burned severely by the escaped dragons in Elsywer, is awaiting his arrival also. Aurik is a soldier of the Daggerfall Covenant that was introduced to necromancy while in the military, even though this magicka art is not spoken of openly by most of the Military leaders. He came to Alik'r and worked with the Withered Hand before Ras Kalik intervened on their plans. After the defeat of the Withered Hand, he aligned with the Worm Cult, and is constantly adapting and perfecting his necromantic arts.

    After his journey to Rimmen, Kalik heads south to Senchal, in the southern regions of Elyswer. This new adventure will also put him on a path to meet a strange Redguard man. The stranger which was infected with an untreated Peyrite disease and also was the exiled from the Order of the New Moon cult, due to his sickness. He originally joined the cult to worship Laatvulon, the green dragon, mistakenly thinking it was the Daedric prince Peyrite. This confused and suffering cultist is known as Tsar al-Bomba and he is on a path to spread the disease. He was originally infected in Orccrest while recruiting members there. Can Ras Kalik and the shaman Cacique cure this poor soul, only time will tell. Little does Tsar al-Bomba know, that his infection is tied to Vampirism, and eventually the desire for blood will take over his mind. Senchal also offers Kalik his latest love interest... Aeliah. Whom he fondly led thru battles with the Dragonguard.

    After the trek thru the heat, tropical and desert climate of Northern and Southern Elyswer, Ras Kalik heads north to the cold mountain range of Skyrim. His companion friend Lyris beckons for him with a letter sent by crow...

    Movárth Piquine - a former vampire hunter (now infected), within the Fighter's Guild (and a secretive necromancer) was in Skyrim working with the Morthaal Guard. On a patrol mission he was caught in Frewien's ice curse outside of Morthaal with the frozen undead. Movárth's vampiric infection kept him from becoming an undead minion to the curse. He was able to use necromantic ice-magic to encase himself safely until he was freed with Freiwen, when the Vestige Ras Kalik broke the curse.

    Uri Ice-Heart - brother of Urfon Ice-Heart. The twin sons of Atli and Oljourn Ice-Heart. The Ice-Heart family are originally from Markarth but now reside on the Jerall Mountain range near Cyrodiil, with their younger sister Araki. The twins had joined the Winterborn Reachmen while living in Markarth. Urfon pushed west to Orsinium with the Winterborn Clan, leaving his family behind. Uri stayed behind with his parents and sister to live in the family cabin for safety, avoiding the Vampire plague infiltrating the Reach. After news reaches him and he hears of Urfon's death... Uri leaves and heads home and is seeking vengeance. Meanwhile, his sister has also moved on to Windhelm to join the Fighter's guild. He will visit his sister, once before going to seek vengeance and she will craft him armor mixed with ice, called Stalhrim armor. Uri fearing death, after his brother's passing, falls victim to the convincing talk of Movárth at a Nordic tavern, and will also becomes a vampire.

    {time moves forward through the hour-glass}
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  • BWS2K
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    Kalik_Gold wrote: »
    Can't use the word Naga also... was trying to incorporate it into my Argonian name.

    http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Naga

    I think it was removed due to real world racial issues.

    Which is interesting, considering the filter doesn't always quite pick up on some of the more obvious Argonian names that are more inappropriate, lol
  • Reistr_the_Unbroken
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    BWS2K wrote: »

    Which is interesting, considering the filter doesn't always quite pick up on some of the more obvious Argonian names that are more inappropriate, lol

    Well my friends argonian chara is in trouble XD
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    a few months before Beta Zenimax made this announcement that you were not allowed to use not only ES names but ANY name of ANY game character name used anywhere. even such as "Spiderman", or even "homer Simpson" type names.

    i do not know if it is in the T.O.S. but i am thinking it probably is and they are just recently focusing on it perhaps because some one reported your name.

    for me, i prefer to use names just like you have, but, Zenimax might only be doing this perhaps for legal reasons to avoid lawsuits from other companies?
    hard to say what the reasoning is on this.
  • Masel
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    a few months before Beta Zenimax made this announcement that you were not allowed to use not only ES names but ANY name of ANY game character name used anywhere. even such as "Spiderman", or even "homer Simpson" type names.

    i do not know if it is in the T.O.S. but i am thinking it probably is and they are just recently focusing on it perhaps because some one reported your name.

    for me, i prefer to use names just like you have, but, Zenimax might only be doing this perhaps for legal reasons to avoid lawsuits from other companies?
    hard to say what the reasoning is on this.

    I don't think someone reported my name. Like, why would you report a name like this? For inappropriate names, alright, but this one?
    Edited by Masel on September 11, 2018 4:32PM
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  • coop500
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    Sometimes the name restrictions can be lame, they ban the most harmless stuff but lets some of the rudest, NSFW, political stuff roam free,
    Hoping for more playable races
  • Nyladreas
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    I'm always surprised they deal with such petty meaningless and non offensive names yet I see people named like this Khajiit for example (Liq'madiq) almost daily for years.

    Kinda sad ZOS...
  • Waldar
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    You could rename him as Sheogoraths alter ego Gorath O'Shey!
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    Is pretty much been you cannot name your characters after in game characters. That’s a norm with major MMORPGs. I thought it was pretty obvious and especially the reason why.

    You got away with it because no one reported the name until recently. Basically someoek reported you ask anytime that happens they will force the name change even if it’s phonetically similar.
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    That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. No one is going to confuse your character for an NPC unless they're drunk and/or high and drooling on themselves. I really don't get this rule.
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    Tryxus wrote: »
    I was made aware of that a few years ago by a fellow player, when I made a "Stibbons Version Two". ZOS doesn't allow it apparently
    That one was weird, as its just based on the character name not an copy.
    Grinding just make you go in circles.
    Asking ZoS for nerfs is as stupid as asking for close air support from the death star.
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    SydneyGrey wrote: »
    That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. No one is going to confuse your character for an NPC unless they're drunk and/or high and drooling on themselves. I really don't get this rule.

    i agree with you.
    (hence dwemer in my name)
    i think this rule is going a bit too far.

    we should be allowed to join in on the fun with the idea that "we" also are part of the world we are playing in and we like and love what thier named and what things those names represent.


    Edited by Gilvoth on September 11, 2018 4:58PM
  • Oreyn_Bearclaw
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    Umm..... WTF?!?!?!?

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    Umm..... WTF?!?!?!?

    prety much all of us on this forum would be forced a rename as well if they keep going and expand with this rule.

    helm of Oreyn Bearclaw is an ingame thing and character name
    latest?cb=20160607105730
    Edited by Gilvoth on September 11, 2018 5:07PM
  • JKorr
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    It is in the ToS, under Behavior. It covers copyrighted names. As far as the NSFW type names; could be no one has reported them yet. I've seen a few that made me wonder wth, too....
    2.3 Derogatory, defamatory or offensive content used in conjunction with names of famous or important historical, political, religious figures or website URL's are not allowed. You may at no time share or refer to personal information of Yourself or another person, account name, persona or avatar using ZeniMax or its affiliates. You will not create an account name that is in reference to or contains copyright names, popular characters, or the names of modern era serial killers, individuals or groups who have committed crimes against humanity in the past. You will also refrain from participating in conspiracy theories, misinformation or fallacious comments.
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    Been this way from the beginning. Sucks that the servers messed up and let you use that name to begin with though.
  • Reistr_the_Unbroken
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    Hopefully my guy isn’t in trouble, cause his name is Reistr the Unbroken. Plus I used a generator to make a Nord name for him.

    Couldn’t use Reistr because someone apparently already took that name.
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    Pretty sure this has been in the TOS since forever. Don't think they go out of their way to actively police it though, so somebody probably reported you.
    2.2 You may not create any name, text or chat that negatively references a 'Protected Category' under Federal or Maryland State law. These include any name, text or chat which references or includes Age, Race, Disability, Sexual Orientation, National Origin, Pregnancy or Gender. You may not create an account name that is defamatory, impersonates or attempts to defame the reputation of another account holder, an employee of ZeniMax, property of ZeniMax, or ZeniMax and/or its affiliates.
  • Gilvoth
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    this should not be a rule
  • JamieAubrey
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    I'm guessing my Vex is safe, since its not Vexx and has a 2nd name
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    a few months before Beta Zenimax made this announcement that you were not allowed to use not only ES names but ANY name of ANY game character name used anywhere. even such as "Spiderman", or even "homer Simpson" type names.

    i do not know if it is in the T.O.S. but i am thinking it probably is and they are just recently focusing on it perhaps because some one reported your name.

    for me, i prefer to use names just like you have, but, Zenimax might only be doing this perhaps for legal reasons to avoid lawsuits from other companies?
    hard to say what the reasoning is on this.

    Well, I saw Shandrisfeathermoon in Elden Root a couple weeks ago, so they aren't completely successful...
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    SydneyGrey wrote: »
    That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. No one is going to confuse your character for an NPC unless they're drunk and/or high and drooling on themselves. I really don't get this rule.

    Not true. I’ve had newbies try to pickpocket me.
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    This isn't new.

    @NightbladeMechanics was forced to change his character name in 2016--it was originally named "Molag Kena", and he changed it to "FRIGHT".
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  • Gilvoth
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    Ydrisselle wrote: »

    Well, I saw Shandrisfeathermoon in Elden Root a couple weeks ago, so they aren't completely successful...

    then this must be people reporting us then, because if it was script from the code then no one would have anything named similar, unless the code isnt very well written or something.
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    Next maybe they make you change the clothes too. Slippery slope.
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