Accounts being suspended over appropriate names

Drammanoth · June 2022

You know guys, there is another level to all that banning.

If you name you character Ggarrosh, Grommmash, Arrthass, Abenoor Tharrn, Lyrics Titanborne, Eyerenn, Yo-run, M-rick it's less about ToS violation - it shows that

YOU LACK CREATIVITY and you just play to waste your time, instead of doing something more productive, creative.

Yes, all of us have some ideas, yet here it's not about 'RP' but more about showing you are a part of this world.

ZOS_Kevin · June 2022

Hi All, we wanted to address one last question here regarding names that don't infringe on copyright.

Destai wrote: »

Just for additional clarity - if someone changes one character or includes the name of an asset like an armor set or zone, is that subject to discipline?

Using some examples, which of the following could be subject to discipline:
Abnor Tharn

Abnur Thorn

Chokethorn Julianos

Greenshade Greg

Thanks for the question, @Destai. We are talking about exact name matches for the most part. So all of the example names in general should be fine. Derivatives of core names are fine as long as they are distinctly different. So for example "Abnor Tharn" is different from "Abnur Tharn". The "u" and "o" in the first name are different. So you would be good. If you were to use "Abnúr Tharn" as the character name, you may be asked to change the name as that is visually very close to "Abnur Tharn". The accented "ú" is not visually distinctive enough from "u". Hopefully, this helps to clarify any issue when talking about name derivatives.

In general though if anything does cross that line, customer service will reach out and ask for the name to be changed without penalty. As Gina highlighted, if there is an extensive TOS history (we're talking about quite a few infractions), there may be situations where your account could be suspended or banned for a character name that breaks the TOS. But the goal of Customer Service is to make the name change process hassle-free as possible when it needs to be applied.

Lastly, many of the comments are referencing example or a specific scenario. So for those with specific examples and questions related to different scenarios, we are going to close this thread down and advise that you send those examples in a ticket to customer service. They will be able to give you the most accurate answers related to naming scenarios and if they infringe on any copywrite territory.

ZOS_GregoryV · June 2022

Greetings all,

As stated in the previous post:

Lastly, many of the comments are referencing example or a specific scenario. So for those with specific examples and questions related to different scenarios, we are going to close this thread down and advise that you send those examples in a ticket to customer service.

As this thread has a decent amount of posts Discussing Disciplinary Actions, we have decided it best to close the thread, as those being discussed, are topics that should be discussed with our Customer Support team.

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Thank you for your understanding,
-Greg-