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

  • Heka Cain
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    Yeah me too, when I called my healer Josef Mengele!
  • Ratzkifal
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    It's probably because your argonian eats (or seems to eat) children. Violence against children is the main reason why ESO doesn't have any children as people tried to kill and even modded to kill children in Skyrim. This could be fixed by making the children likable (I was impressed by how adorable the children in WoW are most of the time), but meh.

    A friend of mine had to change his name Seen-enough-hentai, and while "hentai" isn't even an explicit word in itself and the lusty argonian maid is way lewder than the japanese word for "pervert" or "weirdo", it being a term to describe a genre of *** makes it bad enough to be changed.

    Depending on your interpretation on the rules, my Khajiit (Meow Zedong) is actually living on the edge with that name too, since Mao Zedong was a pretty bad person and we are understandably not supposed to name ourselves after bad people either.
    Edited by Ratzkifal on June 19, 2018 11:21AM
    This Bosmer was tortured to death. There is nothing left to be done.
  • BaneOfBattler
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    The issue with "hehehehe im so funny hehe" names.

    You picked the wrong system foo'!
    Edited by BaneOfBattler on June 19, 2018 11:25AM
  • Merlin13KAGL
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    zyk wrote: »
    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.
    It's clearly biased towards the large children, if you think about it.

    They already have unfair advantage, clearly having access to more of the food, possibly due to not needing a chair to reach the high shelves?
    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
    That's because there are so many these days lacking "Pelvic Fortitude."

    Society is so *** sensistive, I'm surprised we all don't disintegrate in the slightest breeze.
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  • Ratzkifal
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    @Heka Cain
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    Yeah me too, when I called my healer Josef Mengele!

    That name isn't even a joke or a pun. Really not surprising that ZOS doesn't want people running around with names of actual third reich scientists that conducted cruel experiments on humans.
    It's one thing to RP as an evil character, but another to name yourself after a real one. At least in my opinion.
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  • jaschacasadiob16_ESO
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    What's weird is that there are plenty of sexually explicit names, that use unicode/unusual characters to avoid detection that are still there without any problem.
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  • Numerikuu
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    AuldWolf wrote: »
    I'm kind of vexed by a few of the anti-SJW replies this thread has had. Are we playing the same game? This is a game that has LGBT people as a normal part of the world, the Tamrielic take on the Alt-Right (the Veiled Heritance) are the primary targets of the Aldmeri Dominion quest line.

    ZOS are cool people, they understand that people have feelings and are traumatised about things. I mean, if I were someone whose kid had been killed by someone, I'd be upset by a name like that as well. It's all about sensitivity and empathy, which sadly some people are sorely lacking in. There are many quests in ESO though that suggest that the people at ZOS aren't. Which I've often felt genuinely pleased about.

    Consider the questline with Velsa and Narahni in the Thieves Guild, too. There's sensitivity all over ESO and it's one of the game's most endearing features. I frankly love that they're a bunch of big, feelsy babies. I've talked about it before in another thread. It makes me happy.

    If you want far right freedoms to screw people up and traumatise them? You're probably playing the wrong game.

    I mean, you do realise how a name like that would affect someone who's experienced child loss via kidnapping or similar, right???

    Good grief.

    Even this thread worries me, so I'm going to report it. It's the kind of thing that shouldn't exist.

    I'm sorry, but if you have legit triggers (and I'm not talking about the SJW, snowflakey kind, where trigger = offense taken/panties in a twist/butmuhfeels, but the kind that send you into the worst of crippling panic attacks, ptsd etc) it's down to you to protect yourself, not others--much like one with allergies would and should do, they avoid their triggers. If they didn't and instead acted as your types do, insisting that things which don't cater to their diet (or in a SJW's case, their narrow worldview) be removed, many of our food sources would either be banned or would not exist. Not cool, eh?

    The game is rated M for a reason. This is a game where at one point skin-stealing Altmer, Khajiit, and cannibalistic Bosmer almost decimate an entire generation of Argonian young, with the Bosmer literally eating them. This is a game where the King of ***, Molag Bal, one of the most controversial Daedric Princes is the first acts main antagonist. This is a game where there is war, where there's necromancy, where there is murder, thievery, and so much more. Life has both its 'big feelsy babies', and it's darker sides. Deal with it. Or you could stay in that bubble and continue to ignore reality with the rest of them. Your choice. I and many others however choose to accept reality for what it really is.

    You go on to talk about the 'far-right' (heh, though anyone even a millimeter right from the far-left is considered far-right these days)... well, at least right now they're not committing mass censorship and limiting creative freedoms. At least they're not attacking and actively seeking to destroy the First Amendment, among the others. Your tirades in the name of purity are doing the very same things that you accuse the 'far-right' of. Just ask North Korea. Ask the Taiwanese. Ask any other country where censorship is rife. The left are walking down a very dark path right now, I hope you realize that one day. Hopefully when it's not too late.
    I mean, you do realise how a name like that would affect someone who's experienced child loss via kidnapping or similar, right???

    If everyone's triggers and personal feelings were catered to like this, there would be no game. There would be no art. There would be nothing. Terrible things happen in life to some, and what they experienced is bloody tragic. But our sympathies stop when you demand that we cater to you and your victim complex. We stop sympathizing when you base and live your entire life around your victimhood. We stop sympathizing when you disregard or attack others who have experienced similar or worse traumas, yet have chosen to move on, be stronger for it, and not let it affect their lives.
    Even this thread worries me, so I'm going to report it.

    We stop sympathizing with you when you resort to threats of censorship.
    Edited by Numerikuu on June 19, 2018 11:45AM
  • b101uk
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    what a silly, hypocritical state of affairs from ZOS given some of the game content and the age rating of the game.
  • Saturnana
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    AuldWolf wrote: »
    [...] I mean, you do realise how a name like that would affect someone who's experienced child loss via kidnapping or similar, right??? [...]
    I do, but I don't see how it's relevant honestly.

    I mean.. There are many stories of mythical beings that eat children, most of which pop up in Christmas traditions. Krampus and Belsnickel, to name a few. These are part of a country's cultural identity. Would you tell these societies to stop celebrating in the current manner because it may hurt the feelings of people who've lost a child?

    I would not. Because as horrible and painful as losing a child is, it is not up to the rest of the world to shield these people from those feelings. Someone who's lost a child may take offense at the name "Eats-Small-Children", but they should also realize that it's their point of view that makes it offensive to them. And that it may, in fact, be a funny or innocent name for everyone else. If they cannot make that determination (which makes sense considering it's an emotional subject to them) then that's fine. But in that case it's up to ZOS to say "hey, we understand your feelings. But your not liking this name is personal, and there's nothing wrong with the name itself. Thank you for bringing the matter to our attention, but we will not be taking action against this player at this time."

    If we have to ban everything that offends someone, there's no game left to play.
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  • Uviryth
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    Mureel wrote: »
    JaZ2091 wrote: »
    Someone was probably offended, it is 2018.

    and the probably posted it on FB and Instagrammed themselves crying and posted it in Twitter.
    Uviryth wrote: »
    Yeah, people get very upset when it comes to children. I kinda understand.

    It's a game. It is not real life.

    I bet these are the same people seeking out and reading every tragedy/drama/whatever they can find - just so they can feel bad all the time.
    I get that, but I also get why it doesnt matter if its fiction or not. We are humans, we are hardwired to protect our children.
    Take the Last of Us. I know its just a game, and I played it a bunch of times. Yet it still feels like I die a little inside when Sarah dies in Joels arms. And why? Because I can relate (no, my daughter didnt die, yet just the thought of it freezes my insides).

  • SilentRaven1972
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    I think they need a better way of reviewing names. If you used Devours-the-Unborn, it would get flagged, but Eats-many-Eggs would not. Yet they are kinda the same.
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    Meh, I know of a lot of names that were less offensive than that which received a forced change.

    No real point in whining about it--take advantage of how forced name changes let you put capital letters in odd places!
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  • redshirt_49
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    Reverb wrote: »
    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.

    Hey I work in Customer Service and that's not funny! YOU SHOULD ALL BE THROWN TO THE WOLVES! OR ALLIGATORS! ALLIGATOR WOLVES I TELL YOU!

    Anyway, just call him Feasts-On-Little-Ones. It's ambiguous enough to not violate the rules :p@S1ipperyJim
    Edited by redshirt_49 on June 19, 2018 12:14PM
  • Ectheliontnacil
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    Lmao!!! Stupidest thing I've heard in quite some time. Why the *** is zos banning this name, it's hilarious.
  • efster
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    So basically, it's OK to be upset if someone was too sensitive and went MODS!!! on you, but if you're upset for some other reason, then you're just too sensitive.

    I think i got it. Sensitive-ception!
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  • DanteYoda
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    Mureel wrote: »
    Argonians don't eat eat children.

    Wood Elves do.

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

    :D

    wood elves eat children? i'm deleting my wood elf :/ eww

    Wood elves are cannibals.

    Not necessarily children.
    Not just cannibals, they eat all meat.. They just don't discriminate on what the meat is..
  • ChunkyCat
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    I had to change one of charachter names, too!

    rip Leonardo the Retardo. :(
  • Ragebull
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    Not inclusive enough, it discriminates against fat kids
  • NorthernNightmare
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    AuldWolf wrote: »
    I'm kind of vexed by a few of the anti-SJW replies this thread has had. Are we playing the same game? This is a game that has LGBT people as a normal part of the world, the Tamrielic take on the Alt-Right (the Veiled Heritance) are the primary targets of the Aldmeri Dominion quest line.

    ZOS are cool people, they understand that people have feelings and are traumatised about things. I mean, if I were someone whose kid had been killed by someone, I'd be upset by a name like that as well. It's all about sensitivity and empathy, which sadly some people are sorely lacking in. There are many quests in ESO though that suggest that the people at ZOS aren't. Which I've often felt genuinely pleased about.

    Consider the questline with Velsa and Narahni in the Thieves Guild, too. There's sensitivity all over ESO and it's one of the game's most endearing features. I frankly love that they're a bunch of big, feelsy babies. I've talked about it before in another thread. It makes me happy.

    If you want far right freedoms to screw people up and traumatise them? You're probably playing the wrong game.

    I mean, you do realise how a name like that would affect someone who's experienced child loss via kidnapping or similar, right???

    Good grief.

    Even this thread worries me, so I'm going to report it. It's the kind of thing that shouldn't exist.

    I......
    Its a rated M game
    is going to be handling dark things!
    This is like saying someone watching deadpool and getting upset at the gore over something has the right to sue the company
  • Merlin13KAGL
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    lnsane wrote: »
    AuldWolf wrote: »
    [...] I mean, you do realise how a name like that would affect someone who's experienced child loss via kidnapping or similar, right??? [...]
    I do, but I don't see how it's relevant honestly.
    Did you not consider the possibility that said loss involved being eaten by a giant magical lizard person?

    Just because you don't like the way something is doesn't necessarily make it wrong...

    Earn it.

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  • Danksta
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    I'm pretty sure if someone reported your character's name and it was Rainbows and Puppies they would still force you to name change. I've been half tempted to ask a friend to report a name on a couple characters of mine just so I can get a free name change.
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  • olivesforge
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    WeyounTM wrote: »
    While I do agree that your chars name isn't the most offensive one out there....i am kind of glad that ZoS is trying to cut down on what some of you call "humour" or "sarcasm"...
    In an internet gaming world where AIDS and cancer is being used so wildly in a manner that can only be described "disgusting" by every normal thinking human being I am sure glad that at least someone is trying to draw a line.

    But I guess in a world where a leader of the "free world" is vomiting things like these all over the twitter-sphere....some people might think of your chars name as not very offensive.

    I came across another char the other week called "Aidsforyoo" and I didnt hesitate to report that player. But maybe I am way to old to understand that kind of funny wits you guys are calling humour these days.

    Your forum name is derived from a genocidal Wood Elf who murdered billions.
    Edited by olivesforge on June 19, 2018 1:21PM
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    Yeah, this name is not funny.
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