I have to say, cheers for "Art Vandalay"

algemeseb17_ESO wrote: »

Strange that some names were not blocked at the start.
For example, in first few minutes of early start i took the name which I wanted.
And after thet I decided to check out of curiosity some names.

And I was amazed when i can create character named "Mephala"!!!
So in the end they will make me change it? It will not be a surprise. But I would like to know more precisely.

I guess it depends on game.

I have a character in World of Warcraft named Vaermina. She's never gotten reported and I've gotten compliments on it.

Now had I done that here it'd probably have been nailed. Naming your character after a specific lore character here I'm unsure is even allowed.

disexistencenub19_ESO wrote: »

I'm so glad they are actually cracking down on stupid and offensive names or names from fiction and popular culture. However, some of these seem beyond silly to ban.

I do like seeing that they're cracking down on some of them, but I agree, there are others that are kinda stupid.

Like that guy I saw running around two days ago named Captain Cocaine.

TaergEno wrote: »

TrillBilly wrote: »

I to was a victim of this but on the forums. My middle name is Walter I know this is a mediocre at best middle name. But I am also white "very white" so my name of walter whiteboi shouldn't harm anyone. yet I had to change it from that as I received a warning to change it due to hoe it may harm to community.

I really hope you are trolling....whiteboi can be seen are racist...especially the spelling of boi mixed with a skin color.

He could have named himself *** McWhiterson.

I'm actually called that by one of my sister's black friends because I'm so damn pale it looks like I was dipped in a bucket of whitewash.

What patch notes.

boonjurieb16_ESO wrote: »

ZOS reported this may happen as of shortly they have switched on some kind of filter. Be sure to check out the patch notes. That way you would have known this

boonjurieb16_ESO wrote: »

ZOS reported this may happen as of shortly they have switched on some kind of filter. Be sure to check out the patch notes. That way you would have known this

Sue_D_Nim wrote: »

I think it's clever.

However, anybody with a name lifted from popular fiction, pop culture, or any published work shouldn't be too surprised when they get nabbed. It IS in the Code of Conduct.

I imagine that Art Vandelay (again, really good name; makes me giggle) falls under one of these two rules:

4.No name that contains or refers to copyrighted characters. E.g. "Harry Potter", "Drizzt Do'Urden", "Mario", "Link" etc.

5.No name that contains or refers to popular characters/names. I believe this mostly refers to any previously copyrighted work now in the public domain. E.g. "Dracula", "United States".

But any "name lifted from popular fiction, pop culture, or any published work" is literally every name that's not just some random letters strung together. That's a terrible policy.

Prohibiting names that Zenimax wants to reserve and names that are offensive is enough. Anything more is completely arbitrary and impossibly restrictive. No matter what Nintendo believes, they do not own all uses of the name "Mario" and they can't possibly sue Zenimax for a player using it.

Has there ever actually been a copyright/trademark suit filed over a player's character name in any game?

Someone should be legally able to use Mario/Ezio/etc as a character name, as it should fall under fair use. There should be no infringement, as there is no attempt to confuse your character with the 'real' Mario, and you (or ZOS) are not making any profit from the use of the name.

South_of_Heaven wrote: »

eq2imora_ESO wrote: »

I have a character in World of Warcraft named Vaermina. She's never gotten reported and I've gotten compliments on it.

I had a character named "Archimonde" back in vanilla. I was "what the hell, Archimonde is dead they won't add him", but after that time travel instance, caverns of time, I logged one morning and my character was named "Bernard".
I talked with the gm and was like "seriously... Bernard? Couldn't you think of something better to shock me with?"

Every time I read or hear that name. I can't help but think about Azerothian Super Villains.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=u2WG-9wocwM

I saw Lord Shiggorath (His name was spelled right, I can't remember how it goes)... In a public dungeon today. Right beard and everything... Apparently he crazied himself down to being High 20's. Funny part was he was killing Daedra in Sanguine’s Demesne in Shadowfen...

He didn't even ask me to have some cheese...

Ragnar_Lodbrok wrote: »

I had Obama Bin-Laden hit with a rename, I just deleted him as I was just place holding him. Ill just reroll that redguard O'bama B'in-La'den instead.

Hassan bin laid

Ive seen worse in my time in MMoRPG's... A duo named Capt Kirk & Mista Spack come to mind...

It is afterall still a fantasy game, so keep your name in the spirit of the game.

"Standing On the Roof With a Rocketlauncher" ... big /facepalm

That whole Art Vadewhatever should have been allowed imho

But Mister Ragnar... you do realise the second you log in your Obama character you "are" gonna get hit again right... A little thought into naming goes a long way to avoid getting a name change forced on you

*protip* It seems if your name is awwddssf or wwssffd or ddsfyyy, or mrgggg, mrtttt, or anything close to those - you fly under ZoS's radar.

digitalprowlerb14_ESO wrote: »

I had a character named "Archimonde" back in vanilla. I was "what the hell, Archimonde is dead they won't add him", but after that time travel instance, caverns of time, I logged one morning and my character was named "Bernard".
I talked with the gm and was like "seriously... Bernard? Couldn't you think of something better to shock me with?"

They could have done the same thing we'd do back in the CoH days. Players that were reported for inappropriate name were given the name 'GenericHeroxxxx' with the x's being a number.

I don't know about 'shocking' you, but it would definitely have qualified as 'mocking' you.

Glurin wrote: »

mr_stealth_b14_ESO wrote: »

Has there ever actually been a copyright/trademark suit filed over a player's character name in any game?

Well....
eq2wire.com/2013/07/24/character-blocked-from-eq2u-due-to-trademark-claim/

Yeah that made me laugh.

Personally, Id have forwarded it to SOE, got Brad to write up a mail with information to contact their legal department and then lol'd.

Guy would have run like a wuss from a letter by them.

kstauthamerb16_ESO wrote: »

Art Vandelay, from Vandelay enterprises? I am wondering what other names you had though!

It's Vandelay Industries.

Glurin wrote: »

mr_stealth_b14_ESO wrote: »

Has there ever actually been a copyright/trademark suit filed over a player's character name in any game?

Well....
eq2wire.com/2013/07/24/character-blocked-from-eq2u-due-to-trademark-claim/

Clearly I must re-read the Dante's Inferno to figure out which circle of hell that the "infringee" belongs in.

Sakiri wrote: »

Glurin wrote: »

mr_stealth_b14_ESO wrote: »

Has there ever actually been a copyright/trademark suit filed over a player's character name in any game?

Well....
eq2wire.com/2013/07/24/character-blocked-from-eq2u-due-to-trademark-claim/

Yeah that made me laugh.

Personally, Id have forwarded it to SOE, got Brad to write up a mail with information to contact their legal department and then lol'd.

Guy would have run like a wuss from a letter by them.

Thing is, it's not just this one guy. Groups like RIAA, MPAA and their ilk are very, very, very trigger happy when it comes to copyright claims. There's even firms that file tons of lawsuits, but don't actually represent the people they say they do.

Then there's also cases like Marvel suing NCsoft over the ability to create characters similar to Marvel trademark characters.

That said, there is a tendency among many players to be a little "unimaginative" when it comes to creating a character. Like they're trying to figure out how many different ways they can spell Gandalf.