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Name policy!!

mohammadmojtabamohammadmojtaba Member Posts: 12 Arc User
edited August 2014 in General Discussion (PC)
It might sound stupid, but i just found 3 person, who does have the same exact name as my TR.
Honestly i dont know much about name policy in NW, but i really wanna know, why there is people out there in my server, that have the same name. However i tried to copy someone's name and make a new char with that name, but it just didnt let me, because the name was already taken, so my question is: If there is a name, which is taken, and u can not make a char with that name again, then why there is 3 people, who have same name as my TR ?
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  • iambecks1iambecks1 Member Posts: 4,044 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    It's the bit after the @ that has to be unique so there could be a hundred Zara Lightbanes but they all have to be Zara Lightbanes@this bit has to be unique
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  • lewstelamon01lewstelamon01 Member Posts: 7,415 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Names are not unique, @handles are.
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  • ministerofchangeministerofchange Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    The only time you should get the unable to name thing is if the name you are trying to use some how breaks some part of the naming policy.
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  • alkemist80alkemist80 Member Posts: 957 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Come up with something original and don't use the name generator. Also like the real world, people can and do have the same names as others.
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  • vader6139vader6139 Member Posts: 79 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Is there any kind of block on some very disrespectful names? Saw some in Enclave that were very disrespectful to many peoples and minorities.
  • mircalla83mircalla83 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 36
    edited August 2014
    Another suggestion for names might also be this:

    http://archive.wizards.com/dnd/Tool.aspx?x=dnd/4new/tool/cng

    It is a link to the (old, Pre-5th Ed) Wizards of the Coast Website, and their name generator. You can select background, race, class, how the character is regarded by society....and then have a name list generated. I usually pick a first and a last name from the list, and combine them, that way, it is very unlikely that I EVER collide with someone else, name wise.
  • lewstelamon01lewstelamon01 Member Posts: 7,415 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    vader6139 wrote: »
    Is there any kind of block on some very disrespectful names? Saw some in Enclave that were very disrespectful to many peoples and minorities.

    You'd have to report the name using the ingame function or the support website, and then that'd have to be added to the name filter. No guarantees that it would be, however, that's the procedure on how to go about reporting inappropriate names.
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  • pitshadepitshade Member Posts: 5,665 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    It can happen even if you don't have a name taken from somewhere else. My first character is the only one with a generated name and twice I've seen characters with the exact same one. Once in the Storming the Keep CTA, I was randomly grouped with a cleric of the same name, which made party chat interesting. (this was before I learned to turn on the @handle under chat options) The other day, I saw a rogue in PE with the same name as well.
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  • vader6139vader6139 Member Posts: 79 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    You'd have to report the name using the ingame function or the support website, and then that'd have to be added to the name filter. No guarantees that it would be, however, that's the procedure on how to go about reporting inappropriate names.

    Thanks for the info. Been playing awhile but usually don't watch what is taking place in zone chat. Saw a name pop up that made me angry. Will just report it next time.
  • myowmyowmyowmyow Member Posts: 1,923 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    The filter for non-foul names is pretty weak in this game. I easily bypassed it on a couple of companions for two of my alts. My names are not disrespectful to any person or group of people, just a little dirty for humor's sake. :)

    I used to play another MMORPG that had a serious name filter - it even detected all the sneaky ways people try to create foul names, such as recognizing zeros as equal to "o" and $ as equal to "s" and so on. It also detected repetitive use of the same characters and a lot more. I was amazed by how well it was designed - run out of England.
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  • vader6139vader6139 Member Posts: 79 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Profanity doesn't bother me, that is expected in an MMO style game. Heck I swear more often in Guild Chat than not on certain dungeons and IWD drops.

    It's the disrespectful racial slur names that get my goat. Those I find to be the most distasteful.
  • mistressphoenixmistressphoenix Member Posts: 369 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    The uniqueness of how names are handled in PWE games is what keeps me here. It was LOSING my names in SWtOR (names that as a headstarter i got within an hour of headstart) due to server merges that caused me to swear them off forever. If more games used the same system that is used here, i'd be a lot happier.
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  • blacksladdiblacksladdi Member Posts: 359 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I am happy i can choose whatever name i want, even if it means i need to share it with many others. I however am not happy that people can choose racist names, don't care for it at all. you wanna be called uberlame***** you can name yourself that. you wanna say something racist to avoid the filter.. i'm not.
  • anharmonanharmon Member Posts: 175
    edited August 2014
    I'm curious -- do people usually name their characters with a last name/2 word names? I feel like 1 word names are more common.
  • mistressphoenixmistressphoenix Member Posts: 369 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    i've used one word names and two word names. Just depends on the character. (Some of them would never be willing to claim the name of their parents...) i see more one word names, though.
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  • rickcase276rickcase276 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,404 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I tend to take the random names then modify them, change last name, add letters, etc. Original but not so original.
  • beckylunaticbeckylunatic Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 14,231 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    iambecks1 wrote: »
    All them are in the auto name thing so maybe they are used by players who don't give a HAMSTER about rping and are too lazy to bother thinking of and typing another name xD

    What I find odd are the characters that are using random-gen names but then actually have an extensive bio typed out, as though the player only got into the RP later, long after they'd quickly settled on a throwaway name.
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  • dragosani84dragosani84 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 84
    edited August 2014
    pitshade wrote: »
    It can happen even if you don't have a name taken from somewhere else. My first character is the only one with a generated name and twice I've seen characters with the exact same one. Once in the Storming the Keep CTA, I was randomly grouped with a cleric of the same name, which made party chat interesting. (this was before I learned to turn on the @handle under chat options) The other day, I saw a rogue in PE with the same name as well.

    Oh wow, I didn't know you could turn on the @handle under the chat options. It's always such a pain to have to go click on people or "pretend" send them a tell just to see their @handle. Thank you so much for this :D Learn something new every day.
  • blacksladdiblacksladdi Member Posts: 359 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    anharmon wrote: »
    I'm curious -- do people usually name their characters with a last name/2 word names? I feel like 1 word names are more common.

    i personally like 1 word names so what is what I use. I also do not RP so that may skew my opinion.
  • jennyavarieljennyavariel Member, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 167
    edited August 2014
    harkur wrote: »
    Only decent variant of that I have ever seen was...

    Leggomyeggolas

    Should be a few more of those by the the time you read this. ( If server is back up :P )
  • pitshadepitshade Member Posts: 5,665 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    beckylunatic wrote: »
    What I find odd are the characters that are using random-gen names but then actually have an extensive bio typed out, as though the player only got into the RP later, long after they'd quickly settled on a throwaway name.
    I can understand it. My first character has a random generated name and to some degree that bugs me. However, the reason it bugs me is because I care about her and for better or worse her name is part of who she is. To date, I've renamed two chars. My sixth char got a random name because I couldn't make up my mind and wanted to get into the game. Then as soon as I did, a good name hit me. So I spent some Zen lying around and changed her name. Then later, I renamed my second char to make the name less of a joke, but kept her first name for continuity.
    dragosani84 wrote: »
    Oh wow, I didn't know you could turn on the @handle under the chat options. It's always such a pain to have to go click on people or "pretend" send them a tell just to see their @handle. Thank you so much for this :D Learn something new every day.
    You're welcome. You can also hover the cursor over their name in chat, but going into options and checking the box makes it a lot easier.
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  • beckylunaticbeckylunatic Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 14,231 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    pitshade wrote: »
    I can understand it. My first character has a random generated name and to some degree that bugs me. However, the reason it bugs me is because I care about her and for better or worse her name is part of who she is. To date, I've renamed two chars. My sixth char got a random name because I couldn't make up my mind and wanted to get into the game. Then as soon as I did, a good name hit me. So I spent some Zen lying around and changed her name. Then later, I renamed my second char to make the name less of a joke, but kept her first name for continuity.

    I do get it, but still find detailed backstories with random-gen names slightly incongruous.

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  • pitshadepitshade Member Posts: 5,665 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I've done two appearance changes. My first char got a new hairstyle after months of her big 'fro clipping through the Ilithid robes she's worn since finishing the questline (as a transmute skin now). I also made a few tweaks to her face. My third character got a dye job. I wanted white hair but it ended up more grey. I changed it platinum blonde since white wasn't an option and grey hair made her look old.
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  • lordmentallordmental Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 26 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Personally, I use names I came up with my self for characters I played in older D&D PnP campaigns. My CW, Calas Myrij was originally a sorcerer in a custom campaign setting created by my elder brother. My GF is based on my current Pathfinder Paladin. Other names, such as my GWF (Urdnot (As if it's not obvious where THAT came from.)) is based on things I like.
  • refracted0dawnrefracted0dawn Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 894 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    vader6139 wrote: »
    Is there any kind of block on some very disrespectful names? Saw some in Enclave that were very disrespectful to many peoples and minorities.

    I don't know what you mean by "disrespectful", but we had a useless GWF in our party a while ago that had an really juvenile, obscene name that would be blocked in chat by the profanity filter. And might even get censored here. If not censored, I'm sure it would be deleted.

    OOPS! I typed it to see if it would get blocked, and it wasn't!

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  • zshikarazshikara Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 796 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I use completely unique names that hold some meaning to me. I will admit that my current in game name only came to existance about a year ago, but its from my D&D campaign that I am a player in (pen and paper version). I also have names from when I played WoW and other even older names that I sometimes use. I think I have like 5 or 6 names that mean something to me.
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  • adinosiiadinosii Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,294 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I use names that seem to suit the character - both here and in pen-and-paper RP games (which I have been playing for nearly 25+) - names that somehow feel appropriate for the race/class combination in question.
    Hoping for improvements...
  • ambisinisterrambisinisterr Member, Neverwinter Moderator Posts: 10,462 Community Moderator
    edited August 2014
    Just to be a bit clearer, there is a filter for offensive names but it can be avoided or certain words may only be offensive in context. As such please do report any names you find offensive.

    However, as pointed out many times, Neverwinter uses an @handle system which is unarguably superior to the stereotypical MMO 'sorry but if you want this name add numbers!' system. Only one of your characters may have a specific name but players may choose any name they wish whether another person has chosen that name or not as long as it conforms to the naming policy which is nothing more than keep it...mature...and not mature as in vulgar.
  • refracted0dawnrefracted0dawn Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 894 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    My first character is called Refractions of Dawn. She's a Tielfing Healer of Amaunator. And she IS a Healer. My Dwarf DC is not; he's a Battle Berserker War Priest of Clanggeddin Silverbeard.

    One of the games I really enjoyed in the past was Icewind Dale I and Icewind Dale II, Heart of Winter/Heart of Fury. The Heroes of Icewind Dale in my party had an Aasimar Druid called Contractions of Fate and a Tiefling Enchanter/Thief called Consequence of Grace. So I made them Refractions of Dawn's parents and she was born in Caer-Konig. And this was before I even knew there was going to be an IWD module in Neverwinter, so it worked out well. She is actually 1/2 human, 1/4 Celestial and 1/4 Infernal, but her Tiefling blood line seems to dominate. They relocated to Neverwinter when Refractions of Dawn was four as her father did not want to become Grand Mayor of the Ten Towns.

    She hates the cold and Auril the Frost Goddess, while her father's elemental Druidic abilities drew her towards the Sun and it's life-giving warmth. She became a Priestess of Amaunator and has spent the last few years spreading his light to the darkened areas of Neverwinter, granting the gift of Peace Eternal to the Undead filth that pollute the shadowy places.

    All my other characters have names and backgrounds equally detailed. It's probably 30 years of being heavily into AD&D, but I cannot even play a CRPG without having an actual character to play. I'd no more use a random name generator than stick needles in my eye.

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