It is blatantly against the rules, though slightly obscure knowledge to know the names of all the devs and other admin staff, ignorance is not justification, but in alot of games this would result in an instant full ban, maybe with a chance of appeal with a rename (which you'd probably have to pay for) but using an official staff members name is always against TOS in all games I've ever come across and using even similar names is in some I've played.
Edit: Forget it, I'm just editing this all out in case a mod rolls through for discussing moderation, and because the discussion is pretty stupid anyway.
What an utterly useless thread. Congrats on getting so many of your fleet members banned over nothing but your own stupidity and anger. You messed with the EULA, you got a slap on the wrist.
Dude... it's 24 hours... 1 day... it's not like he was perma-banned.... 1 day... on a weekday...
really this is a slap on the wrist. He broke the EULA, knowing obviously. Cryptic came down on the light side with a simple 1 day ban. 24 hours. Hell probablyl with life going on that's what... 4 hours of game time he lost. Boo friggin hoo.
Did he break the EULA?And if so,did he break it knowingly? Those are quite the assumptions you are making.
You could even say 'their game,their rules'.....but being able to do something doesn't make it right.Say you spent a $1000 on STO today,and for no other reason than they can,they close your account tomorrow.Would you have something to say other than 'their game,their rules'?
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Meh, if it means that much to you, rename it Okeg.
Wow. All this time playing the game and I never picked up on that reference! O_o
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Did he break the EULA?And if so,did he break it knowingly? Those are quite the assumptions you are making.
You could even say 'their game,their rules'.....but being able to do something doesn't make it right.Say you spent a $1000 on STO today,and for no other reason than they can,they close your account tomorrow.Would you have something to say other than 'their game,their rules'?
He clearly did and ignorance of the rules is not an excuse.
I can't believe this is even an issue let alone worthy of this big and immediate of a reaction. How is not naming yourself after a dev, mod, or any official not the most common of sense?
He clearly did and ignorance of the rules is not an excuse.
I can't believe this is even an issue let alone worthy of this big and immediate of a reaction. How is not naming yourself after a dev, mod, or any official not the most common of sense?
guess thats not in games like ******** (war- craft its censored lol )....imagine how many names would be banned with so many devs working on them.
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when the name was insulting, like the one guy last week.
i know of some ship names that were reset because they were rated R
Yeah thank goodness, I would have people brute forcing my account if it was.
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pretty much when peopel got banned for posting doffs in chat ....that happend too
LOL... you and me both
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Did he break the EULA?And if so,did he break it knowingly? Those are quite the assumptions you are making.
You could even say 'their game,their rules'.....but being able to do something doesn't make it right.Say you spent a $1000 on STO today,and for no other reason than they can,they close your account tomorrow.Would you have something to say other than 'their game,their rules'?
Take back your home,end the grind!
Volunteer moderators policing the forums is like a mall cop trying to solve a murder.
Never. See, most ppl are not stupid enough to even try to call a ban over themselves. :P
Inb4 lock, btw.
Geko is insulting? How can 4 letters be insulting?
Umm, I said ban. I know when you have a insult etc or impersonation, they change it to badname###, and send you an email to change it. Op is a lier.
you call people liars just because.... right?
you trolling or just stupid?
Wow. All this time playing the game and I never picked up on that reference! O_o
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You know the funny thing is, I'm wondering the same exact thing about you. The EXACT same thing.
No, he called them 'liers,' a far greater offense. :P
the guy's name was geko....balls
I dont need to wonder about you ,I already know
Rofl!!!!! I might name one of my alts Okega now just for the fun of it ;p.
He clearly did and ignorance of the rules is not an excuse.
I can't believe this is even an issue let alone worthy of this big and immediate of a reaction. How is not naming yourself after a dev, mod, or any official not the most common of sense?
what's okega?
guess thats not in games like ******** (war- craft its censored lol )....imagine how many names would be banned with so many devs working on them.
fact : aftleast 80% of sto playerbase cant think.
Well,I have met the Dev Cryptic thinks the name is referring to in person....being called a geko is quite insulting indeed.
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It's fake geko's (okego's) wife in the mirror universe. You didn't already know this!?
An anagram for 'a geko' maybe?