I knew it, I didnt think so soon......apparently a player has taken it upon himself to report ALL Character and ship names he feels are NOT CANON.
I saw this in a pvp zone chat tonight. This person, who i am NOT going to name, reported a bunch of us for "non canon and nonsensical" toon and ship names.
I want a Dev or GM response on what the guidelines are for naming because if some probably overweight hot pocket eater has appointed himself "naming sheriff" then I want this nipped in the bud NOW
My ship and character name isnt important. rest assured it isnt anything like I have seen flying around like the "USS Adolf Hitler" or the "USS TRIBBLE", which I can understand being reported, but I dont have a canon name on my toon or ship and THAT is what is making me angry, that some obsessed cheetoh eater decides anything NON CANON is getting reported.
Names that are similar to Trek names don't really bother me that much considering extended families and offspring, but the John-Luke Pikards do get kind of annoying.
My only gripe is with the U.S.S. En7erprizes and other variants. Those I wish Cryptic would block or do something about, but even then I haven't seen nearly as many as I thought I would. And obviously lewd, and socially unacceptable names like U.S.S. N$&%er Beater (and yes I have seen one of those) should be reported.
Also before anyone asks, no I'm not the name sheriff.
Cryptic has screwed the pooch in a couple ways here.
1st off they said way back when STO was in development that Ship names (along with Boff names) were going to be generated so they would not have to police a TRIBBLE load of names for each player.
Then they said we would have the ability to turn off the names so we would not have to see them in sector space or PvP.
Neither thing happened, and now some players are retaliating by reporting every non-canon name they see. I'm not saying it is right fair or I agree with it, it is just is whats happening because of Cryptics woeful lack of polish on their product.
Cryptic should have just asked Taldren what happens when you mislead the Treker fanbase.
Honestly, my biggest worry with this is that I'm going to get reported by somebody like that. My ships are named the USS Dargason and the USS Danza. Both of those look like gibberish to those who aren't familiar with the names, but they're actually the titles of two pieces of classical music that I performed in my high school orchestra. I don't want to have to put up with some moron reporting me just because he doesn't know jack **** about music.
Also, how wouldn't most of the alien names that you might make up (like that Vulcan ship in "Take Me Out to the Holosuite") seem like gibberish too? I mean, I'm all for reporting names like USS TRIBBLE or USS En7erprise, but if some dude is going around reporting every name he doesn't get... that's just gonna get annoying.
I've seen a lot of variations of James T Kirk though. Scads of em. I'd really prefer names with an ounce of originality or humor and zero canon to this garbage. I don't report this sort of stuff either. If I don't like it, I don't have to stare at it. Punks just make me sad.
Names that are similar to Trek names don't really bother me that much considering extended families and offspring, but the John-Luke Pikards do get kind of annoying.
My only gripe is with the U.S.S. En7erprizes and other variants. Those I wish Cryptic would block or do something about, but even then I haven't seen nearly as many as I thought I would. And obviously lewd, and socially unacceptable names like U.S.S. N$&%er Beater (and yes I have seen one of those) should be reported.
Also before anyone asks, no I'm not the name sheriff.
I've seen a lot of variations of James T Kirk though. Scads of em. I'd really prefer names with an ounce of originality or humor and zero canon to this garbage. I don't report this sort of stuff either. If I don't like it, I don't have to stare at it. Punks just make me sad.
People are actually reporting names? Wow. I'm too busy playing the game to give a damn; if someone has an idiotic ship/character name, I just laugh, congratulate myself on staying with canon, and then fly right on by.
I knew it, I didnt think so soon......apparently a player has taken it upon himself to report ALL Character and ship names he feels are NOT CANON.
I saw this in a pvp zone chat tonight. This person, who i am NOT going to name, reported a bunch of us for "non canon and nonsensical" toon and ship names.
I want a Dev or GM response on what the guidelines are for naming because if some probably overweight hot pocket eater has appointed himself "naming sheriff" then I want this nipped in the bud NOW
Jean-Luc Paul Hyperriker from the USS Slamwagon eagerly awaits his affections.
you can't be reported if your name isn't canon, so this persons reports will go un acted on, they may actually get in trouble for too many stupid reports, I wouldn't worry about it.
Well I can't say that I didn't expect this but consider this... The GMs are going to have enough to do over the next few weeks dealing with real issues especially after the 2nd that they probably aren't going to pay much attention to some over zealous douchebag with an overworked report button. Take this to heart though... Abusing the report function is a direct violation of the EULA so if they get tired of these type of reports it's the reporter that will get banned.
I knew it, I didnt think so soon......apparently a player has taken it upon himself to report ALL Character and ship names he feels are NOT CANON.
I saw this in a pvp zone chat tonight. This person, who i am NOT going to name, reported a bunch of us for "non canon and nonsensical" toon and ship names.
I want a Dev or GM response on what the guidelines are for naming because if some probably overweight hot pocket eater has appointed himself "naming sheriff" then I want this nipped in the bud NOW
Well done Sir, you win the inter-net and over 9000 grand prize's.
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I just dont feel like dealing with the hassle.
My only gripe is with the U.S.S. En7erprizes and other variants. Those I wish Cryptic would block or do something about, but even then I haven't seen nearly as many as I thought I would. And obviously lewd, and socially unacceptable names like U.S.S. N$&%er Beater (and yes I have seen one of those) should be reported.
Also before anyone asks, no I'm not the name sheriff.
1st off they said way back when STO was in development that Ship names (along with Boff names) were going to be generated so they would not have to police a TRIBBLE load of names for each player.
Then they said we would have the ability to turn off the names so we would not have to see them in sector space or PvP.
Neither thing happened, and now some players are retaliating by reporting every non-canon name they see. I'm not saying it is right fair or I agree with it, it is just is whats happening because of Cryptics woeful lack of polish on their product.
Cryptic should have just asked Taldren what happens when you mislead the Treker fanbase.
Going with Captain Marc Moreland of the USS West Covina.
If he reports me,I'm gonna unhouse my plasma conduit and do a Kirk manoeuvre on his aft shield.
Also, how wouldn't most of the alien names that you might make up (like that Vulcan ship in "Take Me Out to the Holosuite") seem like gibberish too? I mean, I'm all for reporting names like USS TRIBBLE or USS En7erprise, but if some dude is going around reporting every name he doesn't get... that's just gonna get annoying.
People just have no originality.
http://nekollx.deviantart.com/art/USS-Bas-Set-151621051
There is an option for this. Check your HUD settings.
Why are you on here exactly?
Just sort of a guardian angel, if you will
His name is
lolwaitingforjoinedtrill
ship name
rustbucket
But that's surely canon, no?
Bren
I just don't want to see DeathLordReaper captaining the U.S.S. IShartedInMyPants.
I'M THE NAME POLICE> HAHAHAHAHA
no but I do have a sound byte of him back when he played WOW.
CLICK ME TO YOUTUBE
LOL
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Why is the female on the right look like she has one breast heavily sagging compared to the other breast?...
Anyway let him report all he wants it doesn't mean anything other than GMs will learn to ignore him.
Well done Sir, you win the inter-net and over 9000 grand prize's.