What would you do if you THINK you see inappropriate name?

[Babydoll]

I usually just ignore it lol unless it is some kind of personal attack or something creepy....but if it bothers you, you can always try and report it.

[Rowyne]

A person in an old linkshell I was in was named Itchi Ballzak. It honestly drove me up a wall. The guy had a jerkface attitude to match the offensive name.

I quietly celebrated when I logged in one day and he was complaining because he was prompted for a name change before he could log in.

And, no, I wasn't the one who reported him. Someone else did it before I had the chance.

[Overkill9000]

report it. se will figure it out.

[Molly_Millions]

this should settle the debate, check the TOS

3.3 Profanity and Offensive Language. You may not use profanity or any language that a reasonable person would find offensive. The Game is for players aged 13 and older. You agree to behave accordingly.

http://support.na.square-enix.com/ru...seragreement_e

[ispano]

this should settle the debate, check the TOS



http://support.na.square-enix.com/ru...seragreement_e

Now you're going to get the people saying "what's reasonable" In truth there's no way to know, but any sane, thinking person should be able to figure out what they mean by that.

[Molly_Millions]

Now you're going to get the people saying "what's reasonable" In truth there's no way to know, but any sane, thinking person should be able to figure out what they mean by that.

it's worded that way intentionally, so if somebody is offended they should report it.

[Chezen]

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ditto

Those are two excellent posts Aleczan. The truth is, in America, it wasn't that much different up until recently. Even now, although it has relaxed a lot, it's still not as bad as what you encounter here online, depending on where you go... at least not yet.

here's the problem with looking at a word without knowing the connotation and taking it as rude...

I completely agree that people go from one extreme to the other. But I think most are refering to words that are accepted and even by definition vulgar. "Black Dude" is taken by some to be racist (not me unless I saw it in some particular context), but s**t, is a known and indesputible one, by our definition as of today. In the first case, personally I'd take a complaint against it to be frivolous and dismiss it, but in the second, that would easily fall under the guidelines. Things like this are why we have GM's to decide, and I think they'd be fair.

Also, we are talking about public names, and maybe public speaking. What you say privately to each other, I don't think anyone disputes being able to say what you want. Like minds tend to seek each other out, it's up to us to find people with similiar tastes and interests, and even speaking habits or lack thereof.

this should settle the debate, check the TOS

Which makes for all the more reason to enforce the guidelines. But really, it's in a companies best interest, in the long run. If rudeness takes over a game, people don't want to play it. The general public of people who show curtesy to each other, shouldn't have to have their game ruined by a few who can't seem to get it.

[Deceptistar]

if its not a name thats degrading a person/race/gender i think its all amusing :S