Offensive Free Company Names

[Yule]

Yes, because it's spiteful to be offended by reminders of past traumatic experiences.

So the only way to help a rape victim is by actively reminding them they were raped by tiptoeing around the subject. Maybe if they just accept it and move on it wouldn't be such a big deal. Kinda like when you're little and you scratch your knee, you only start freaking out when someone else freaks out about it. Of course you can't compare being raped to something as trivial as a scratch but the psychological principal behind it is all the same. Funny how people always use the rape victim as their go-to.

[Thorauku]

It's SE's fault for not putting a filter when creating Free Companies.

[Ryuko]

SE will probably do something about it, if they can. There was a guy in my LS with a last name that had a clearly sexual connotation (not going to say it), and as you all know, LS names show up in the order they join. One day, I noticed the guy's last name had changed to something similar, but less offensive. His first name was still the same. So, SE likely forced him to change his name without much penalty. I'm not sure if the functionality exists for them to change FC names, but I can only imagine so. You can already change your little acronym at will.

[Ryuko]

Do offensive names bother me? Nope. I'm a pretty unoffendable person. This is the internet, after all. You can't survive without a thick set of skin.

Buuuuuut, this game is 13+. They even offer a profanity filter if you choose to use one. I think adults can be more creative than using profane names. That's just my opinion. That said, I've never reported a bad name. However, I've never seen a bad name stay for very long. Someone else always reports it.

[Naberrie]

I was playing an alt on a different server one day when I got blind invited to a FC whose name was, basically, the N word. That name I found offensive.

[mouseno4]

And another thing, there is also no such thing as freedom of speech on a multiplayer online game. Im sorry but you must adhere to rules and conditions of use - which you AGREED to when you installed the game. By the simple fact that you cannot post on this forum without having agreed to those exact same rules, you DO NOT have the right to say whatever you please. At any time at SE's choosing, if you break the rules regarding chat, names or titles - SE has the power to mute you, block you, ban you or otherwise remove you from their service. You have no ''rights'' for speech or naming conventions when you use a service.

[DefendPopPunk]

Don't be that guy

[PSxpert2011]

Like almost all threads, Making a storm in a glass of water is a common occurrence in this OF for FFXIV- OP ask if you can report a Free Company for expressing themselves in a vulgar or offensive way as like making up a name for yourself in-game that could possibly offend someone else or ruin their enjoyment of the game.

Let's not go off track and take the subject out of context.

Is it possible to change the name of offensive free company names? I reported an FC to a GM to see if they can be forced to change the name. I will not post the FC to avoid name shaming.

My answer to the OP is yes you can but it's up to SE to determine if there's a case to change the 'said name'. Words are words and even words in English can offend someone of another culture and you don't even know it.

My advice is to ask around, do a little research and expect the unexpected. Good day all!

[SpookyGhost]

While it isn't the worst thing in the world and any derogatory word isn't inherently derogatory (context is important, after all), you can't account for how sensitive someone is to what words. You wouldn't tell a rape victim to "get over it" and call them names just expecting them to be cool with it. A white person doesn't just go up to any random black person and call them the N word, expecting them to be cool with it. A straight person doesn't go up to any random gay person and call them a bundle of sticks, expecting them to be cool with it. Skin can only be so thick - if the knife can cut it, you'll still bleed.

[Faedden]

Snip.

I'm black, can't count all the times I've been called the n word with the er on the end of it by some white person and I'm told daily to get over slavery. Not to mention all the racist remarks on this forum towards Americans. Yet some how random people who have no effect on my life what so ever, saying bad words, isn't enough to get my underwear in a knot and go on forums whining about it.
You're right we can't account for how sensitive someone is to words but they can't expect everyone to change what they say/do/whatever because it "offends" them. Being offended doesn't make you special or automatically right.