Tiny Free Company rant

[Cherie]

I remember getting mad at someone in IRC chat a long time ago cause they picked the same name I wanted...so after using it for a while I was unable to use it one day :P But yea, I was a child...literally and didn't quite get it at first. They was quite kind about it and explained it to me and I picked another name indefinitely so I wouldn't keep them from logging in as that so I could find them again... lol I made a friend that day...

It's kind of sad that MMOs aren't quite like that. Maybe IRC is just so vanilla it's harder to glean any kind of bias on a person you don't know. MMOs you can be like "OMG, you silly miqote... all you darn cat people are like this! Shall I tie you up with a ball of string...oh wait I can't... you might like that you lame cat... #Dogperson4life" :P Online games are weird...

[Chione]

My FC was founded by a handful of family and friends way back in the dark ages it feels like. Named after our LS of FFXI days, we tried to think of a suitable tag that none of us had encountered before. Since then however, two other FC have formed with our tag. It seems to have mildly annoyed some of our non FC friends, but it doesn't really bother me. Then again, I keep most names turned off so anyone not on my friend list just looks like a wandering npc to me.

I certainly don't plan on changing my FC tag of two years for a wandering npc. And I don't expect them to change for us. Imagine how many FC tags would be in inactive-fc limbo or part of a ridiculously priced for-sale message in PF if they made these things the sole claim of whoever got to it first. No bueno.

My advice to the OP would be not to change your FC tag if you like it. You'd only encourage the guy who took issue with it to throw a tantrum at the next FC to come along.