My name is not against ToS/Rules - Yet being forced to change it

[AlexiaD]

"In Japanese popular culture, lolicon..."
As someone like me who doesn't know that term, why do I have to study japanese pop culture first in order to know how I shouldn't name a character?

Lmao the lengths yall will go to justify it

holy hell

"oh noooo i ddint know thats what it meant !!! i swear !!!"

cmon dude

[ACE135]

Yes, I didn't know the term "loli" as I'm not firm neither in japanese pop culture nore in anime culture.

[localareanetwork]

lmao a lalafell player with the word loli in their name? bruh

[AmorfaVex]

Yes, I didn't know the term "loli" as I'm not firm neither in japanese pop culture nore in anime culture.

In that case, changing the name shouldnt be a problem.

The bigger question is, why are you so attached to that name that you would need to start a giant post about it?

People need to stop playing dumb here. Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

Mistakes happen, change the name and move on.

[Mostly_Raxus]

play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[Kes13a]

not that we required more proof.... but a living example of the hard fact that the english forums lack any form of moderation

[Thurmnmurmn]

Who said anything about contacting the FBI because someone has a really sus name in FFXIV???

So not the FBI specifically but quite a few people are saying we need our PCs scanned by the government.
Seems pretty darn similar.

[VirusOnline]

Look OP, I don't know you. We don't know you. The GMs don't know you. None of us are going to get to know you for the sake of redemption. And when a GM is involved, they should never know you. Conflict of interest is removed from this case and so is any means of the emotional tactics you use here ("it means so much to me!"/"it's personal"/"I'm not a bad person"). It's apparent from the ingame friends coming to defend you that they themselves can't remain impartial. Imagine if the judge in a court case was your best friend.

Let's be real, yeah? A large part of your defense as to why you should keep the name is plain emotional tactics along with the whole "they do it, so i can do it aka "Two wrongs make a right". Wrong. Ignorance does not excuse you from consequences, such as this case. Alas, I'm not convinced that you should keep your name and on the topic of anyone with the word in question in their name, I'd never be convinced.

Fact is, a large majority of the playerbase are somewhat in tune to anime culture and know what the terms means. The gods know why you would even bring this to a public forum sigh because now you've definitely put the spotlight on you and you alone. Change your name or follow through as you say and quit the game.

[SieyaM]

I would have associated the name with a lollipop. Didn't know that it could mean something else. In this regard I find it a bit strange having to know which words in a country are taboo but not in your country.

This loli trend is not really all that specific to a single country it just has origins in a single country. The fact that some people are unaware of it's connotation doesn't mean that many more are and that it can be a signal to people who want to look for that kind of thing.

[Astrus]

After 18 pages this probably sunk in but just look for alternatives that retain the meaning you're attributing to your name instead of clinging to a term a vocal if not big part of the community evidently takes offense at.

Chibi should come with none of the baggage. If you want to lean into the wise child meaning one of the variants of Chieko could be what you're after like 智栄子, 知瑛子, 知依子 or 智依子

Skirting the issue by changing the "nonproblematic" part of your name is just going to land you in hotter water the next time someone decides to report you and it's up for GM review. If appealing the decision and/or escalating to a senior GM got you nowhere the company's stance seems clear. They're selling renames for money, handing them out as unwarranted disciplinary action and disgruntling a paying customer in the process seems counterintuitive.

As evidenced by your new name, this isn't a case of a term being newly added to the automatic filter where you could claim unintentional consequences like a lot of companies had a couple of years back when the rise of ISIS and it's addition to blacklists also hit people using the name Isis. I remember what an uphill battle getting that sorted out was and their evidence was a lot more compelling than yours and the affected communities certainly more united.
If they've doubled down on an individual judgment that's that, accept it and move on.