What's up with the non-RP names in RP-servers?

Or maybe this thread is at fault for bringing it to the attention of the masses ?

I learned something really disturbing on SWTOR the other night and if I started a thread on the subject you can bet your bottom dollar that it would have the same effect. Obviously I can't say what it was as the grievers would use it. It would cause a lot of stress.

OT I have a character and i can tell that she has been /ignored by many people due to the general chat convos been all broken up. Now to all the people who just run around disliking names and ignoring said people , have you ever thought of asking why they are called what they are ? You might find out that they indeed have a reason and they might even role play that said character. Just a thought for you and no I won't say what my name is on that character because it will bring more negative attention to her.

Cheers,

BadOrb.

There are no RP servers in this game. There are no GM's. No events. No naming policy. No chat bubbles. No population.

Nothing.

While personally I think your name is a little silly for a RP server especially with the knowledge that you attempt to emulate an NPC, there is a lot of leeway with names especially in Starwars, where a lot of characters use nicknames. For example The Defenestrator which is a famous bountyhunter. It's not that weird for someone's name to be "Trainer" especially with the thousands/millions of different cultures in Starwars all with different naming conventions.
That said, some names are just picked deliberately to try to be annoying to RP'ers, like some of the little kids in this topic showed (the "I'm going to pick a terrible name just to spite RP'ers" responses).

They have a habit of not enforcing their own ToS for the game. They really don't have the staff to do it anyway. Look at the average ticket response times, which are measured in weeks now as it is. If they were to actually enforce the ToS when people report violations, that would easily change to a month or longer.

This is their first MMO, and it shows at all levels.

ORLY?

Yeah OP, how dare you make a thread pointing out a problem.
Dont you know your suppose to stick your head in a the sand and let others behave in any manner they want,
because they are that special little flower!

Shesh, the nerve of pointing out a issue in hopes it brings light to issue and creates change removing the problem!

*yes, that was HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY Sarcasm as blaming someone because they brought light to a problem about the dumbest thing ive heard today!!!*

ROFL!

This reminds me of a true story from me teen ager years
Knew a guy that managed a restraunt and knew one of his workers

One day guy shows up to open kitchen and worker no where to be seen
Guy waits 30 minutes in case person running late but nope, no show
Guy calls worker at home (who is still fast asleep), waking him up
"Hey, your late, you coming to work?"
Worker "oh damn, yep yep im on my way"
They hang up and worker rolls over and goes back to sleep
Next day worker shows up for work to find out hes been fired and THROWS A FIT
(and im not joking, this is what the conversation was)

Worker "how can you fire me???"
Manager "You missed your shift after I called and woke you up, I need dependable workers"
Worker "I am dependable, if you had just taken the time to speak to me to make sure I was awake, I would have shown up"

And there you have it, it was really the managers fault for not taking the time to find out why the worker was breaking the rules, according to x employee.

Doesnt that sound awfully familiar (points at above pink quote)

I have a idea, how about we stop asking others to pander to us and we all just follow the rules or accept the consequences (going on ignore) when you dont.

Seems pretty straight forward to me

You have a good way of looking at it. I'm willing to bet you have a healthy blood pressure level.

One reason for some of the weird names (one which I am guilty of myself) was the server merges. Prior to the merge, one of the servers I played on saw me with 'original' (well, at least immersive) names for my toons. When all the toons were shifted to the new mega-servers, the 'Star Warsy' names I had given to the toons I most favored were lost to someone else.

Oh well. It happens. I realized this, and knew nothing would change it. Suck it up, choose a new name, right? Well, after several attempts, at names that would still fit, I gave up in frustration, and gave the characters names that were not 'Star Warsy' in the least. Did I do it to annoy other players? Not at all. But I am far from being a 'rules lawyer' - I am certainly not going to dictate to others what they can or can't name their toons, and after a certain number of failed attempts at retaining my Legacy's 'theme', I stopped caring about the names fitting the setting. However, this is an RP server we're talking about, so I make no attempts to initiate RP with these toons. While I feel that names aren't the huge deal that the OP does, I realize that trying to RP with a decidedly 'non-Star Warsy' might be annoying for others...so I don't force them into that corner.

As long as a name isn't truly offensive (like a certain Austrian corporal, or something to do with hot-button current issues, for example), it really doesn't matter. 'Darth Jumping'Hamster' (no, never seen this name, but I needed an example) might make me sigh and roll my eyes. 'Cipher Agent Secret'Squirrel' (I am sure one exists somewhere out in the SWTOR multiverse) dates the player (and me as well, seeing as how I would recognize the name) might make me snort in amusement. And let's be real...if you weren't prepared for all the 'Smurf' names slapped onto Chiss toons (and I have seen a whole bunch), you were either naive or fooling yourself, RP server or otherwise. But again, hardly worth a blood pressure spike. I have other things in life that I can allow to destroy my health without stressing over a name assigned to someone else's pixels, thanks very much.

Very funny , but anyways you can talk about your woes on the forum yes for sure but you do suffer the consequences if bad people read it and get ideas in their heads. Why moan about it ? I think you missed the point and now my new " pink " quote is out of context.

As for your lovelly space filling example , well I'm not complaining for a possible load of silly people / ignoring me at all. As the people who have/ ignored me for a name they don't understand or ask about is no reason to do so , it's their loss. Nice waste of your time to take two quotes from various pages of mine for nothing.

Cheers,

BadOrb.

You've missed the point. He's complaining about names, not how people choose to RP.

It was just an example. If someone wants the name "MagicUnicornofGlory" and to RP as such, let them.