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Neverfar
03.01.2013 , 10:19 AM | #121
Starting from the top, here...

"Epic" names? This reminds me of something I heard once, that the word "epic" is so overused that it now refers to things that are quite mundane, bleak, and bland. Such as "Bane" and "Reaper" for names. That's just about the first choice of uninspired, uncreative people across the MMO world. They usually add umlauts or accent marks or just settle with Darkshadowangelnightbane or something.

It's bizzare that the OP of this thread is going around with condescending smug smilies and sarcasm and implying that his detractors are "losers" who are "jealous" of him. Curious, because he's the one that lost his "epic" names, so by his own definitions shouldn't he be subject to his own immature put-downs?

I have an imagination enough that even years after an MMO comes out I can come up with names that are both non-gibberish (not too fond of excessive apostrophes or "special" letter accents), are catchy, and are sometimes wordplays or comprised of actual words in new ways that pertain to the character concept. At NO point in this process do I think "if I get on the server first I win the magic game of who gets to be called Bane first out of thousands of excited angsty preteens!"

So, long and short of it, OP: you're embarassing yourself. Stop. And please practice your imagination and let go of your ego bruises.

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TW-Cool
03.01.2013 , 10:26 AM | #122
I remember having to change the two names that I had before the server merge. They were characters I made up during my free week trial. One of the names I liked, the other ones I didnt care about. However, since it happened several months ago, I have actually forgotten what those names were.

What would have been creative for BW to do would be to have any characters with the same name from a server merge battle it out in a duel. Whoever wins gets to keep their name. Of course the only problem is having to be online at the same time. So as an alternative, they could always battle an elite and whoever kills it faster wins the name when they next log on.

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Heezdedjim
03.01.2013 , 10:48 AM | #123
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I remember having to change the two names that I had before the server merge. They were characters I made up during my free week trial. One of the names I liked, the other ones I didnt care about. However, since it happened several months ago, I have actually forgotten what those names were.

What would have been creative for BW to do would be to have any characters with the same name from a server merge battle it out in a duel. Whoever wins gets to keep their name. Of course the only problem is having to be online at the same time. So as an alternative, they could always battle an elite and whoever kills it faster wins the name when they next log on.
Yeah, or they could have just thought the whole thing through a little more, like Cryptic did, and give you one unique "Handle" that associates with your account, and then your character names only have to be unique between your own characters. You still have to fight over handles if you want a particular one, but at least your "first name" can be whatever you like.

This was a painfully obvious move they should have made with Legacy names, making the "surnames" the only global namespace, and leaving you free to name each character anything you want within your Legacy. But either this never occurred to them, or they couldn't figure out how to make it work when they decided to tack Legacy names on after launch. As it is, the game is even worse that most, because we have all the downsides of TWO collidable namespaces, and none of the benefits of a hierarchical system at all.

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Asavrede
03.01.2013 , 10:48 AM | #124
OP, you might want to get to the point within oh say the first three paragraphs. I gave up, but I guess it's something about naming.

Yawn.

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Hoodling
03.01.2013 , 11:30 AM | #125
Quote: Originally Posted by Neverfar View Post
Starting from the top, here...

"Epic" names? This reminds me of something I heard once, that the word "epic" is so overused that it now refers to things that are quite mundane, bleak, and bland. Such as "Bane" and "Reaper" for names. That's just about the first choice of uninspired, uncreative people across the MMO world. They usually add umlauts or accent marks or just settle with Darkshadowangelnightbane or something.

It's bizzare that the OP of this thread is going around with condescending smug smilies and sarcasm and implying that his detractors are "losers" who are "jealous" of him. Curious, because he's the one that lost his "epic" names, so by his own definitions shouldn't he be subject to his own immature put-downs?

I have an imagination enough that even years after an MMO comes out I can come up with names that are both non-gibberish (not too fond of excessive apostrophes or "special" letter accents), are catchy, and are sometimes wordplays or comprised of actual words in new ways that pertain to the character concept. At NO point in this process do I think "if I get on the server first I win the magic game of who gets to be called Bane first out of thousands of excited angsty preteens!"

So, long and short of it, OP: you're embarassing yourself. Stop. And please practice your imagination and let go of your ego bruises.
Here we have yet another person who simply missed the point completely. I've never played an MMO where I've lost names twice over and been cheated out of the last of them, and then lost my guildname to boot. Funnily enough, I believe I lost the guildname to myself because I never disbanded the original guild on Bao-Dur. I remade the guild with the same name on Nightmare Lands after the first move, and then we ended up with a "@ Nightmare Lands" tag and given an option to rename once they moved us to The Red Eclipse. Awesome system here, Bioware. Like someone else said in here, they could have just taken a little more time to put a proper system of priority in place for the first merges. They just didn't care until people had a complete fit about it.

The OP was not about whether or not the names are epic in your oppinion. I couldn't care less. If you're happy with names like "Scratchnsniff" then that's entirely up to you. Whatever names you consider to be good, if you had them and then lost them to the extent that I did (reffering to the way I lose Bane)... then you'd be angry too.

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Wolventhorne
03.01.2013 , 11:35 AM | #126
I sense that you're not so upset about the names so much as you are upset about the fact that felt you had been misled with little effort of the part of Bioware to rectify the situation. That is a fair complaint, as anyone in your situation, regardless of the actions that brought about that kind of event, would feel the same way.

If nothing else, perhaps some free cartel points as some form of "oops, our bad" compensation would be appropriate, I feel.

As a veteran player of RPG's, but video game driven and tabletop, I know how frustrating having to think up new names can be. That is why I always have respect for players with names that look/sound cool to say. However, one aspect of such a name is creativity. I honestly do not feel any of the names you call Epic are epic at all. The word for such incredibly obvious monikers is cliche.

A genuinely Epic names takes imagination and time to come up with. And of course, the opinion of the observer to declare such a name as epic.

One other thing, Bane, as in Darth Bane, is already an established character in Star Wars lore, and therefore it makes since that it would be a probibited name.

Maverick is Tom Cruise or Mel Gibson. Also appropriate to be prohibited

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MrSchmo
03.01.2013 , 11:35 AM | #127
Ya I lost my 'epic' name Quaid. Said oh we'll and got on with my life. But to each his own.
That's why they call it space, cause there is so much of it.

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Arlbo_Nabbins
03.01.2013 , 11:42 AM | #128
Quote: Originally Posted by VegaPhone View Post
Reminds me of this :

Milton and his stapler.

Maybe the customer service are some cool bad asses who think their customers are push overs.
Or the OP was not specific in his question.

If asked "If I delete my character and immediately create a new one will the name be freed up so that I can reuse it?" then the correct response from support would be "Yes". If he had asked whether a name that is not allowed could be reused by doing this the answer he got would probably have been "No, and we need to change your name anyway"

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Malastare
03.01.2013 , 11:46 AM | #129
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Whatever names you consider to be good, if you had them and then lost them to the extent that I did (reffering to the way I lose Bane)... then you'd be angry too.
You mean: Lost them because they are a blatant violation of the naming rules?

Yes, I'm sure those guys named Vader and ObiWan that I reported in the first month feel the same way you did.

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Xaldynn
03.01.2013 , 11:51 AM | #130
On a more positive note:

I got all the names I wanted for my characters no problem

HURRAY!
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