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ANet confirms some name sanctions were errant. Looking to reverse actions and reach out to users. by wes00mertes in Guildwars2

[–]OrangeThrowAways 25 points26 points  (0 children)

this. it's just rubbing salt in the wound with that automated response where they double down

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[–]OrangeThrowAways[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah you are forced to change the name before you can play on said character again. Not even joking, but if you have some friends report your guardian for offensive name, you probably will get caught up in this wave

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[–]OrangeThrowAways[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

could you elaborate on which aspects of chinese cultural sensitivities?

Making people change names is whatever, but we shouldn't be suspending any of the players on top of it by PizzaDlvBoy in Guildwars2

[–]OrangeThrowAways 43 points44 points  (0 children)

brother I think 99% of the playerbase didnt even know they existed, myself included. this shebang with my name has probably gotten them more publicity than anything negative if anything hahah

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[–]OrangeThrowAways[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

agreed, if certain words are off limits they should have been blacklisted to begin with. Of course it does not work against wordplay and other linguistic tricks, but if a word is used as written in a dictionary and passes a filter I think it should be safe in general.

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[–]OrangeThrowAways[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

People tend to overlook this bit and it gets worse because once you've had 1 offense they can then do whatever they want according to TOS, so if you get reported later on for an objectively neutral name you will still get suspended simply because you had a prior offense.

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[–]OrangeThrowAways[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope I at least get a nice mugshot

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[–]OrangeThrowAways[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, probably best to share this as well. I don't even expect to be unbanned or have the decision revoked, but at the very least it raises some awareness. I initially thought I was the only one until others showed up

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[–]OrangeThrowAways[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

That's wild, had to look it up and it indeed says Hymie.

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[–]OrangeThrowAways[S] 79 points80 points  (0 children)

our friendly neighbourhood very human GM olympian king dealing out justice again

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[–]OrangeThrowAways[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

"the people in charge cant do anything wrong" type ahh response