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[MrVicchio]

Author Topic: Naming restrictions
Deurges
Station Member
Registered: Feb 2001 posted 02-03-2003 06:37 AM user search report post
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Are you (the devs) planning on having any restrictions to names and change names that are just stupid?
Of course stupid is an objective opinion, but you get my point.
If so, what kind of restrictions will there be?

I would hate to run into Mr. "TooUberForYou" and "IAmL33T" three times a day. Or Sir Fragalot and Sir Killalot for that mather

Something.. that I really don't like.. ah well I CAN just shoot them eh?

SporkfirePS
Station Admin
Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-04-2003 10:40 AM user search report post
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Nothing has been formalized about the naming policy at this point, other than the obvious non-offensive, non-racial, non-drug related, etc.
I doubt we will too terribly restrictive on names beyond that. Although the game has RPG elements, we also want the FPS community to feel at home, with their own brand of cr3at1v3 names.

In terms of annoyance, I don't really see why there would be a difference between RanndAlThoor (RGP convention) and St0n3c0ldSnip3r03 (FPS convention). Personally, I wouldn't get too bunched up over it - especially since you can just shoot the people with dumb names.

Names can be between 3 and 31 characters with no spaces. Numbers can be used. Punctuation marks and other characters can not. So, you can be Pl3y3r, but not Pl@y@.

Victor Wachter
Community Relations Representative, PlanetSide
Sony Online Entertainment


http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/p...ML/002216.html

[afex]

glad to hear they didn't go the way of the gay (everquest)

i heard that they will print the full outfit name below your characters name tho, and that sucks.

tags would work much better.

[Lexington_Steele]

I am wondering about underscores and hyphens.

(and yes I do realize they are non alphanumeric characters)

[�io]

If i can't get "Dio" they better allow |)io or better yet "�io".

[Zatrais]

omg no

numbers in names?

me no like at all =/

[Lillemanden]

i heard that they will print the full outfit name below your characters name tho, and that sucks.

tags would work much better.

Then what if you wanna change outfit?


And what is the problem if stupid is objective (it should be subjective, if any one wonders)

[Cao_Cao]

alright...here is my opinion....

even though tags seem like a "good" idea... the thing is, if you think about it there would be way to many outfits w/ the same initials... happens in cs allot....

Good thing is that it does make it better will prob make lag less.. <veteran of eq> so it has both sides

Once again,

Just An Opinion

[MrVicchio]

CaoCao.. you play Everquest.. and if so you didnt happen to play on Rodcet Knife did you?

[afex]

Originally posted by Lillemanden
Then what if you wanna change outfit?

you dont manually put the tag with your name, duh.

it would be handled by the server.

just like now how the server automatically appends the name of your outfit, it could append (or prepend, or both) the tag instead.

and tags would be first come first serve, just like names are now. they dont make special exceptions for people with the same names, they shouldn't for outfits with the same tags.

i think the closest implementation to this can be seen in t2 (although, only being able to prepend or append, and not both, was annoying. ie: you could be PSU-afex or afex-PSU, but not PSU-[afex] )

i will be very dissapointed if outfits tags are not implemented. he said himself they want to cater the fps crowd, but by not having tags, they are alienating them

[IDgaf]

This is looking good. Having seen the EQ guidlines, I was afraid IDgaf would have been off limits.

[Navaron]

So if you look at us you'd see

Navarone
BOHICA


Since {BOHICA} won't be supported.....no {}

[�io]

Originally posted by afex
i will be very dissapointed if outfits tags are not implemented. he said himself they want to cater the fps crowd, but by not having tags, they are alienating them

Smokey said he like the tag system in T2 so i'm guessing they will stick with it.

[Mazelmavin]

This will make sending a private message harder.

For some. "leet speak" is easy, but I find it frustrating.

This a MMO, where you WILL send messages to people. To chat, to form groups, to communicate strategies. If their name is "Ki11ad00d133t69" its not going to be easy.

Also, your name is you. More so than a normal FPS. Only a few people in a normal FPS will actually recognize you, IF you keep to a small number of servers. In a MMO, you will be on the same server. You will meet people. And you will develop a reputation. The name you pick means more in a MMO than in a FPS.
I am not talking about RPing, I am talking about community and recognition. To me (and others I bet), all the "leet speak" names are unrecognizable, especially if they are common. When I play '42 and CS only the "normal" names stand out.

Plus, I just personally don't like names that are actually statements.


Outfit names will most likely be within some type of brakets< > ( ) { } [ ] " "

i will be very dissapointed if outfits tags are not implemented. he said himself they want to cater the fps crowd, but by not having tags, they are alienating them

How? Why? What the difference? I'll tell you one difference; if they use tags I won't be able to tell what outfit you belong to. Oh, I can see you belong to "BH", but what does that mean? In a normal FPS where each clan has its own server, you know who the people are with tags. In Planetside, you won't. That is why they have to show "Bohica" instead of {BH}, so you know who you are working with, or against.

[Hamma]

On our dev interview list

[Lillemanden]

So the problem is just that the outfit name is under the player name and not in front of it? And / or you can't use {,[,*, etc.?