Is it really good to allow digits in names as developers wants?

[Croco]

What do you feel about allowing digits in the names, as developers say you can have? I think myself it will be very frustrating to figure out other peoples name if there are digits included in them. It will be ok, the first tells u do but after a week or a month it will be a severe pain in the a*s.

Can u read this with easy?

Le37570n3
B0664
T3chn0k1d

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Leetstone
Bobba
Technokid


Is it good or bad to have digits in characters name for your communication within the game, what do you think?


Bad to have digits allowed in names
Good to have digits allowed in names

[mikkyT]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2315

http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2794

discussed to death there ;)

[Kyonye]

thats why they put a copy button

[Croco]

More needs to vote about this as I think is a frustrating problem

[BLuE_ZeRO]

I don't think it's a problem at all. Why would it be a problem? If you want to know someone's name ask them in like IRC or something. If you can't remember it after they say it write it down. :D

[Gilgamesh]

Good and Bad, depending on how players use them

When a players name has bunch of digits in his name is dumb, as it makes it difficult to remember and sometimes impossible to pronounce: ex: By3-Ye65 and giving the fact that outfits may have hundred of players you think ill memorizing that players name?

but use of numbers will be good if they are used effectivly. Player in an outfit may opt to have a code in name to tag there specialization> bonecrusher20 20=Grunt etc.

[Iceman]

Imo, this sort of 'typing' or writing or whatever you want to call it is lame.

But thats just me.

[KeviN]

i t}{1nk it wi11 b3 4 big pr0b13m

[ABRAXAAS]

Personaly I think it wouldnt matter either way, it wont effect how I play the game :D

[Hellsfire123]

Im against names that are mostly 1337 speak. What i want is to be able to add numbers to the end of my name. But pl4y4 and and 1337}{4x0r would be annoying to type.

[JohnClark]

I'd personally like numbers so I could have an outfit called Super6x or actually make my name Super64. :) (Two points if you get the reference.)

[Flameseeker]

I h8 1337 sp33k. I don't want to have to have to message people with names like "1337pwnz0r." I'd rather direct a missile to their forehead.

[BLuE_ZeRO]

People don't make names for other people though. They make what they want. Like I said before if you can't remember something like b0bt3h1337zd00d than write it down lol. :D

[OmnipotentKiwi]

Just as a reminder, it can be far more annoying then mentioned here. The numbers aren't the only problem, THIRTY-ONE character names also are part of the problem.

Example: xX0mn1p0t3ntK1w1M0nk3yS1aPp3rXx

1337! Really :rolleyes:

[BLuE_ZeRO]

Well limiting the size of a name is one thing but limiting which characters you can put in it is pointless.

[mistled]

Originally posted by BLuE_ZeRO
Well limiting the size of a name is one thing but limiting which characters you can put in it is pointless. :stupid:
and what if you have a new gamer who just isn't very original and simply wants the name john. If john is taken, he's used to most systems (aol, yahoo, hotmail, most any game) letting him have something like john2003. That's wrong with that??

[mikkyT]

I voted against numbers, but I agree with mistled, you should be able to have like john2003 but not 1mA1337sp3ak1n6k3w1dud3

And equally you shouldnt be allowed to have ones like srebmunfognirtsmodnara either

[Incompetent]

I'm all for numbers and special chars, rotating a letter out of your name and putting in a number or brackets is a great way to fill the other 3 char slots while still be recognizable. I think they should put a cap on how many special chars you can have in your name though, maybe three or four total, it would get rid of b0bt3h1337zd00d but still allow me to use ][ncompetent for my MAX guy.

[mikkyT]

Dev team already said puntuation and other chars are out, so you cant have ][ncompetent im afraid :(

But you can have 1ncompetent

[TheGreatCarbini]

Lets not forget the annoying people who do names like this:

11lIIlll111IIlllIl1111

ya you might be able to tell HERE. but some fonts make it so those are all the same line. Anyone ever play Utopia?:)

[Big Bro]

Originally posted by OmnipotentKiwi
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Example: xX0mn1p0t3ntK1w1M0nk3yS1aPp3rXx
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I got the joke! :D