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Global / Re: Globally banned for a characters name.
« on: October 25, 2014, 08:30:27 pm »
Thank you. Now Im just waiting for the new name to be accepted. :3
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Global / Re: Globally banned for a characters name.
« on: October 25, 2014, 05:27:05 pm »If the only issue is that of your character's name. You change it on the site c-rpg.net>character>rename. It will prolly take a min for them to actually unban you but they should.
Yes indeed. But as I am unable to access the c-rpg.net any other way than viewing the message that you have been banned globally, I can't do anything to change the name until the ban is removed.
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Global / Globally banned for a characters name.
« on: October 25, 2014, 02:19:22 pm »
To whomever it may concern.
I made a topic earlier today about my situation in thread (http://forum.melee.org/general-discussion/inappropriate-character-names/) with hopes of disscussing about the whole situation and phenomenon in general there. However the thread has now been locked by someone, after latest post from an admin (Erzengel) saying it seemed that I was already unbanned. That is alas, not the case as Im am still globally banned with my whole account as message 'You are globally banned. You can still visit the forums in case you need to post an unban essay.' suggests. When getting that one character banned in the first place, before it somehow changing to global ban, I was told by the very admin that worked the ban (Rico), that changing my characters name would solve this ban. Im sorry, but I don't see how am I supposed to change the name if whole account is globally banned. Also does the locking the thread mean there is no place for free disscussion on these forums regarding that subject?
If my account is already supposed to be unbanned(?), I hope it will actually get unbanned as there might have been some sort of misundertanding. If that is however not the case, I am willing to change the name, but I would like to hear some actual reasons why (other than Rico's "I talked to everyone, even devs, and we all agree"). Also regarding the name change, some guidelines would be very much appreciated on avoiding this happening from occuring again.
With best regards, Frozey.
I made a topic earlier today about my situation in thread (http://forum.melee.org/general-discussion/inappropriate-character-names/) with hopes of disscussing about the whole situation and phenomenon in general there. However the thread has now been locked by someone, after latest post from an admin (Erzengel) saying it seemed that I was already unbanned. That is alas, not the case as Im am still globally banned with my whole account as message 'You are globally banned. You can still visit the forums in case you need to post an unban essay.' suggests. When getting that one character banned in the first place, before it somehow changing to global ban, I was told by the very admin that worked the ban (Rico), that changing my characters name would solve this ban. Im sorry, but I don't see how am I supposed to change the name if whole account is globally banned. Also does the locking the thread mean there is no place for free disscussion on these forums regarding that subject?
If my account is already supposed to be unbanned(?), I hope it will actually get unbanned as there might have been some sort of misundertanding. If that is however not the case, I am willing to change the name, but I would like to hear some actual reasons why (other than Rico's "I talked to everyone, even devs, and we all agree"). Also regarding the name change, some guidelines would be very much appreciated on avoiding this happening from occuring again.
With best regards, Frozey.
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General Discussion / Inappropriate character names
« on: October 25, 2014, 03:35:48 am »
In videogames in general, certain names for player characters are banned from use for being offensive, or just otherwise inappropriate. However, when in comes to historical names, the policies for banning a name for being inappropriate are often based on double standards. This is a sad phenomenon, that is especially true when involved with events such as World War II.
Today I was banned by an admin (Rico) for until year 2044 (intended it as a joke I suppose) for having named my character Commander of the Third Reich. Now, I don't support N-a-z-i-s-m (Im sorry for avoiding the word filter) anyway, and they did a lot terrible things that were completely wrong and shouldn't have been done. World War II ended nearly 70 years ago, and since then words like 'N-a-z-i' and 'H-i-t-l-e-r' have taken a meaning of 'something evil or unjust', and thus should be avoided from using in character naming. But why do we let the shadows of past to bring us down? Why should we? When it comes to things like Soviets or Stalin or even North-Korea, no one seems to care at all, but god help you if you make a N-a-z-i reference of any sort. Why the double standards? World War II happened and that's it, let's get over it. Until today I had received absolutely no complaints of my characters name and many people even thought it was a pretty clever one.
Historical events are what made the world for what it is today. Whether we like it or not they are part of us, one way or another. Why shouldn't we be allowed to use any names related to the Third Reich when any other names related to that period of time are considered okay?
Or is it still 'too soon'?
Today I was banned by an admin (Rico) for until year 2044 (intended it as a joke I suppose) for having named my character Commander of the Third Reich. Now, I don't support N-a-z-i-s-m (Im sorry for avoiding the word filter) anyway, and they did a lot terrible things that were completely wrong and shouldn't have been done. World War II ended nearly 70 years ago, and since then words like 'N-a-z-i' and 'H-i-t-l-e-r' have taken a meaning of 'something evil or unjust', and thus should be avoided from using in character naming. But why do we let the shadows of past to bring us down? Why should we? When it comes to things like Soviets or Stalin or even North-Korea, no one seems to care at all, but god help you if you make a N-a-z-i reference of any sort. Why the double standards? World War II happened and that's it, let's get over it. Until today I had received absolutely no complaints of my characters name and many people even thought it was a pretty clever one.
Historical events are what made the world for what it is today. Whether we like it or not they are part of us, one way or another. Why shouldn't we be allowed to use any names related to the Third Reich when any other names related to that period of time are considered okay?
Or is it still 'too soon'?
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