Retirement - clarification

[bukva2]

Hello, im about to do my first retirement

From character page:
"You can change your name freely and it is auto-accepted. Apply for name change on settings page within one hour after retiring and it is auto-accepted. Normal naming rules still apply, but your new name does not have to be similar to the old one."

My questions are this...
Can i also change the gender if i so desire? I can do that in the game, but will that affect the character in any way? I dont want to mess this up
The "naming rules", what exactly are those? No racism and such?

[Phazey]

Yeh, no racism, impersonating of other players, etc.

IIRC, you can only change gender after retirement and BEFORE you log in again. So close cRPG, retire, start cRPG and change the gender before you join the server. That should work.

Female characters have a few specific garments (besides the different models and voices), but other than that  they're the same.

[bukva2]

thank you

[Leshma]

Most heavy armors look silly on female chars, but helmets are bigger problem.

[bukva2]

Meh, i just want to make a male archer instead of female one

[bukva2]

Ok, i have a problem now.
I retired, changed name which showed me that its available, my character gon instantly changed to male. Started cRPG edited a few looks, joined a game and got kicked...THE CHARACTER BELONGS TO SOMEONE ELSE...

wtf, why did it say that the name is available when it apparently isnt???
What do i do now?

[Lysander]

Go to irc:

http://webchat.quakenet.org/?channels=mount%26blade-crpg


and ask an admin there

EDIT: if I have wlan problems, and I log in very fast after I lost connection it says the same. After a few seconds the problem is solved, and I can log in.
No idea if that helps you.
Greetings, and good luck!

[bukva2]

what do i do there? I never used it before

[Lysander]

Enter any Nickname.

Than ask for help. Its a chat, and normaly admins help you very fast.
Dont write in the chat something like "I need help". Write what your problem is, and wait a few seconds.