Swear words in names

[Hirlok]

I think it is all too funny when in a game that has the sole purpose of slashing and hacking and shooting the shit out of people and make them suffer and die a few swearwords might be fucking offensive and possibly hazardous for minors... muhaha.

Peasantly manners are easy to spot, even if hidden behind plate and high KD-ratio - and names are just names.

[Armpit_Sweat]

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Calling a complete stranger a cunt is MUCH less offensive than making a gross generelisation and insulting someones parents because of their offsprings use of the language. Swearing does NOT show a limited vocabulary, and in most cases, among adults, its commonplace and unnoticed. If you were so insulated from linguistic trends that the word cuntbuggerer offends you, maybe its YOUR parents who are at fault, not addapting their child to the realities of the world we live in.

Now, this is just my opinion, I think dirty names have their place in games such as CSS, where your name is temporary, but since your character is gonna have that name for a while in crpg, I wouldnt name them something that was gonna get old, BUT:

Using the word cunt infront of a stranger is NO WHERE NEAR as offensive as you could be without ever swearing: What would make you more upset, a randomer calling his mate a CUNT infront of you, or a complete stranger with perfect diction and a fine speaking voice telling you "Tonight Im going to follow you home, tie you up and slice off your loved ones genitals and feed them to you, slowly over the course of several weeks, ultimately making you eat your OWN bodyparts to stay alive, then show you the corpses of your family and let you smell the rot, then release you." I know which guy Im more likely to dropkick, and it aint the "swearer".

Personally I can read: "profanity" as it's known in the US, is part and parcel of the English language, and most common expletives date back before white men ever stood on North American land, so right winged fascist yanks should learn their history before they judge anyone else. There are so many problems in society IRL, and with this mod in particular, that the fact anyone CARES about names show how vacuous and unattached to reality they are.

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[Grey]

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You were full of shit about the archer armor, but this post i like!
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WHYTY!

That's not really "offensive" so much as "a criminal offence". We're getting to the facile level now of pointing out that swearing at someone isn't as bad as murdering them.

No, because he has not yet done any of this stuff, but is saying he is going to. My point isnt wether what he has said constitutes a criminal offence, merely, which would offend you more? The casual cunt, or the wellspoken threat? Tome, the threat is much more offensive......words are words, cunt is a word, it cannot hurt me.

[BD_Guard_Bane]

What's with all the complaining about inconsistency? So some people get banned for what might be considered an offensive name, and some people don't.

It works fine the way it is. If you want to be hilarious and name your character something that could be interpreted as offensive, but of course there is always an argument as to why it shouldn't be seen as offensive, then don't be surprised when some admins ignore it and some admins ban you for it.

I don't get the complaining. The player is the one who decides what their character is called. No-one is so naive that they don't know when they're being tasteless with their name.

Its fine, you make a choice: create that hilarious name that daringly pushes the boundaries of taste and cleverly subverts our perceptions of what is and isn't offensive, but you've also got to accept that when you do that some admin might think 'that guy's just a bit of a cunt' and ban you for it.

Here's a small tip: if you make a character whose name is impossible to interpret as being offensive, then you will never get banned for your name.

[PranceAlot]

I actually agree with this 100%, not only in this game but in all others as well. I hate to see names like "5", "ioSRHPFGOUH", "h4iqht40u90fg", "i_suck_your_cock_while_you_fart", etc, but since no one cares enough to regulate these things people should just leave bravecunts alone, there really ARE much more "worse" names then that. At least bravecunt is a word that makes sense (cunt is a very brave thing imo, letting numerous cocks pierce it on a regular bases, giving birth to a thing that makes it wider then a pre-patch xbow crosshair, etc), i think that much more stupid and pointless are the ones who cant even name themselves with a word that makes any sense (even a dirty one) instead of just randomly hitting keys across the keyboard.

aahhahahah yea you should know as u came up with the name

[Seawied]

If it was up to me (and you all know it isnt) wed had only roleplay-names and clantags allowed :p

Does "Uncle Touchy" count as a roleplaying-name? Cause you know, the good ole days had an abundance of creepy uncles!

[Joxer]

Why would anyone say the c-word in a game. It's only a game. 

[[ptx]]

NOOO, NOT THE C-WORD!!!

* [ptx] suffers greatly.

[Kafein]

Anyone recall of some char named "Anus_Explorer" ?

[Native_ATS]

Does "Uncle Touchy" count as a roleplaying-name? Cause you know, the good ole days had an abundance of creepy uncles!

nice 

[Serth]

Anyone recall that this game is 16+?

[Darkkarma]

A crpg world without swear names is a world random name gems like bigdickrick can't live in. That, incidentally is a world I don't want to live in.

[Phazey]

The purpose of this game is to kill other people, yet somehow the word cunt is too offensive and should be censored because kids play it?

This.

I hate to see names like "5", "ioSRHPFGOUH", "h4iqht40u90fg", "i_suck_your_cock_while_you_fart", etc

And this.

"Offensive" names...? Who decides what is offensive and what isn't?

Just let it be, the more people whine about offensive names, the more popular those names will become. There are more important things than 'clean language'.
If a word like 'cunt' is shocking to you, grow a thicker skin or get off the internet. ;)

[Grey]

If a word like 'cunt' is shocking to you, grow a thicker skin or get off the internet. ;)

So true, in any other public forum some decorum IS expected, but on the net if you havent seen any swearing then you must be too shortsighted to read, and therefor too shortsighted to play MB anyway!

[Fluffy_Muffin]

Anyone recall of some char named "Anus_Explorer" ?

I think it was anal explorer.