Posted by Amergin on September 30, 1999 at 00:42:36:
In Reply to: Look here again all those who are bitching... posted by Leorinth on September 29, 1999 at 13:19:46:
If you've ever had a character deleted because of a bad name, you'd probably be a little annoyed, like this person.
I went through that experience myself because my character's name meant something in another language, phonetically, even though I had *no* idea it meant anything at all, and the spelling was different. There was some guy named "Bolechim" (Michelob spelled backwards) that I pointed out, among other names I saw on the who list, saying "How the HELL can you ban my name at level 30 when there are *all* these other lame names you're doing nothing about and giving titles to? Basically, the Immortal was totally unwilling to bend, but hey, I was only rank 30 or so, so didn't really get too pissed. *But* having gone through that experience and thinking my name was just fine, I guess I can understand why that person would be annoyed that someone else can rip off not only a name, but also a persona, from a popular fantasy book (that I haven't read, but hey, he says it's popular) and be well rewarded for it.
Regardless, though, get over it. The Imms are still going to rightfully and wrongfully ban lame names, you are probably still going to play this game, or, like me, read this forum, and Pikel seems to have won the lame name lottery and is a happy man.