Guild Wars 2

Today I have been banned for 71 hours for, “use of an unacceptable name in violation of the User Agreement and Rules of Conduct.” I am posting because I do not believe my name violated the RoC and believe I should instead have a name change. In my defense, I had already had to change the name on one of my alternative characters and wasn’t banned for having the name that I had. Instead, I had received a name change, which would have been useful on my main as well. This character was made after I already had a similar name on my main. The name that I was banned for today was Sofa King Alpha. Though vulgar I do admit, this name does not violate the following:

Have offensive racial, ethnic, or national connotations.
Include hate speech or bigoted slurs
Reference sexual acts or real life violence.
Are pornographic.
Make inappropriate references to human anatomy or bodily functions.
Reference illegal drugs or activities.
Reference religious or historical figures.
Reference real-life people.
Reference names of copyrighted or trademarked characters, materials, or products.
Use misspellings or alternative spellings of names that violate any of the above rules.

I would appreciate if a moderator would take a second look at this ban and do whatever is necessary. Thank you for your time.

danny.4852:

Today I have been banned for 71 hours for, “use of an unacceptable name in violation of the User Agreement and Rules of Conduct.” I am posting because I do not believe my name violated the RoC and believe I should instead have a name change. In my defense, I had already had to change the name on one of my alternative characters and wasn’t banned for having the name that I had. Instead, I had received a name change, which would have been useful on my main as well. This character was made after I already had a similar name on my main. The name that I was banned for today was Sofa King Alpha. Though vulgar I do admit, this name does not violate the following:

Have offensive racial, ethnic, or national connotations.
Include hate speech or bigoted slurs
Reference sexual acts or real life violence.
Are pornographic.
Make inappropriate references to human anatomy or bodily functions.
Reference illegal drugs or activities.
Reference religious or historical figures.
Reference real-life people.
Reference names of copyrighted or trademarked characters, materials, or products.
Use misspellings or alternative spellings of names that violate any of the above rules.

I would appreciate if a moderator would take a second look at this ban and do whatever is necessary. Thank you for your time.

Good luck but odds are you are going to have to serve your sentence. I am telling you from experience just suck it up and wait the three days. When you log back on you will be allowed to change the name.

Thanks, but I’m going to try to at least fight for my case. On a positive note, 3 days without GW2 would be good for me lol.

danny.4852:

Thanks, but I’m going to try to at least fight for my case. On a positive note, 3 days without GW2 would be good for me lol.

I can understand that I tried and now I am just enjoying the time off. Just wanted to warn you people can be very sensitive to this type of thread I have actually gotten a few PM’s from angry people. Hopefully that doesn’t happen to you. I hope you enjoy the time away like you said it might be a good thing lol. I still got 26 hours to go so I am getting close to returning. Just curious what class do you prefer? My main was a Necro but I find them underpowered compared to most classes.

Did you try submitting a ticket?

I’ll try and submit a ticket. I’ll PM you about classes to keep this thread on topic.

danny.4852:

I’ll try and submit a ticket. I’ll PM you about classes to keep this thread on topic.

Understood. Hope you have better luck than I did. Just so you know I wont be able to respond through PM I think it is due to me being a new member

71 hours? what an odd amount of time to ban someone..

That said, you pick a name like that, you pay the time.

In fact the “suspension” is 72 hours. And any problem with bans and suspensions are to be directed at support. Putting it up on the forum, won’t help. It only serves to violate other rules as well, because you start discussions about decisions from support.

Michael.4791:

In fact the “suspension” is 72 hours. And any problem with bans and suspensions are to be directed at support. Putting it up on the forum, won’t help. It only serves to violate other rules as well, because you start discussions about decisions from support.

I am not sure if he was aware about submitting a ticket so that is why he posted his situation on the forums. He has recently made a ticket so hopefully customer support will respond. Its all good no worries.