Guild Wars 2

I have been informed that my character name “Flubby Poo” is offensive and I must change it, and I have been suspended because of it. This is just advice for anyone who has the word or forms of the word poop in their name to fix it now so you do not lose any time in this game. It’s bad enough that I had to lose it I hope I can help others with this friendly warning. Good luck players and thank you A.Net for explaining what I had done wrong.

Your Guild Wars 2 account was discovered to have a character with the name “Flubby Poo”, which is in violation of the Guild Wars 2 Naming Policy. Your account has received a mark that resulted in a temporary suspension from the game. After the suspension is over you can access your account and will be offered the option to rename the character with a new name. Please choose a name that is within the acceptable standards of Guild Wars 2, for additional violations will result in extended suspensions and in severe cases will result in termination of the account.

Violations of the Naming Policy are treated very seriously in order to maintain an enjoyable gaming environment for all players. For your convenience, more information regarding our “Rules of Conduct” and “Conduct Breaches & Outcomes” are available at the URLs listed below.

Still i think A-Net is a bit too overzealous about their naming policy. If one have wild enough imagination he or she can report (almost)any name as inappropriate.

ArenaNet’s policies and code of conduct are more than a mere guideline, they are enforced. Best when creating a name, don’t choose something risky that can end up as regret.

i kinda got the same problem, my acount name and character name is “Toversletje” now when i try to log in on the charracter it gives me the option to change the name and it sais Toversletje is not allowed. Toversletje is a dutch name and unless they have a dutch person working at arenanet who decided about my name i dont see why they decided i should change my name. This name sounds so much worse when you try to translate it to english. Im using this name in every other game i play and i have never had any problems with it. alot of dutch people talk to me saying, haha nice name and stuff but thats about it. In dutch its more laughable and enjoyable than when u try to translate it. im not being suspended or anything and i think its strange im not getting any notification or something since my acount name is the same. i would love to see some1 from arenanet reply to me. if not im thinking of writing a ticket since i would realy like to keep this awesome name.

best regards, Toversletje

@Toversletje
I think you should be suspended for 72hrs and you account name forcibly changed.
http://i.imgur.com/IoJEc.png
It doesnt matter in what language you write your name. As long as it uses inappropriate or obscene words someone will find it offending and report you.

zbrkesbr.4173:

@Toversletje
I think you should be suspended for 72hrs and you account name forcibly changed.
http://i.imgur.com/IoJEc.png
It doesnt matter in what language you write your name. As long as it uses inappropriate or obscene words someone will find it offending and report you.

1st of all i wouldnt mind at all to change my acount name. 2nd as you may have found out its alot worse when you try to translate it to english. also the translation that google is showing isnt 100% correct.

click the link and look at example 8… that should clear it up abit.
(Naughty words in the link!)
http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/10-google-translate-fails.html

Toversletje.9345:

1st of all i wouldnt mind at all to change my acount name. 2nd as you may have found out its alot worse when you try to translate it to english. also the translation that google is showing isnt 100% correct.

click the link and look at example 8… that should clear it up abit.
(Naughty words in the link!)
http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/10-google-translate-fails.html

It doesnt matter if its correct or not. What matters is what you get if you try to lookup/translate that word.

and thats where i disagree, shouldnt it be about what the name actually means? not about what the google search engine tells you it means? i dont know where you are from but if your native language isnt english you will probablly use the translater sometimes “even if it is for fun” to translate your language to english and see what comes out. if you did im sure you also noticed that alot of what it tells you is incorrect.

the reason im even mentioning this on the forum is that i just want to have a chance to get my beloved name back. i dont wanna be looking back someday thinking “GAWD! why didnt i try?”.
as for now, i always pick my names very carefully. i dont want to have an character with a name that i dont like. i deleted my level 39 ranger becouse i didnt like the name and id rather make one with a better name. so now i cant play on my elementalist until i come up with an equaly good name as Toversletje. Im trying to come up with funny names intended to make people laugh abit when they read it. thats what Toversletje always did for me in other games. its a great way to meet new people just becouse they whisper me about how funny my name is