Guild Wars 2

Gaile Gray.6028:

Ok — after an extensive discussion, here’s what we’re doing: We have uncensored the names and removed the suspension. However… here’s what you need to know: If the name is reported again, it may be censored again if the agent who reviews it feels it is across the line. I personally don’t feel that Nipper is offensive at all, but there may be folks who disagree with that opinion.

I am not sure how bound you are to the names and you now have a couple of choices:

1. Play the characters and take the chance
2. do a “voluntary rename”

We do not do renames “upon request” but we will in some special situations, like this one.

If you wish to continue to play on the characters, you’re good to go. If you wish to rename, please submit a ticket and ask that it be escalated to me personally, so I can get involved in the rename process. (You’re welcome to include a link to this thread in your ticket, as well.)

Thanks.

Thank you Gaile. This has been very frustrating. I would very much like to keep the names.

Michael.4791:

I’ve checked the information myself. Thank you.
But that I or you are not able to find something, doesn’t mean there isn’t anything.

Anyway, the forum is the wrong place to do so. A ticket with support would be best. But then, why should I stick to a name, if I’m told to change. I’m out of the western cultural heritage, but I don’t know what other cultures have on rules. I’m bound to believe some person who decides.
Personally I try to avoid those problems, but who knows, somebody might point one of my toons to Anet. I don’t think that to be happening, but if it does, I’m not going to discuss it. I will change and I will continue playing. The only thing I might try is to remove some bad marks, because I did not do anything on purpose. But even here I will ask only once, if they don’t accept it, it would not bother me anymore.
There is more important things to worry about.

I did challenge this ruling. What I got for my trouble was my entire roster of characters names to be changed when I’m allowed to log in tomorrow. At first they were only imposing the name change on 1 “Nipper” toon. I wonder now if my account and display name is gonna get changed as well. What about my email? What happens to any other Nipper’s out there? I know there are quite a few as I couldn’t claim anything decent as I renamed Senor Nipple. Name taken, not name restricted FYI.

What bugs me most about this is not the name change. As much as I am attached to the name Nipper, I can deal without. This suspension was extremely heavy handed. I’m being treated as if I were a cheater or someone actively trying to ruin the game’s experience by the GMs. This on top of being royally screwed on my monthly acheivement, which was at 93%. But hey I’m a bad guy for using Nipper in my names right? I deserve this.

Another ticket would most certainly do nothing. Can I dispute this in another way? I’d like to see someone looking into the way GMs handle cases like these at the very least. At best, being throw a bone on the monthly achievement.

As a side note, I’m so happy to see there are nice forum users. I hesitated to post anything due to the typical flaming you see on WoW or D3 forums.

My suspension was based on Nipper being a sexual reference but thanks for helping my case mate.

I’m gonna start this off by saying, I did make the mistake of violating the name thing once with the name Senor Nipple. I did not name it this for any reason in particular. I wanted a name somewhat similar to my normal name, Nipper. Sometimes my friends call me Nipple for whatever reason. Clearly I didn’t think much about it. My mistake, I’m sorry.

So I get the warning and am made to change the name. Okay no big deal. I go with Mr Nipperz. Why? My main is Nipperz and I’m not very creative when it comes to character names. Now I’m suspended for 72 hours.

After a very drawn out discussion over email with customer support, it turns out that Nipper is a sexual reference. This makes no sense to me. How is it I’ve played since launch with this name and only now after a small infraction is it bad? I use Nipper in just about every game I’ve played since WoW. Nipper is also my nickname IRL.. Just for reference Nipper in the English dictionary means kid or something similar to pliers. That has no bearing on why I use the name Nipper but neither does any sexual reference.

What say you GW2 forums. Is Nipper close enough to a sexual reference to warrant a 72 hour ban?