Xerda Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) For reference/info... Naming Policy When creating a character or guild name for Star Wars: The Old Republic, it is encouraged that you select a name that reflects the theme of the game. The guidelines listed below outline the types of names that you can NOT use, and apply to both player or character names, as well as guild names. 1. You may not use any names that violate the General Rules. This includes the use of names that are hateful, defamatory, racist, ethnically offensive, obscene, vulgar, sexually explicit, or any other language that is offensive in nature. 2. You may not use names that are harassing or defamatory to other players or employees of EA, BioWare or LucasArts, e.g. EASUX, Timsretarded, and Biowaresux. 3. You may not use names of any EA, BioWare, or LucasArts employee or service related to Star Wars: The Old Republic. 4. You may not use names of copyrighted or trademarked characters, materials or products, e.g. Coca-Cola or Dr. Pepper. 5. You may not use names from popular culture or media, e.g. Lady Gaga or George Lucas. 6. You may not use names that are religiously or historically significant, e.g. Jesus, Winston Churchill. 7. You may not use proper names of areas within Star Wars for character names. Guild names, however, MAY use the proper names of specific areas to help promote role-playing and realm pride, e.g. Defenders of Tython or Protectors of Hutta. 8. You may not use proper names of non-player characters within Star Wars: The Old Republic, e.g. Darth Malgus, Satele Shan, Yoda, Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker. 9. You may not use names containing titles or ranks within them, e.g. General Supertrooper, Captain Tim, Darth Timmy, Knight Wakey. 10. You may not use names that refer to drugs or that are drug related. 11. You may not use names that contain an inappropriate phrase, sentence or any fragment of a sentence or Leet speak, e.g. uberhaxer, xxspeederxx, lolface, rofl, Noobwhacker, TimmyF**k, kock, fuk. 12. You may not use misspellings or alternative spellings of names that violate any of the above rules, e.g. Hamsolo, Yooda, DorthVader. 13. You may not use gibberish names when creating character, e.g. ajsdu, rifndsw, qweszs. If you violate any part of the above Naming Policy you will either be assigned a new name, or given the option of changing the name. In addition to this, your account could incur a penalty up to and including account closure. http://www.swtor.com/legalnotices/roc Edited January 4, 2012 by Xerda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiiRahnedancer Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 That's not a vulgar name unless it means something different in EU or w/e. I'm sure it would take a while but you should appeal their decision if you want to get the name back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorvan Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 For reference/info... http://www.swtor.com/legalnotices/roc And not one of those is pertaining to his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeSamourai Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I don't have issues with it, but I have seen some that I definitely do, and I have reported (and successfully gotten people temp banned for their despicable names) +1 for BW cleaning out the kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakymcstab Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 My best guess is someone had their partner spank them a bit too hard during last night's quality time and was unpleasantly reminded of it when encountering Spanky in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerda Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 And not one of those is pertaining to his name. Yeah I'm presuming it's been reported on the basis it's loosely a sexual term at a very big stretch, ie spanking the monkey, spanking arses etc. I really have no idea. It's a shame they can't be more specific when you are made to change your name to say 'you have been found to have broken rule # of the naming policy'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtybomb Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Spanky is against the general naming rules not because it's vulgar but because it's not rp-istic. BW is enforcing the naming rules on all servers, rp or not. The GMs don't scan for Darth Cockula or Lolpwner but if someone reports their names, the GMs do care about it. If this was on an RP server, fine. But for a regular server, it clearly states on the server selection screen "There will be no special rules enforcement for naming or chat on this server." More likely, it was for vulgarity. BW, because they have so much extra time on their hands not fixing bugs and whatnot, decided to err on the side of caution and make the guy change his name. I still think it is lame. We have quests and cut scenes that allow you to torture people, kill helpless patients in a hospital and have sex with NPCs. Instead of being open to the possibility it could be a Little Rascals reference, they assume it is a vulgar reference. Lame. And so is whoever reported him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spankyjnco Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 Yeah I'm presuming it's been reported on the basis it's loosely a sexual term at a very big stretch, ie spanking the monkey, spanking arses etc. I really have no idea. It's a shame they can't be more specific when you are made to change your name to say 'you have been found to have broken rule # of the naming policy'. Dear XXXXXX, We are contacting you regarding your account XXXXXXX for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. We wish to notify you that you are in violation of our Terms of Service. From an investigation of your Account we can see that your character has carried out the following violation: Charactername: Spanky Server: Naddist Rebels Violation description: Terms of Service\Naming\Minor - Sexual, Obscene or Vulgar If you continue to violate our Terms of Service it may result in a suspension or ultimately a permanent account closure. We encourage you to familiarise yourself with our Terms of Service which can be found here http://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBTERMS/US/en/PC/ Thank you for your understanding. If you feel you have received this warning in error, please contact us at swtoraccountdisputes@bioware.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyard Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Well Jedimasterbate must be getting close to 50 on my server so i really don't see a problem with your name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortwave Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Spanky is only vulgar to the vulgar minded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apax Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 If this was on an RP server, fine. But for a regular server, it clearly states on the server selection screen "There will be no special rules enforcement for naming or chat on this server." More likely, it was for vulgarity. BW, because they have so much extra time on their hands not fixing bugs and whatnot, decided to err on the side of caution and make the guy change his name. Just FYI, the role-play server don't have name enforcement rules either. And even if they did, Spanky is a perfectly acceptable nickname. It's a lot better than many of the names I do see on the RP servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perennial Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Well, it is a horrible name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apax Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 If you feel you have received this warning in error, please contact us at swtoraccountdisputes@bioware.com I'm sure you have, but I'd be chasing down this option if I were you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeRPWalker Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Spanky is against the general naming rules not because it's vulgar but because it's not rp-istic. BW is enforcing the naming rules on all servers, rp or not. The GMs don't scan for Darth Cockula or Lolpwner but if someone reports their names, the GMs do care about it. HAhaha Trolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minden Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 1. You may not use any names that violate the General Rules. This includes the use of names that are hateful, defamatory, racist, ethnically offensive, obscene, vulgar, sexually explicit, or any other language that is offensive in nature.Open to opinion. Personally, my cousin's name is Franklin but we have always called him Spanky because he is short and squat like the Lil Rascals character. 2. You may not use names that are harassing or defamatory to other players or employees of EA, BioWare or LucasArts, e.g. EASUX, Timsretarded, and Biowaresux.Apparently, it offends someone 3. You may not use names of any EA, BioWare, or LucasArts employee or service related to Star Wars: The Old Republic.Spanky is the name of an EA, BioWare or LucasArts employee??? 5. You may not use names from popular culture or media, e.g. Lady Gaga or George Lucas.Doubt Lil Rascals is considered pop culture. I would even go so far as to bet less than half the players even know about the show. 10. You may not use names that refer to drugs or that are drug related.Never done any illegal drugs so there might be a drug out there known as Spanky? 11. You may not use names that contain an inappropriate phrase, sentence or any fragment of a sentence or Leet speak, e.g. uberhaxer, xxspeederxx, lolface, rofl, Noobwhacker, TimmyF**k, kock, fuk.I could see Spankmeister needing changed, but Spanky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodaOfYoda Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Don't see anything wrong with the name. Wonder how many people of <SITH LARPERS> reported you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterRequiem Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Spanking is often considered a sexual act. Sexual act = Vulgar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob-ombaFett Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Spanky is against the general naming rules not because it's vulgar but because it's not rp-istic. BW is enforcing the naming rules on all servers, rp or not. The GMs don't scan for Darth Cockula or Lolpwner but if someone reports their names, the GMs do care about it. I'm TOTALLY becoming a Report Nazi and legitimately trolling in game on non-creative names tonight. starting with myself. true story brah. /facepalm Edited January 4, 2012 by Bob-ombaFett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apax Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Spanking is often considered a sexual act. Sexual act = Vulgar. I remember when a spanking was something you got when you misbehaved as a kid. Get your mind out of the gutter, people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerda Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Become Carlos Spicy-Weener instead... Edited January 4, 2012 by Xerda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cartumandua Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 They should google Spanky. There are a bunch of them. It isn't vulgar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spankyjnco Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 They find it offense? Better change my legacy name too then. And my account name, oh and my EA account name. Oh and my battlefield 2 and 3 account name also. Oh and Mass Effect forums username. Geez, better change my PSN and Xbox 360 name since I play EA sports games through that as well... Yeah.. it's not offensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodaOfYoda Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Buckwheat. Little Rascals? Or being shot at between the legs point blank from behind? Guess we'll never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazerius- Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 What I don't get is that you have to change your name for having Spanky, but a guy on my server named Ess'my'dee still has the name, after a bunch of people reporting it. I'm guessing this is an issue of us getting the CS from India, who don't know english well enough to see anything wrong with ess'my'dee (Suck'My'D*ck), but spanking somebody probably goes against the Hindu Way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kourage Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Appeal it... You want offensive? I'll give you offensive http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jek_Tono_Porkins Edited January 4, 2012 by Kourage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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