Comments on: Terrible Character Names I’ve Seen

By: Wontheal

Wontheal — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:32:54 +0000

Well, google up your toon name and look at what you find?

I named my priest (my now main) after levelling a mage and a rogue primarily through LFG. I love to pug, but I hate the random whispers that you get from people that have just done a /who priest and start annoying everyone that pops up. (it used to happen).

With a name like Wontheal, only when I place myself in LFG with a comment “I am actually a healer” then I get invites when I want them and no harassment when I don’t feel like it.

Have always been holy since day 1. No plans on dual speccing also. Apologies for bumping an old old post.

/wave Treylah and Siha!

By: Siha

Siha — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:52:09 +0000

@Anna: I concur – that would be pretty awesome. Like Huey, Dewey and Louie… only stabbier.

@Treylah: I agree – the player behind the name is far from an idiot; I think I’ve grouped with him for pug raids too. I still maintain that the name is terrible though ;-)

@Captain: Unfortunately, I’ve seen a number of naming policy violations go reported and go unchanged; I’ve heard Blizzard does still enforce the policy on RP realms, but normal realms tend to go unenforced… I assume it’s a lack of manpower to blame. That said, I’m sure plenty of these players are decent players – I’ve grouped with deadlynoob, for instance, and he’s a fine mage – but the names do not inspire confidence.

By: Treylah

Treylah — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:52:13 +0000

I’ve actually grouped with Wontheal on Proudmoore on several 10/25-mans; and I would do it again! The name is a misnomer – there’s a story behind it that I would actually share if I remembered it (curse my short term memory). All he actually does is heal and he quite enjoys it. But I am one of those that judge by how much thought they put in their names. Wontheal was one if the times my judgment was sorely wrong. =P

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:22:18 +0000

I once reported a paladin named “cdplyr”. Normally I’d have thought he was a spammer-bot, except he was level 15 at the time.

That said, I still want to see a trio (perhaps multiboxed) of gnomes named Tankem, Gankem and Shankem (a warrior and two rogues). Mostly because it would crack me up!

By: theremover

theremover — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:46:13 +0000

I get soooo annoyed with lame stupid named characters running around.

Among the chief of lame and annoying on my server:

Whofartedman

annnd a myriad of combinations of mundane american people names accompanied by class name or some other lame thing.

IE: “danftw”, “danthewarlock”

By: Captain The First

Captain The First — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:26:21 +0000

I thought you could simply report those people and they’d get either a forced name change or be prompted for a name change upon next login. Is this no longer the case?

I don’t generally report names so I can only go by what blizzard’s policy says.

As it stands the name is a good indication of what kind of person you’re dealing with so I tend to not report those kind of things.

At least with ‘deadlynoob’ you know what kind of person you’re dealing with (a non-creative one at the least) a forced namechange to ‘Sir Percival’ only makes it more difficult to pick out the idiots before inviting them to your group hehe.

By: Myna

Myna — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:55:34 +0000

I go for anything with a lol at the end. *shudder*
Sihalol, Mynalol, names like that seem to spread like a plague on our server.

By: Siha

Siha — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:43:54 +0000

Rhoelyn – actually, yeah, Snipercon’s not that bad if you read it like that :) I had been reading it like “Sniper Con” as in a sniper named Con, ie the equivalent of “warriorjoe” the like – and that _is_ dodgy… but I’ll give the player the benefit of the doubt :)

By: Gnomerie

Gnomerie — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:11:27 +0000

Any name where the use of ‘z’ is unnecessary. For example:

- Arthaz
- Utherz
- Illidanz
- Legolaz

It’s just really childish and immature!

By: Rhoelyn

Rhoelyn — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:38:47 +0000

Maybe I’m missing a witty coloquialism or something, but what’s wrong with Snipercon? It reminds me of Robokon or Blizzcon or Comicon. :P Maybe my mental train is running on the wrong track.

Sayin’,
~Rhoe