Sorry to post two topics back to back, but today is my son\'s 17th birthday and I bought him World of Warcraft. Besides the fact that none of you guys might hear from me for awhile 
P), I just wanted to show you just a very small portion of the rules for character creation! I can\'t believe how incredibly anal-retentive these guys are being!
A. Rules Related to User Names.
Each user will either select a character name or allow the World of Warcraft software to automatically select a character name at random. Additionally, users may form \"guilds\" and such guilds will be required to choose a name for the guild. When you choose a character name, create a guild, or otherwise create a label that can be seen by other players of World of Warcraft, you must abide by the following guidelines as well as the rules of common decency. If Blizzard Entertainment finds such a label to be offensive or improper, it may, in its sole and absolute discretion, change the name, remove the label and corresponding chat room, and/or suspend or terminate your use of World of Warcraft.
In particular, you may not use any name:
1. Belonging to another person with the intent to impersonate that person, including without limitation a \"Game Master\" or any other employee or agent of Blizzard Entertainment;
2. That incorporates swear words or which are otherwise offensive, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
3. Subject to the rights of any other person or entity without written authorization from that person or entity;
4. That belongs to a popular culture figure, celebrity, or media personality;
5. That is, contains, or is substantially similar to a trademark or service mark, whether registered or not;
6. Belonging to any religious figure or deity;
7. Taken from Blizzard Entertainments Warcraft products, including character names from the Warcraft series of novels;
8. Related to drugs, sex, alcohol, or criminal activity;
9. Comprised of partial or complete sentence (e.g., \"Inyourface\", \"Welovebeef\", etc);
10. Comprised of gibberish (e.g., \"Asdfasdf\", \"Jjxccm\", \"Hvlldrm\");
11. Referring to pop culture icons or personas (e.g. \" \"Britneyspears\", \"Austinpowers\", \"Batman\")
12. That utilizes \"Leet\" or \"Dudespeak\" (e.g., \"Roflcopter\", \"xxnewbxx\", \"Roxxoryou\")
13. That incorporates titles. For purposes of this subsection, \"titles\" shall include without limitation rank titles (e.g. , \"CorporalTed,\" or \"GeneralVlad\"), monarchistic or fantasy titles (e.g., \"KingMike\", \"LordSanchez\"), and religious titles (e.g., \"ThePope,\" or \"Reverend Al\").
You may not use a misspelling or an alternative spelling to circumvent the name restrictions listed above, nor can you have a \"first\" and \"last\" name that, when combined, violate the above name restrictions.
So you can\'t even use the name Reverend! I guess I know who won\'t be playing this game...
Like I said, this is just a teeny tiny portion of all the rules on proper in-game ettiquete and all of the millions of reasons you could be banned! My son is having a very diffucult time figuring out a name; you can\'t even use stuff like Merlin, Elric, or Conan.
P), I just wanted to show you just a very small portion of the rules for character creation! I can\'t believe how incredibly anal-retentive these guys are being!A. Rules Related to User Names.
Each user will either select a character name or allow the World of Warcraft software to automatically select a character name at random. Additionally, users may form \"guilds\" and such guilds will be required to choose a name for the guild. When you choose a character name, create a guild, or otherwise create a label that can be seen by other players of World of Warcraft, you must abide by the following guidelines as well as the rules of common decency. If Blizzard Entertainment finds such a label to be offensive or improper, it may, in its sole and absolute discretion, change the name, remove the label and corresponding chat room, and/or suspend or terminate your use of World of Warcraft.
In particular, you may not use any name:
1. Belonging to another person with the intent to impersonate that person, including without limitation a \"Game Master\" or any other employee or agent of Blizzard Entertainment;
2. That incorporates swear words or which are otherwise offensive, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
3. Subject to the rights of any other person or entity without written authorization from that person or entity;
4. That belongs to a popular culture figure, celebrity, or media personality;
5. That is, contains, or is substantially similar to a trademark or service mark, whether registered or not;
6. Belonging to any religious figure or deity;
7. Taken from Blizzard Entertainments Warcraft products, including character names from the Warcraft series of novels;
8. Related to drugs, sex, alcohol, or criminal activity;
9. Comprised of partial or complete sentence (e.g., \"Inyourface\", \"Welovebeef\", etc);
10. Comprised of gibberish (e.g., \"Asdfasdf\", \"Jjxccm\", \"Hvlldrm\");
11. Referring to pop culture icons or personas (e.g. \" \"Britneyspears\", \"Austinpowers\", \"Batman\")
12. That utilizes \"Leet\" or \"Dudespeak\" (e.g., \"Roflcopter\", \"xxnewbxx\", \"Roxxoryou\")
13. That incorporates titles. For purposes of this subsection, \"titles\" shall include without limitation rank titles (e.g. , \"CorporalTed,\" or \"GeneralVlad\"), monarchistic or fantasy titles (e.g., \"KingMike\", \"LordSanchez\"), and religious titles (e.g., \"ThePope,\" or \"Reverend Al\").
You may not use a misspelling or an alternative spelling to circumvent the name restrictions listed above, nor can you have a \"first\" and \"last\" name that, when combined, violate the above name restrictions.
So you can\'t even use the name Reverend! I guess I know who won\'t be playing this game...
Like I said, this is just a teeny tiny portion of all the rules on proper in-game ettiquete and all of the millions of reasons you could be banned! My son is having a very diffucult time figuring out a name; you can\'t even use stuff like Merlin, Elric, or Conan.
