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*[http://news.battlemaster.org/archives/discuss/2005-September/004223.html Fri Sep 2 ''16:03:38 CEST 2005'']
 
*[http://news.battlemaster.org/archives/discuss/2005-September/004223.html Fri Sep 2 ''16:03:38 CEST 2005'']
  
I think this bears repeating  because the whole damn discussion circles
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I'd like to stop this before it gets out of hands so much that I need
around it:
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to drop a hammer.
  
There is no thing like atheism in a medieval world, and much less in a
 
fantasy medieval-like world. People believe in Gods. If any of your
 
characters seriously claims he doesn't, I'll gladly lightning bolt him
 
into serious wounds until he does.
 
  
Religion has been a very central part of life for almost all of human
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Remember the "benefit of the doubt" rule when banning someone for a bad
existence. It's been 200 years or so that people have even started to
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name choice. And remember that in the real world, some people DO HAVE
doubt religion as a concept. For 99% of human history the only question
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bad and/or unusual names.
was _which_ religion was the right one.
 
  
Those who have priest characters can tell you that "no belief" or "no
 
religion" does not appear in-game anywhere, it's not mentioned even
 
once. All the un-converted peasants, for example, aren't atheists - they
 
are followers of some local pagan religions.
 
  
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Some cases are clear cut. Anyone named IWannaF*ckYourMum deserves a
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kick no questions asked and no mercy granted.
  
So if any ruler makes a stink about it, I'll be very harsh to him. Once
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But there are many borderline cases. People with names like Stoopid or
again, did you guys READ the inalienable rights page? Among other things
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Ehlrond. Maybe they can't type but maybe they really just like that
it explains WHY the rules are there - they are OOC fun preserving tools.
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name no matter that it's close to something that YOU don't want to see
They serve to ensure that everyone can play the game the way he or she
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in the game.
likes.
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Babbling about "atheism" and forbidding priests is OOC fun destructive -
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it keeps people from experiencing the priest career, and thus a part of  
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Please reserve banning for names for the really clear cut cases. In the
the game.
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case of doubt - let the guy stay!

Revision as of 21:31, 28 December 2009

Quote from Tom on character names.

Character Names

I'd like to stop this before it gets out of hands so much that I need to drop a hammer.


Remember the "benefit of the doubt" rule when banning someone for a bad name choice. And remember that in the real world, some people DO HAVE bad and/or unusual names.


Some cases are clear cut. Anyone named IWannaF*ckYourMum deserves a kick no questions asked and no mercy granted.

But there are many borderline cases. People with names like Stoopid or Ehlrond. Maybe they can't type but maybe they really just like that name no matter that it's close to something that YOU don't want to see in the game.


Please reserve banning for names for the really clear cut cases. In the case of doubt - let the guy stay!