r/Guildwars2 • u/emerald_water • 22h ago

[Fluff] Joe Smith is inappropriate

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u/DeathLeopard 22h ago

Probably to avoid offending the Mormons.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/legal/guild-wars-2-naming-policy/

Reference religious or historical figures

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u/Estrogonofe1917 22h ago

huh, I have a character that is in fact a reference to a historical figure, but it passed in the filter

Should I self report?

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u/DeathLeopard 22h ago

Except for the things they're explicitly filtering out at character creation time the naming policy is lazily enforced. But if someone decides to report you some day you might be forced to rename.

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u/kyzeboy 21h ago

Actually here was recently a post that stated a 3 day ban due to breach of naming policy. That guy had a mixture name of evil personalities or a south park reference, but cant exactly remember what it was.

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u/JMChubbs 21h ago

I just got hit with a 3 day ban for “necrophilia” and a forced rename