My name change

Hi guys, about a half hour ago, I was notified by GM Creampuffs that I had to change the name of my character, AdolfHeaier. I asked her if I was allowed to express my opinion on this matter, and she said. So, here I am! Anyways, to clear everything out, I know the reason why I had to change it. Obviously, the name portrays to the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, so this can be an offensive matter for some. However, when I created this character, there was intended to be absolutely no attachments to the Nazi party with this name. To say the least, it is supposed to be a play on words because if you didn't know, this name was on a Priest I have. Because you know, "Oh hey a priest. He heals. Wait..AdolfHealer?!" -cue lols- Also, ever since I made the character and trained it, I've gotten absolutely NOTHING than compliments and laughs on the name. I've met only one person who got offended, but then he turned out to be joking and complimented the name afterwards. In other words, everyone whom I had come in contact to said nothing less than "Nice name" without any offences made.

Before you mention to me the fact that the name has ties with the Nazi party and absolutely cannot be tolerated, believe me, I'm aware it. But nonetheless, my point is that the INTENT behind the name is not to provoke a harmful offence, but to rather portray as a witty, clever name. Training this cleric was absolutely a blast because a lot of people liked my name and complimented it, making my Royals experience pretty fun. Do I absolutely despise and hate the existence of Jews? No. If I did, I would have made something ridiculous and horrid such as "Jewkillerz147" or "iluvNazis", or something stupid like that. The name is supposed to have a somewhat comedic and witty demeanor with a play on words. I understand people can be greatly offended, but from the few weeks I've played on the character, I had come to assume that no one in the server was offended by the name, since I had also sent out around 20 smegas previous to my name change.

*tldr* My name AdolfHeaier was never intended to have ties to Nazis or to be intended to offend anyone, but rather to portray a witty demeanor with a play on words in the name itself.

Note: I understand completely why CreamPuffs made the decision to change it, and I'm not going to argue against it. What was said here was only, and only just my opinion. I also want to know if I can ever obtain the name back, being that my entire experience and memory of the character derived from that name alone.

 

I completely agree with you Tim. But I want to know if there has been anyone offended by my name. It really kills me to know that having that name for a few weeks and never causing anyone to take offence, but rather laugh at it, ended up having to be changed. However, yes I can see why you'd change a name like the one I had.

 

This reminds me of a somewhat similar situation that happened several years ago in New Jersey. A couple named their kid Adolf Hitler and wanted to get a birthday cake with his name on it, but we're denied 3 years in a row. They claim they're not racist and meant nothing negative by it despite one of their other kids having Aryan Nation as middle names and the other having a name that sounds like Heinrich Himmler. They even asked for a Swastika on the cake one year. I believe you a hell of a lot more than I believe them, but to say your IGN had no relation to the Nazi's is disingenuous. You definitely meant no harm in choosing your IGN, but you yourself said it was a play on words and the relation to Adolf Hitler is obvious.

Like Tim said above, in cases where a name could be truely offensive to someone the staff chooses to rename the person. Just like how the supermarket chose to not make the cake with Adolf Hitler on it.

 

You make a really good point, but just to sum up everything, everyone knows I meant no intention to have the name be offensive, but because of the fact that it can obviously be looked at and be related to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party is the sole reason why the name has to be changed and will never be changed back, correct?

 

I would say the sole reason for it, is because the rules clearly state it.

"We reserve the right to refuse to grant you or to terminate an account with a character name that falls into the following categories: Impersonates someone else, including, without limitation to, another user or game master; May be considered vulgar, defamatory, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive, including any character names which are sexual in nature;

Includes any special characters and/or is otherwise inappropriate, regardless of our software's ability to disallow such usernames. You agree that you will not use misspellings or alternative spellings or take any other actions for the purpose of circumventing the foregoing restrictions. In addition to the foregoing restrictions, we reserve the right to change, remove, alter or delete any character at any time for any reason in our sole discretion."

 

WB Ray

 

I'm jewish, and as soon as i would see your name i'd be offended.
Edit: read you whole post, this name is not witty, funny, and in my eyes should not be allowed under any circumstances. good thing we have good staff on this server who do not overlook anything.

 

I sincerely apologize that you've been offended. It's just that I had never been confronted by anyone who took offence just until now, so I was unaware of the harm it could have potentially done.

 

You clearly state that you were not aware that you offend people with it, which is fine.. you may not thought, but you did to some. I am unsure why you would expect to get the name back when it did offend people in end, when the discussing (which you even agree with) is that it is offending some people.

To me this topic looks like "I am sorry that I had such name that offended some people", which is again fine, BUT you also ask the name back, which is the part that confuses me, since I am unsure why you would get the name back if the reason it was removed is 100% valid.

I could be wrong here but that's how I see/read it. You basically ask a name back that violated the rules?

 

I'm not very sure why I even put that in the first place. Maybe in the heat of the moment I just really adored the name because in my personal perspective, I had received no negativity from using that name, until TODAY, that is. But shortly afterwards posting that and receiving back comments yesterday, I now know that the plain simple fact is that it is obvious I will never get the name back under any circumstances.

 

You were unaware that naming your character after a guy who committed mass genocide would be offensive? I sincerely doubt that. I don't think you meant offense, but don't pretend that it isn't offensive just because it wasn't your intent to be offensive. It isn't the GMs job to determine the intent and context behind every specific situation.